Relative Clauses

ESL: CLASS # 7
STUDENT TEACHER: JIWEON LEE

Tonights Objectives
What are relative clauses?
How to use relative clauses.

Relative Clauses
A: Hi, I want to send this box to my friend who lives
in New York.
B: What did you put in the box?
A: I put a cell phone that he asked me to send.
B: Okay, check this form and write
the address where you will send it.

Relative
clauses
Relative clauses identify or give
additional information about
People, things, or places

Relative clauses

Additional Information

The movie which was called Big Night. was interesting.

Thing
Additional Information
I ate spaghetti at the restaurant where I ate soup.
Place
Additional Information
A girl who has black hair is sitting in the chair
People

Practice: people, places, and

Additional Information
things.
The book that was written by Ruben was interesting.
Thing
Additional Information
I love my home where I feel comfortable.
Place
Additional Information
I have a friend who is living in Mexico.
People

What Can We Do Using

Relative Clauses?

We can combine two sentences

by using Relative clauses

Relative clauses: Combining

A girl is sitting in the chair.
People
Additional Information

A girl has black hair

who has black hair
A girl who has black hair is sitting in the chair

Practice: Combining
I want to meet my friend.
People

My friend likes to cook.

WHO

People

I want to meet my friend who likes to cook.

People

Additional Information

Notice:
Additional Idea directly follows
after the nouns or pronoun.

Examples
Directly follow

A movie which was called Big Night. was interesting.

I ate spaghetti at the restaurant where I ate soup.

Directly follow

1. Directly follow

Practice: find problems.

I that discuss manners in restaurant read a book.

1. Directly follow

I read a book that discusses manners in restaurant .

For People
Subjects or object pronouns for people

Who
That

For People: Who & That

Main: A man sent me an e-mail.
Additional Idea: I dont know a man.

People

Who or That

A man who/that I dont know sent me an email with his picture.

Practice
Main: I have a friend.
Additional Idea: A friend lives in Mexico.

People

Who & That

I have a friend who/that lives in Mexico

For Places
Where means in that place
Where cannot be deleted

Where
That

For Place: Where

Main: I love the restaurant.
Additional Idea: I ate delicious chicken soup at the restaurant.

Place

Where

I like the restaurant where I ate delicious chicken soup.

Practice
Main: I graduated at the college.
Additional Idea: I got my masters degree at the college.

Place

Where

I graduated at the college where I got my masters degree.

For Things
Subjects or object pronouns for things

Which
That

For Things
Main: I got a present.
Additional Idea: The present was a box of chocolate.

Things

Which / That

I got a present which/that was a box of chocolate.

Practice
Main: I saw a box on the street.
Additional Idea:The box was filled with vegetables.

Things
I saw a box
on the street.

Which / That

which/that was filled with vegetables

Direction for Handout &

Textbook P. 34, # 3
Combine the two sentences to make one
sentence with a relative clause.
Use who(/that), which(/that), or where.
(you may sometimes need to leave out a
word.)

#1 - Handout
Main: I met a man.
Additional Idea: A man gave me this address.

I met a man who/that gave me this address.

Textbook p. 34, # 3
1. A waiter brought our food. He was very friendly.

2. This is a restaurant. John asked me to marry him he

3. A train goes to the airport. It runs every 20 minutes.

4. This is the corner. The accident happened here.

#2 - Handout
Main: The library has videos.
Additional Idea: I work there.

The library where I work has videos.

#3 - Handout
Main: I like the chair.
Additional Idea: The chair is comfortable.

I like the chair which /that is comfortable.

#4 - Handout
Main: I went to the school.
Additional Idea: I learned how to cook at the school.
I went to the schoolwhere I learned how to cook.

#5 - Handout
Main: Im looking for a woman.
Additional Idea: She is a cook.
Im looking for a woman who/that is a cook.

#6 - Handout
Main: You should be careful when using a knife.
Additional Idea: It is sharp.

You should be careful when using a knife

which/that is sharp.

#3-1 P. 34
A waiter brought our food.
He was very friendly.
The waiter who/that was very friendly
brought our food.

#3-2 P. 34
This is a restaurant.
John asked me to marry him here.
This is a restaurant

where John asked me to marry him.

#3-3 P. 34
A train goes to the airport.
It runs every 20 minutes.
The train which/that goes to the
runsairport
every 20
minutes.

#3-4 P. 34
This is the corner.
The accident happened here.
This is the corner
where the accident happened.

Review: Active Grammar p. 31

Use _________________ for people.
Who / That for places.
Use _________________
Use __________________ for things.

Where

Which/ That

That

Q. 7 p31
1. Spinach is the only vegetable
which/that I never eat.

my bedroom.
2. The place where I feelishappiest
born
is beautiful.
3. The town where I was

Q. 7 p31
My
sister
is
the
only
person
4.
5.

who / that looks like me.

The music which I listen to the most

is jazz.
The
thing
which/that I like the most about myself
6.
is my hair.

Thank you