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Time Relative Clause
Time Relative Clause
TIME CLAUSE
• Adverbial clauses of time consist of two clauses: the
main clause and the time clause.
• The time clauses begin with: when, whenever, while,
as, since, after, before, until, as soon as, once.
TIME PHRASES TIME CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE
Sequence Before I got a job I was completely broke
After I got a job I wasn’t poor anymore
Whom people substitutes for object nouns/pronouns (him, She is the woman whom I meet in
her, us, them) Greece
STANDS
PRONOUN USES Examples
FOR
Whose People or substitutes for possessive nouns/pronouns He knew the family whose house we
things (his, hers, our, their) bought
That People or can be used for either subject or object I’m planning to grow roses that I find
things quite beautiful.
can only be used in restrictive/defining
relative clauses I like the paintings that hang in the
church.
Which Things can be used for either subject or object Do you see the cat which is laying on
the roof
can be used in non-restrictive/non-defining
relative clauses My blue lamp, which was in the room,
was broken.
can also be used in restrictive/defining
relative clauses
The horse which Mary was riding is
very friendly.
Short Quiz: Choose the appropriate relative clause
for the sentence.
Whom Which That
Who Whose