Federica Giorgi Giada Giganti Jessica Bettarelli

I'm 22, I live in Castelfidardo not far from Ancona. I love animals. My favourite one is the giraffe, but it's too big for my house, so I decided to buy a dog, called Zeus. I love watching tv series especially “How I met your mother” and I love reading book. My favorite one is “La solitudine dei numeri primi”. One day I would like to be a teacher. But if this won’t be possible I would be happy to be a lovely mother and wife, because family is all.

I’m Federica. I’m 21 and I live in Castelfidardo, a small village in the province of Ancona. I have to drive around 40 kilometers by car every morning because I’m attending the University in Macerata. Even so I'm happy because thanks to this, I can spend more time with my family and my little sister Valeria, who I love so much. In my life for seven years, above my family, there is another very important person: my boyfriend, Amedeo. I consider myself a cheerful person, but I’m also clumsy and especially chatty! I love going to the beach, especially during the summer and walking along the beach during sunset is the best way to spend my free time.

I’m 20, I live in Catelfidardo too. My life is very hectic and busy, I can’t stop. I like walking, especially near the sea and I love all kinds of sports, in particular dance. I have joined modern- jazz dance courses for nine years and I couldn’t leave out this passion. I’m a lively person but also meticulous, determined and touchy sometimes. I love children and I have done babysitting for many years. Now I work as baby-sitter twice a week and the baby who I take care of is called Alex, he is so pretty and clever! About my future I hope to became a great, lovely and respectable teacher. This is my biggest wish!

I'm 20, I live in Macerata with my parents, but during the summer holidays I move to my beach house in P. Recanati. I’ve a sister, Melissa. She’s older than me and she lives in P. Recanati. I'm shy and a generous girl. I'm really lazy, in fact I’d rather watch TV on the sofa than play sports. I like cooking, especially cakes and sweets, even if sometimes they aren’t so tasty. When I have some free time I love going to the cinema with my boyfriend or going shopping. I would love to be an excellent teacher one day, but I also hope to find a job first.

We use relative clauses to give additional information about person, thing, place, possession or time without starting another sentence. By combining sentences with a relative clause, your text becomes more fluent and you can avoid repeating certain words. Ex: I bought a new car. It is very fast. → I bought a new car that is very fast.

1. Defining relative clauses Defining relative clauses 2. Non – defining relative clauses Non – defining relative clauses

 The defining relative clauses add information which is essential to understand of the main clauses. They are used to determine or identify the noun. Ex : “The boy who we met yesterday is very nice.”

 The Non – defining relative clauses add information no essential to understand of the main clauses. They are always between commas. Ex: “My friend Jim, who we met yesterday, is very nice.”

“The boy who we met yesterday is very nice.”  without defining relative clauses the main clauses is not clear infact the subject is general: A boy (Who is the boy? We don’t know…) while “My friend Jim, who we met yesterday, is very nice.”  in this sentence the subject is clear and we know who is: Jim, my friend. So the non – defining relative clauses is not useful to understand the main clause.

Relative pronoun Gives information about Example whoPeopleI told you about the woman who lives next door. whichAnimals and thingsDo you see the cat which is lying on the roof? whosePossessionDo you know the boy whose mother is a nurse? thatPeople, animals and things I don’t like the table that stands in the kitchen.

Relative AdverbGive information about Example Whentimethe day when we met him Whereplacesthe place where we met him WhyRefers to a reasonthe reason why we met him

 We can use that for people or things instead of who or which. This is less formal. Ex: “ I like the boy that works in the restaurant “  We always use who, which and that when it is the subject of the defining relative clause. Ex: That’s the man who sold me the car That’s the man sold me the car  so the relative pronoun (who, which, that) can’t be leave out.

 We can leave out who, which and that when they are the object of the relative clause. Ex: I don’t like the dress Tina is wearing (without that) or I don’t like the dress that Tina is wearing  We can’t leave out the five Ws in the non – defining relative clauses.

Choose the correct relative pronoun or relative adverb. 1. A castle is a place a king or queen lives. 2. An actress is a woman ………. plays in films or theatre plays. 3. This is the girl ……... mother is from Canada. 4. This is the time of the year …..…. many people suffer from flu. 5. The flowers ……….... grow in the garden are beautiful. where who/that whose when which/that

Combine the sentences with relative clauses. (Decide whether to use commas or not.)  A monk is a man. The man has devoted his life to God. ___________________________________________________________________  I have one black cat. His name is Felix. _____________________________________________________  A monkey is an animal. It climbs on tree. _________________________________________________________________________  Carol plays the piano brilliantly. She is only 9 years old. __________________________________________________________________________  My mother has a car. It is new and black. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ A monk is a man who/that has devoted his life to God. I have one black cat, whose name is Felix. A monkey is an animal which/that climbs on tree. Carol, who/that is only 9 years old, plays the piano brilliantly. My mother has a car which/that is new and black.