Relative clauses

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Mind Map on Relative clauses, created by sonia perez on 01/05/2021.
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Relative clauses
  1. Defining
    1. They define the noun
      1. They identify what thing or person we are referring to.
        1. Examples
          1. She's the woman who helped me yesterday!
            1. She has a cottage which they can use for the weekend.
              1. Mary, who was eighteen yesterday, is one of my best friends.
                1. The table, (which) you broke yesterday, was bought by my grandmother.
              2. Non-defining
                1. They add additional information.
                  1. Commas are used to separate the sentence
                  2. You cannot use
                    1. That” in place of “which” or “who”
                    2. Examples
                      1. Sally, that is from Australia, always wins.
                        1. My sister who lives in Guadalajara is pregnant.
                          1. This is the cat which you adopted.
                            1. He couldn’t read, which surprised me.
                              1. Do you know the boy whose mother is a nurse?
                                1. I was invited by the professor whom I met at the conference.
                              2. Definition
                                1. We use them to refer to a noun
                                  1. Person
                                    1. Thing
                                    2. Join two or more clauses
                                      1. Forming "relative clauses"
                                      2. Relative pronouns
                                        1. That, which, who, whom, whose,
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