Lesson 2 relative clauses
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This document provides a review of relative clauses, which are introduced by relative pronouns or adverbs that refer to the people, things, animals, ideas, or places mentioned earlier in the sentence. The relative pronouns can be who, which, where, or whose. The relative pronoun replaces the noun it refers to. The position of the relative clause in the sentence can vary without causing ungrammaticality.
Lesson 2 relative clauses
- 1. LESSON N? 2 RELATIVE CLAUSES REVIEW They are introduced by relative pronouns/adverbs: Pronoun Example People Who / that The man who is smiling is my father Things, animals, ideas Which / that The book which I bought last week is awful The cat which we saw in the garden is pretty Place Where The house where we stayed is comfortable Possessive Whose The boy whose pants are black is a good student Note: The relative pronoun stands in place of a noun. This noun usually appears earlier in the sentence: The woman who lives in that house is Spanish The hotel where she is staying is big and expensive The dog that has long black ears is brave, be careful! En algunos casos la posici┏n de la ＾relative clause￣ (cl│usula relativa) puede variar sin que esto conlleve a un error gramatical. - He is the man who won the lottery. - Gabriel is the boy that is going to participate in the spelling contest. Noun (subject) + (relative pronoun + complement) + rest of the main clause