RELATIVE PRONOUNS and RELATIVE CLAUSES

A - Read the following sentences

1. The actor, who / that won the award, was Clint Eastwood.
2. The producer is the person, who / that finds the money and actors to make a film.
3. This is the music of the film which / that won many awards.
4. He met a girl called Madeleine, whose phone number he has lost.

1 – Complete the sentences:

Sentences 1- 4 have _________ clauses put together/linked by a _____________ pronoun

which comes immediately after the person, thing, animal or place it refers to.

2- Complete with the relative pronouns used in those sentences:

____________ refers to people.

____________ refers to things or animals.
____________ refers to people, things or animals.
____________ is used to state that something belongs to someone. It usually refers to
people but it may refer to animals or things too.

B – Read the sentences in both tables and complete:

1- The clauses which begin with _____________ pronouns are ______________ clauses.

2- Relative clauses may be Defining or Non-Defining

3- Classify the two groups of sentences as Defining Relative Clauses and Non-Defining
Relative Clauses considering that

- Defining Relative Clauses give information that helps to identify/define the person
or thing we are talking about;

- Non-Defining Relative Clauses give extra information which is not necessary to

identify/define the person or thing we are talking about;

4- Fill in the table with the right titles

1. Elijah, who was born in Iowa, acted as Frodo. 1. The boy who plays the main role is Frodo

2. This film, which was a blockbuster, was
directed by Peter Jackson.
3. Susy, whose father is a famous actor, is
studying drama.
4. He also loved New Zealand, where the three
films were made.
2. The film which was a blockbuster was
directed by Peter Jackson.
3. I know a girl whose father is a famous
actor.
4. He also loved the country where the three
films were made.
5 – A __________________________ Clause is never separated by commas because it can not
be omitted as it contains the information we need to understand who or what we are talking
about.

C – Look at the sentences

1. That is the girl (that) he met at the party.

2. Most of the actors that acted in the movie were excellent.

a) Find the subjects in each of the linked clauses above.

b) Which sentence has different subjects in the linked clauses?

Conclusion: The relative pronoun is optional when the _______________ of the relative clause
is _________________ from the __________________ of the main clause.
These relative clauses can also be called contact clauses.