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Unit 4: Time to Move Lesson 4A Grammar - Relative Clauses

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Lesson 4A Grammar - Relative Clauses

Relative Clauses and Pronouns - Complete Solutions

English grammar and relative clauses education

📚 Table of Contents

📧 Reading Comprehension

🔤 Grammar Practice

✍️ Sentence Combining

Jump to: 📧 Reading Comprehension | 🔤 Grammar Practice | ✍️ Sentence Combining | 📚 Additional Info

📧 Reading Comprehension

1. Read the email. Where is Abeer? What did she do yesterday? What is Thor's Well?

Answer: Abeer is in Oregon. She visited Thor's Well yesterday. Thor's Well is a sea fountain.

🔤 Grammar Practice

2. Look at the underlined pronouns in the email and answer the questions.

1) Which pronouns do we use for:

a) things? which, that

b) places? where, which

c) people? who, that

d) possessions? whose

2) When can we leave out the relative pronoun in the relative clause?

Answer: In defining relative clauses when the relative clause represents the object (not the subject).

3. Look at sentences 1–2. Which relative clause tells you who Amy is? Which relative clause gives more information about her?

1) I'm staying with Amy who is a friend of Mariam's.

2) Amy, who is really into photography, is a great person.

Answer: Sentence 1 is a defining relative clause (tells who Amy is). Sentence 2 is a non-defining relative clause (gives extra info).

✍️ Sentence Combining

4. In pairs, use non-defining relative clauses to combine the ideas into single sentences.

1 Irbid is a large city in Jordan. It is 88 km north of Amman.
Irbid, which is 88 km north of Amman, is a large city in Jordan.

2 The Shaumari Wildlife Reserve was established in 1975. It was Jordan's first wildlife protection reserve.
The Shaumari Wildlife Reserve, which was established in 1975, is Jordan's first wildlife protection reserve.

3 This athlete was born in 1996. He won Jordan's first Olympic gold medal.
This athlete, who won Jordan's first Olympic gold medal, was born in 1996.

4 The Grand Canyon is 446 km long, 29 km wide and 1.86 km deep. It is in the USA.
The Grand Canyon, which is in the USA, is 446 km long, 29 km wide and 1.86 km deep.

📚 Additional Information

💡 Relative Clauses:

Relative clauses provide additional information about nouns. Defining relative clauses are essential to identify the noun, while non-defining clauses add extra information and are separated by commas.

Proper use of relative pronouns (who, which, that, where, whose) is crucial for clear and effective communication in English.

💡 Grammar Rules:

Use 'who' for people, 'which' for things and animals, 'that' for people and things (in defining clauses), 'where' for places, and 'whose' for possession.

Non-defining relative clauses always use commas and cannot use 'that' as the relative pronoun.

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