RELATIVES

RELATIVES

1. PRONOUNS

   • PERSON
     • WHO
       • Bob Dylan, who is my favourite singer, came to Spain last year
     • WHOSE
       • Adele is the singer whose songs are reproduced worldwide
     • WHOM
       • Informal writing. After prepositions
     • WHOM
       • After prepositions in informal wtiting
       • U2, to whom the academy gave several awards, are travelling to the city right now
   • THINGS
     • WHICH
       • English is the language which is spoken all over the world
   • THAT
     • Which/who/when/where
       • Eminem is the artist who/that will come to Spain next summer
       • The guitar which/that I lost yesterday has been found
       • 20th September is the day when/that U2 will perform in Madrid
       • Madison Square Garden is the place that the Rolling Stones played in in 2015
     • After: something,anything, everything, nothing, all and superlatives
       • There is nothing (that) you can do for me
   • QUANTIFIERS
     • NONE OF / SOME OF/ ALL OF...
       • The new members of the band are amazing, all of whom are form Chicago

2. SENTENCES

   • DEFINING
     • Necessary information
       • The ring which I bought yesterday is made of three different types of gold
   • NON-DEFINING
     • Extra information
       • Adele, whose new album is a total success, will come to Spain on a tour
     • "That" is no possible here

3. ADVERBS

   • WHEN
     • 1999 was the year when I started university
   • WHERE
     • That is the hospital where my brother was born

4. Omitting the relative partcle

   • When the particle is not functioning as the subject in the relative clause
     • That is the CD (that) my brother bought yestarday
       • That is the house (where) I lived for ten years
   • We do not omit Who, which, when or where in non-defining relative clauses