Institución Educativa Privada “Emanuel”

“Dios con nosotros”

R.D.Z. N° 2122 , R.D.Z. N° 1013, R.D.Z. N° 0422
José Carlos Mariátegui N° 186 Urb. Lucyana - Carabayllo

DEFINING RELATIVE
CLAUSES
Look at the pictures. Do you understand the messages?

She is someone He is the kind of person

She is someone who wears He is the kind of person

glamorous clothes. that buys tacky clothes.
 DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
They give essential information to define or identify the person or thing we are talking about.

Remember:
 They give ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Who or That for people
 We DON’T USE COMMAS in them
Relative pronouns: they allow us to join sentences or clauses to give more information about the same subject.
Examples:

The woman who came in was wearing a flashy jacket.

that

Which or That for

I shop for clothes which are simple.
things
that
 Examples:

-I like to design clothes which people like to wear.

that

-Freddy is a guy who

who likes to wear flashy clothes.
that

-My friends are people who

who always wear fashionable clothes.
that

-I don't watch movies that scare me.

which
OMITTING

In which sentence can we

omit the relative pronoun?
1. Jane is the girl WHO won the prize.
2. Jane is the girl WHO I am dating now.
 OMITTING
We can omit the relative pronoun when there
is it.

1. Jane is the girl WHO won the prize.

Jane is the girl (WHO) I am dating now.
2. The woman who I wanted to see is away.
(that)
(Ø)