GRAMMAR: Relative Clauses


Las “Relative Clauses” sirven para integrarse en oraciones de relativo explicativas y especificativas y se utilizan para formar frases que añaden información a un objeto o sujeto de una oración de apertura. Para ello se utilizan los pronombres relativos. 

El ejemplo de los pronombres relativos se describen a continuación:

People who live in África areas are often poor (Las personas que viven en África suelen ser pobres).

A continuación se muestran los pronombres relativos (Relative Clauses)  en inglés:

*      Who: se utiliza para el sujeto o pronombres personales. Ejemplo: He is the guy who lives there. (Ese es el hombre que vive ahí).

*      Which: utilizado para el sujeto o pronombres de animales o cosas. Ejemplo: My cat, which is fat, is sleeping. (Mi gato, que es gordo, está durmiendo).

*      Whose: tiene como significado el término “cuyo”. Ejemplo: Do you know the guy whose mother is sick?. (¿Conoces al chico cuya madre está enferma).

*      Whom: utilizado en las personas. Ejemplo: He was hired by the professor whom I met yesterday. (Él fue contratado por el profesor que yo había conocido ayer).

*      That: utilizado para el sujeto, personas, animales, cosas en los cosas donde se define alguna cosa. Ejemplo: I don’t like your friend that was with you today. (No me gusta tu amigo que estuvo contigo hoy).


EJEMPLOS
  • Children who hate chocolate are uncommon.
  • They live in a house whose roof is full of holes.
  • An elephant is an animal that lives in hot countries.
  • Let's go to a country where the sun always shines.
  • The reason why I came here today is not important.

EJERCICIOS

Choose the correct relative pronoun or relative adverb.

1.    A castle is a place ______________ a king or queen lives.
2.    An actress is a woman ____________plays in films or theatre plays.
3.    This is the girl __________mother is from Canada.
4.    This is the time of the year ________________many people suffer from hayfever.
5.    The flowers  ______________ grow in the garden are beautiful.

Complete the sentences using a relative clause.

1.    Catherine and Sue are two girls (like dancing) ____________________
2.    My mobile phone is something (be very important to me) _______________
3.    Antony is a friend of mine (live in Boston) _________________
4.    West Side Story is a musical (be very famous) ____________
5.     An airport is a place (planes land)_______________

Combine the sentences using relative clauses without relative pronouns (contact clauses).

1.    We bought a car last week. The car is blue.
The car______________________________
2.    The girl is a singer. We met her at the party.
The girl_______________________________________
3.    The bananas are on the table. George bought them.
The bananas____________________________________
4.    We watched a film last night. It was really scary.
The film_________________________________
5.    I have to learn new words. They are very difficult.
The new words________________________________





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