RELATIVE CLAUSES

DEFINITION AND USE A RELATIVE CLAUSE IS A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE WHICH GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT A NOUN (THEY ARE ADJECTIVAL CLAUSES BECAUSE THEY FUNCTION AS AN ADJECTIVE). THIS IS THE FILM WHICH WAS AWARDED 7 OSCARS LAST YEAR. (INFORMATION ABOUT THE FILM: IT WAS AWARDED 7 OSCARS LAST YEAR) WE USE A RELATIVE CLAUSE TO AVOID THE REPETITION OF THE NOUN (OR ITS PRONOUN) IN TWO DIFFERENT SENTENCES THIS IS THE FILM. THE FILM WAS AWARDED 7 OSCARS LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE FILM. IT WAS AWARDED 7 OSCARS LAST YEAR

RELATIVE PRONOUNS: THEY REPLACE THE REPEATED NOUN WHO /THAT IT REPLACES A PERSON. IT FUNCTIONS AS SUBJECT OR OBJECT SPANISH: QUE, EL CUAL, LA CUAL, LOS CUALES, LAS CUALES WHICH /THAT IT REPLACES A NON-HUMAN NOUN (OBJECT, ANIMAL, PLACE,SITUATION….) IT FUNCTIONS AS SUBJECT OR OBJECT SPANISH: QUE, EL CUAL,LA CUAL, LAS CUALES, LOS CUALES WHOSE IT REPLACES A POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE (MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, ITS. OUR, THEIR) THAT REFERS TO A PREVIOUS NOUN. SPANISH CUYO/A/OS/AS

EXAMPLES: WHO/THAT THE BURGLAR WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY. HE HAD BROKEN INTO MY HOUSE TWO WEEKS AGO. THE BURGLAR WHO HAD BROKEN INTO MY HOUSE TWO WEEKS AGO WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY. WHICH/THAT THE PLOT OF THE BOOK IS VERY ENTERTAINING. WE ARE READING THE BOOK IN CLASS. THE PLOT OF THE BOOK WHICH WE ARE READING IN CLASS IS VERY ENTERTAINING. WHOSE LEONARDIO DI CARPRIO WILL BE AWARDED THE OSCAR FOR BEST ACTOR. HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE REVENANT WAS BRILLIANT. LEONARDO DI CAPRIO, WHOSE PERFORMANCE IN THE REVENANT WAS BRILLIANT, WILL BE AWARDED THE OSCAR FOR BEST ACTOR.

RELATIVE PRONOUNS ( I I ) WHEN IT REPLACES AN EXPRESSION OF TIME: THE DAY, THE YEAR, THE TIME… IT FUNCTIONS AS TIME ADVERBIAL (CCT) SPANISH: QUE, CUANDO, EN QUE WHERE IT REPLACES A PLACE IT FUNCTIONS AS PLACE ADVERBIAL (CCL) SPANISH: DONDE, EN LA QUE, EN EL QUE, EN LOS QUE, EN LAS QUE. WHY IT INTRODUCES A REASON. IT GOES AFTER THE NOUN PHRASE THE REASON SPANISH: POR LA QUE,

EXAMPLES: WHEN THE DAY WAS RAINY. I MET MY WIFE THEN. THE DAY WHEN I MET MY WIFE WAS RAINY. WHERE THIS IS THE TOWN. WE ARE GOING TO SPEND OUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS HERE. THIS IS THE TOWN WHERE WE ARE GOING TO SPEND OUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS. WHY HE NEVER TOLD ME THE REASON. HE BROKE UP WITH ME FOR THAT REASON. HE NEVER TOLD ME THE REASON WHY HE BROKE UP WITH ME

