NOUN PHRASES 1

You can clarify and define the thing, person, or place you're talking about by
adding information after the noun or pronoun. You can use:

1. a prepositional phrase to show where the thing is or what it has.

I went to that restaurant in the centre of town.

There's a bar with a lovely rooftop pool.

I went to a yoga studio close to my house.

2. an infinitive with ‘to’, to show the general function of the thing it defines.

I need an apartment to rent.

We're looking for somewhere to eat.

3. a relative clause to add necessary information about the noun.

Let's go to the place we went to for my birthday.

Do you know the woman who has a dog?

Relative clauses can start with a relative pronoun:

That's the person that/who I met on vacation.

The place that I went to was lovely.

You don't have to use a relative pronoun if the thing you're defining is the object of
the verb in the relative clause.

I was staying in the hotel. (that/the hotel is the object)

You must use a relative pronoun if it is the subject of the relative clause.

Jo is the friend who owns the hotel I was staying in. (who/my friend is the subject)

You can define a noun in more than one way.

There’s a great restaurant on Church Street which does excellent Lebanese food.