RELATIVE CLAUSES

Relative Clauses from Deepak

 You can also click here and here to get some pdf docs. with information and examples related to relative sentences. 

To finish, here you have some links for you to revise and practice relative clauses:

* link 1

* link 2

* -EVER pronouns (whoever, whatever, wherever, however, whichever, whenever):
    - Activity 1
    - Activity 2


One of the "new" things included in this powerpoint is the use of Reduced Relative Sentences, in other words, using participle clauses:

*A present participle clause (-ing) can repleace:
  
a) a relative clause in the present or past continuous.

      "The woman singing that song is a famous actress"  
      (The woman who is singing ....)

      "The car going round the corner was the new BMW" 
       (the car which was going round ...)

  b) a relative clause describing a permanent state.

      "The people living in that house work in the theatre" 
       (the people who      live ..)

      "The flat belonging to my brother was the nicest" 
       (the flat which belongs to ...)

* A past participle clause (-ed) can replace a passive relative clause:

      "All TVs sold in this shop have a one-year guarantee"
       (All TVs which are sold ....)

      "The video released last week has sold a million" 
       (The video which was released ...)

Now try these online activities:

Activity 1

Activity 2