WHAT IS THE CORRECT RELATIVE PRONOUN IN THESE SENTENCES? 1. A VIDEO WHO/WHICH/WHERE/WHEN/WHOSE/WHY GOES VIRAL IS SEEN BY A LOT OF PEOPLE 2. SOMETHING WHO/WHICH/WHERE/WHEN/WHOSE /WHY IS EASY TO USE IS USER-FRIENDLY 3. A SOCIAL NETWORK IS A VIRTUAL SITE WHO/WHICH /WHERE/WHEN/WHOSE/WHY PEOPLE SHARE PICTURES AND KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEIR FRIENDS. 4. A WITNESS IS SOMEBODY WHO/WHICH/WHERE/WHEN/WHOSE/WHY HAS SEEN A CRIME. 5. SOMEBODY WHO/WHICH/WHERE/WHEN/WHOSE/WHY HOUSE HAS BEEN ROBBED IS A VICTIM OF A BURGLARY. 6. A MOUNTAINEOUS REGION IS A PLACE WHO/WHICH/WHERE/WHEN/WHOSE/WHY PEOPLE CAN GO CLIMBING. 7. I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHO/WHICH/WHERE/WHEN/WHOSE/WHY SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO TAKE RISKS FOR FUN. 8. JAMES CAMERON, WHO/WHICH/WHEN/WHERE/WHOSE/WHY FILM TITANIC WAS A BOX-OFFICE HIT IN 1998, IS A VERY TALENTED DIRECTOR.

HOW TO JOIN SENTENCES WITH A RELATIVE PRONOUN NOTICE: THE STORY WAS BASED ON A REAL EVENTS. IT MADE ME CRY. THE STORY WHICH MADE ME CRY WAS BASED ON REAL EVENTS.

HOW TO JOIN SENTENCES WITH A RELATIVE PRONOUN NOTICE: THE ACTRESS WON THE ACADEMY AWARD. SHE HAD PLAYED THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE FILM THE ACTRESS WHO HAD PLAYED THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE FILM WON THE ACADEMY AWARD

HOW TO JOIN SENTENCES WITH A RELATIVE PRONOUN NOTICE: A MAN CALLED THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY. HIS WIFE HAD BEEN MUGGED ON THE STREET. A MAN WHOSE WIFE HAD BEEN MUGGED ON THE STREET CALLED THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY

YOUR TURN: THE FILM WAS RELEASED IN I SAW THE FILM YESTERDAY. THE CAST IS COMPLETELY UNKNOWN. SPIELBERG HAS CHOSEN THEM FOR HIS NEW FILM. THE BOY WANTED TO HAVE A ONE-NIGHT STAND. HE HIT ON SHEILA LAST SATURDAY. DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE FILM? ITS SOUNDTRACK IS HEARD IN THE VODAFONE TV AD. THE FILM WHICH/THAT I SAW YESTERDAY WAS RELEASED IN 2001 THE CAST WHO/THAT SPIELBERG HAS CHOSEN FOR HIS NEW FILM IS COMPLETELY UNKNOWN. THE BOY WHO/THAT HIT ON SHEILA LAST SATURDAY WANTED TO HAVE A ONE-NIGHT STAND. DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE FILM WHOSE SOUNDTRACK IS HEARD IN THE VODAFONE TV AD?

NOTICE THESE SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT CASES: THE DAY WAS RAINY. I MET MY WIFE THEN. (THEN  CCT THE RELATIVE PRONOUN MUST BE WHEN ) THE DAY WHEN I MET MY WIFE WAS RAINY THE DAY WAS RAINY. WE CHOSE IT FOR OUR WEDDING IT  CD THE RELATIVE PRONOUN MUST BE WHICH /THAT THE DAY THAT WE CHOSE FOR THE WEDDING WAS RAINY THIS IS THE TOWN. WE ARE GOING TO SPEND OUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS HERE (HERE  CCL THE RELATIVE PRONOUN MUST BE WHERE ) THIS IS THE TOWN WHERE WE ARE GOING TO SPEND OUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS. THIS IS THE TOWN. THE U.S.A. BOMBED IT DURING WORLD WAR II (IT  CD THE RELATIVE PRONOUN MUST BE WHICH/THAT) THIS IS THE TOWN THAT THE U.S.A. BOMBED DURING WORLD WAR II