RELATIVE CLAUSES

RELATIVE CLAUSES

1. Defining relative clauses give essential information about things, people, possessions, places or times.

2. We introduce defining relative clauses with relative pronouns: that, which, who, whose, where or when.

3. THAT: Things or people

   • Working as a computer programmer is something that I love doing.
   • We use THAT in the place of who or wich in relative clauses.
     • He's the man that (=who) we met at the stadium
     • Here's the cell phone that (=which) I got for my birthday.

4. WHICH: Things

   • Pop music is the kind of music which I listen to most.

5. WHO: People

   • Anyone who knows Sarah will agree thet she is a very sweet person.

6. WHOSE: Possession

   • I work for a company whose clients are very demanding.

7. WHERE: Places

   • I visited a stadium where Pelé played when he was young.

8. WHEN: Times

   • The is the time when most people are at home watching TV.