Understanding Relative Clauses: Definitions and Examples
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DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
WHO: Susan is who failed
THAT: Denis is the boy that has a cat (se puede quitar)
WHICH/THAT: This is the book which/that I read yesterday
WHOSE: That is the girl whose parents went to Paris
WHERE: This is the beach where I went on summer
WHEN: August is the month when I have my holiday
NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
WHO: Marta, who studied a lot, got a 10 in the exam
WHICH: Matilda, which I have read many times, is a really cool book
REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES
→ Present participle (-ing) replaced by active form
Se quita who’s, that’s…
Do you know who’s studying?
→ Past participle replace passive verbs
Some of the questions that were included were difficult
Who/That→ para personas (quien)
Which/That→para cosas (el cual)
Whose→para posesiones (cuyo)
Where→para lugares (donde)
When→para tiempo (cuando)
Reduced relative clauses
Clauses with an -ing form→quitar el who,where…+verbo no ing
The students who were chatting in the library were getting on my nerves
Clauses with past participle (3col) replace passive verbs→ quitar el who,where…+verbo no en 3 col o ed.
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