RELATIVE CLAUSES

Use
Relative clauses give us more information about someone or something. We
can use relative clauses to combine clauses without repeating information.

For example:
The couple posted a Christmas present to their daughter. Their daughter lives in
South Africa.
The couple posted a Christmas present to their daughter, who lives in
South Africa.

Using a relative clause means that there is no need to repeat ‘their daughter’.
Use
We can use relative clauses to give focus to something or someone.

Compare:

*We’re reading this book at the moment.

This is the book which we’re reading at the moment

*I was talking about the woman.

She’s the woman who I was talking about.
Types of relative clause
*We use defining relative clauses (essentials or restrictive clauses) to give
essential information about someone or something – information that we need
in order to understand what or who is being referred to. A defining relative
clause usually comes immediately after the noun it describes.

For example: The shop that is just around the corner sells books.

*We use non- defining clauses to give more information, but not essential.

For example: Her boyfriend, who lives in Oxford, has travelled around the world.
More Examples
*The old man WHO met me at the airport game me some money.

*I want the painting THAT you bought.

*There´s the man WHOSE wallet was stolen.

*He turned on the television, WHICH looked new and expensive.

*We visited the town WHERE I was born.

*I think that was the time WHEN I lost all my money.

*There must be a reason WHY you said that.