Relative clauses Flashcards

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What are relative clauses?

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They give us information about the subject or the object. They can make two sentences become one longer sentence.

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For what do we use Relative Clauses?

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It defines the subject or object. No commas to separate the sentence. That can replace WHO or WHICH.

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Cite some of the relative pronouns

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Who, that, which, whom, whose.

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Non-defining relative clauses.

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1- Provides additional or extra info about the subject or object.
2- Commas used to separate the relative clause
3- THAT can not replace WHO or WHICH
Bill Gates, who is the founder of Microsoft, participated in the 2016 olympics game.
The city of Dublin, where I was born, will always be a special place for me.

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