RELATIVE CLAUSE

We use them to give extra information about the subject

(or sometimes the object.). These are the most important
relative clauses: which, who, that, when, where, whose
 Who: for people
 Which: things/objects
 That: people or things
 When: for times/ dates / events
 Where: Places
 Whose: to talk about possessions.
Now, we can divide the RELATIVE CLAUSES into two
categories…

DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES:

They are called this way because the information after the
relative clause is ESSENTIAL for them to make sense. If I
don’t add information after the relative clause, people
won’t be able to understand the context.
 A doctor is a person who/that checks people out
when they are sick.
 This is the can which/that uses electricity to work.
 The girl who/that came to the party was my girlfriend.
NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES:
We can add extra information to the main idea but if WE
REMOVE IT, the idea still MAKES SENSE.
 The doctor, who helped my pregnant wife, is from
London,
 Susan, who was born in Italy, lived all her life in USA.
 Merida, where you can see Chichen Itza, is a really
expensive place.

 There is a new restaurant where you can eat

meatballs from Italy.

 Peter is going to Puebla next month, which is an

amazing place.

 The weekends when I have to go to the office are

chaotic.

 Technology, which is made with fibre optics, can be

more expensive to get in products.