Relative clauses by Simon Hobkirk https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257 Relative clauses give information about something or someone in the main clause en-us 2021-01-25 17:10:06 UTC 2024-03-05 15:33:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Defining relative clauses shobkirk58 https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123073165 contain information which is essential for our understanding of the whole sentence:
E.g. The man who normally comes to clean our windows is on holiday this month
There's only one clock that works properly in this flat!
A widow is a woman whose husband has died
In each case, the relative clause identifies which person or thing is being talked about]]> 2021-01-25 17:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123073165 Features of defining relative clauses shobkirk58 https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123126136 2021-01-25 17:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123126136 Non-defining relative clauses shobkirk58 https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123165406 contain information which is not essential for our understanding of the sentence. we can identify which person or thing is being talked about without the information in the relative clause
E.g. Their new house, which has five bedrooms and a games room, is much larger than their previous one.
At the party, she spoke to Mr Peterson, whose father owned the company she worked for.

]]> 2021-01-25 17:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123165406 Features of non-defining relative clauses shobkirk58 https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123198764 2021-01-25 17:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123198764 Prepositions shobkirk58 https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123224621 usually come at the end of both defining and non-defining relative clauses
In defining relative clauses the relative pronoun is usually omitted
E.g. The town I grew up in has changed a lot since I left
In non-defining relative clauses the relative pronoun is never omitted
Keith Richards, who I used to work with, lives in Barcelona now.]]> 2021-01-25 17:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123224621 Where, when and why shobkirk58 https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123273985 Can be used in relative clauses after nouns which refer to a place (where), a time (when), or a reason (why)]]> 2021-01-25 17:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123273985 shobkirk58 https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123305313 2021-01-25 17:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123305313 shobkirk58 https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123335003 2021-01-25 17:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123335003 Have /get + object + past participle shobkirk58 https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123341399 indicates that the action is done for the subject/person by someone else and not by the subject. The subject causes the action to be done]]> 2021-01-25 18:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123341399 shobkirk58 https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123377642 2021-01-25 18:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/shobkirk58/7esspdkwwi11y257/wish/1123377642