Mastering Relative Clauses and Essential English Vocabulary
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Grammar: Relative Clauses
Defining Relative Clauses
- Who/that (people): I spoke to the careers advisor who/that you recommended.
- Which/that (things or ideas): Here’s the application form which/that you should complete to apply for the job.
- Whose (possession): She’s the girl whose father owns the company.
- When/that (time): That was the year when/that I went to university.
- Where (place): That’s the country where she worked during her gap year.
Non-Defining Relative Clauses
- Who: Eleni, who is my workmate, comes from Greece.
- Which: My company, which is based in London, works with many multinational organizations.
- Whose: John, whose work experience included volunteering, was the strongest candidate for the job.
- When: In 2009, when the global economic crisis started, many people lost their jobs.
- Where: Liverpool, where I work, has many historical buildings.
Prepositions with Relative Pronouns
- Formal: to whom, in which, for which, etc.
- Informal: (who)... to, (which/that)... in, etc.
Topic Vocabulary
Personal Traits and Phrasal Verbs
- Efficient: eficiente
- Indecisive: indeciso
- Methodical: metódico
- Organized: organizado
- Outgoing: extrovertido
- Sensitive: sensible
- Spontaneous: espontáneo
- Deal with: encarregar-se de, resoldre
- End up: acabar
- Get on: progressar
- Move out: mudar-se, traslladar-se
- Put up with: aguantar, tolerar
- Save up: estalviar
- Take on: contractar
Easily Confused Words
- Career: carrera / Degree: grado
- Earn: ganar / Expect: esperar
- Hope: esperanza / Lose: perder
- Miss: perderse / Remember: acordarse
- Remind: recordarle / Sensible: sensato
- Sensitive: sensible / Travel: viajar
- Trip: viaje / Win: conseguir, ganar