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RELATIVE

CLAUSES

BAC YEARS 1 & 2

English Grammar

Relative Clauses

They are used in English to give additional information about something which had already been mentioned, without repeating the subject. This is the place where I used to live. That’s the boy who goes to school with Jill.

Nota sobre whom

WHOM= quién, quiénes, que, el cual o los cuales…. Se utiliza, al igual que WHO, cuando el antecedente es una persona. La diferencia está en que WHO puede utilizarse si funciona como sujeto o complemento de la oración de relativo y WHOM sólo se puede utilizar cuando funciona como complemento. Examples: The boy who is in the garden is my cousin SUJ I invited the teacher who/whom I met at the conference COMPLEM Cuando el antecedente es la palabra “people” sólo se admite “who” como relativo.

Defining Relative Clauses

The man who works in the bar is a friend of mine. In this example you cannot omit the relative sentence, as it is necessary to identify the man. For that reason, it is a defining relative clause. In these sentences, who and which can be replaced for THAT In these sentences, there are no commas to “separate” the relative clause.

Omission of the Relative Pronoun

The relative pronoun can be omitted, but only in DEFINING relative clauses, and only when the pronoun is not working as a subject: This is the book (which/that) you bought me The man who/that works in the bar is my friend

Prepositions are usually placed at the end of the sentence in relative clauses:

• That´s the boy (who) I was talking to.
• Tim is the friend (who) she went to the cinema with. Excepción: puede utilizarse una preposición + whom en lugar de situar who al final, pero resulta más formal:
• That’s the boy to whom I was talking
• Tim is the friend with whom she went to the cinema

PAU2: CLEFT SENTENCES

Type of sentences that try to emphasize who did or received the main action. They have the following structure: IT + VERBO ‘TO BE’ + NOUN/PRONOUN + DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSE Ex. It was Ann who/ that I saw THAT - more common