Zusammenfassung der Ressource
RELATIVE CLAUSES
- USE
- CLAUSES RELATED
TO THE SUBJECT
- USE: When the subject of the
verb in the relative clause is the
same as the referent (the noun
we are talking about).
- SHAPE: These Relative Clauses
begin with relative pronouns: WHO
(for people), WHICH (for animals or
objects), THAT (for people, animals
or objects) and for the words
EVERYTHING, NOTHING,
SOMETHING or ANYTHING WHOSE
(for possessives).
- 'She's the woman
who/that sang that song.
- [... REFERENT + PRO.
REL. + VERB ...]
- [... REFERENT + PRO. REL.
+ NOUN + VERB ...]
- 'That's the man whose kid is
annoying!'.
- CLAUSES RELATED TO THE
OBJECT
- USE: When the subject of the
verb in the relative clause is
the same as the referent (the
noun we are talking about).
- SHAPE: These Relative
Clauses begin with
relative pronouns: WHO
(for people) / WHOM (in
very formal English)
WHICH (for animals or
objects), THAT (for people,
animals or objects and for
the words EVERYTHING,
NOTHING, SOMETHING or
ANYTHING).
- The man with whom you had
a fight is my dad.'
- [... REFERENT + (PRO.
REL.) + PRAYER ...]
- 'Here's the dvd which/that
you gave me last week.'