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DE RELATIVO
woman)
T h e m a n (whom / that) I met at the party told me the truth. i A professor is s o m e o n e t e a c h e s in a university.
(el sujeto de la oracin de relativo es I, por tanto el relativo se puede omitir) i I h e only present I didn't like w a s the gold belt.
T h e house (which / that) we bought is very comfortable.
i. A meteorologist is s o m e o n e k n o w s about the w e a t h e r .
She is the nicest person that) I know.
i. This is the book I w r o t e to y o u about.
T h i s is the highest building (that) our company owns.
Anybody w a n t s to j o i n the d r a m a society must sign up n o w .
Fjate en que si el pronombre relativo va seguido del verbo, no se puede omitir
pero si despus del relativo va un sujeto y un verbo, casi seguro que s. U this is the shop is so e x p e n s i v e .
Nota 1: El relativo whose "cuyo", indica posesin, nunca es sujeto y no se 'i C i r o ' s w a s the best c l u b I have ever been to.
puede omitir.
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in | he t o w e r b l e w d o w n in the storm w a s over 1 0 0 years o d .
T h e horse whose leg you broke had to be killed.
T h e children whose books you are using are m y pupils.
Whose games are these? EXERCISE 3
Nota 2: Hay otro relativo, what que significa "lo que", "las cosas que"y se usa l i l i in the b l a n k s w i t h who, whom, which or that. T h e r e m a y be m o r e t h a n o n e
cuando el antecedente se sobreentiende. f ( t answer.
H e is always asking what should be done.
I. T h e photo ..yff}!S!?./.$$L y o u are holding
I don't know what to do. was taken by my sister.
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i 2. Thechairon he w a s sitting
collapsed.
EXERCISE 1 I. T h e test for y o u are studying
Underline the relative clauses. T h e n circle the nouns they describe. will be easy.
3. Is this the shirt that w a s missing from y o u r suitcase? The boy to I sent a note is smiling at m e .
7. I k n o w t h e m a n . H e is going to marry m y f r i e n d . 4 que se utilicen casi exclusivamente en estilo escrito y formal. Son menos
frecuentes que las defning.
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RELATIVE CLAUS
EXERCISE 6 EXERCISE 7
) Fill n the blanks with the correct relative pronouns. fe I ill in the blanks with who, which, where, that, when or whose. There may be more
(han one correct answer.
1. T h e Eiffel T o w e r , V-/? w a s built by engineer C u s t a v e Eiffel, is visited by
millions of people e v e r y y e a r . I. W h a t is the address of the w o m a n .... P.5.... dog bit ours?
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enjoyable.
EXERCISE 8
8. M y sister, fell d o w n the stairs last night, is still in hospital.
i ill in the blanks with the correct relative pronouns or adverbs. There may be more
9. Last w i n t e r w e s a w A u n t T i n a , brought us s o m e interesting books. than one correct answer.
10. O n Malta, is an island in the M e d i t e r r a n e a n , people speak English. 1. T o l e d o is the city t?. S.
r I was bom.
I remember the time when he arrived after everybody else had left. '). T h a t is the city a n e w shopping centre is being built.
Why (por lo que) indica razn o motivo. 10. Dinosaurs, w e r e sin h e n o r m o u s creatures, died out about 6 > r
Jhebookis about a lawyer who s accused of murder. ID. T h e teenagers c l e a n e d the r o o m that they had painted the day before
9. I lere is a postcard of the village. W e spent three d a y s there. (). H e w e n t to a c o n c e r t . H e d i d n ' t like the c o n c e r t at all. ( w h i c h )