Transcript Relative Clauses Structure

DEFINING AND NON- DEFINING
RELATIVE CLAUSES
L. I. Laura Laguna Roque
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What would you do to join these two sentences?
•My aunt was an adult.
These sentences are
called …
•She impressed me a lot as a child.
My aunt was an adult who impressed me a lot as a child.
As you can see they
are joined by a
relative pronoun
What about these?
•Mr. Dival was a very good carpenter.
•He had two big dogs.
Mr. Dival, who had two big dogs, was a very good carpenter.
Mr. Dival, whose two dogs were big, was a very good carpenter.
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Relative Clauses
Relative clauses are usually found after a noun or a noun
phrase.
They describe or give information about the person or thing
being talked or written about.
You can find two types of Relative
clauses:
Defing relative clauses
and
Non- defining relative clauses
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Defining Relative Clauses
• The information in this type of clause is essential to the
meaning of the main clause.
Example: He was the only man who answered my question.
• If the defining clause is taken away, the meaning of the
main clause is not clear.
Example: He was the only man.
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Here you have more examples:
I like friends who never let me down.
That is the man whose dog bit my son.
This is the hotel where they stay on vacation.
We want a car which doesn’t spend too much gas.
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Non - Defining Relative Clauses
•The information in this type of clause is extra.
Example: Mr. Brown, who lived in the big house, was very
tall and strong.
•If the non – defining clause is taken away, the meaning
of the main clause is still clear.
Example: Mr. Brown was very tall and strong.
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Here you have more examples:
My grandfather, who is 75 years old, is still working.
That car, which he loves, had a crash last year.
This place, where many people come, was built in
Greek times.
The old lady, whose son was a doctor, traveled
around the world.
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