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The friends ________ I made in primary school live near my house.
WHO / THAT /----
That is the teacher ________ classes I like the most.
WHOSE
Jenny is the person _________ has helped me the most.
WHO / THAT
This is the town ___________ I lived when I was eight.
WHERE
The mobile phone ____________ I want is very expensive
WHICH / THAT / ---
Autumn is the time of year __________ the leaves fall off the trees.
WHEN
The driver, which car wasn't very fast, never won a race. RIGHT or WRONG?
WRONG--> WHOSE
I delivered the parcel to Charles, _________ gave it to Ann.
WHO
A waiter is a person ______ job is to serve customers in a restaurant.
WHOSE
The painting, that was finished in 1850, is one of the most representative works of that time. RIGHT or WRONG?
WRONG. In defining relative clauses we can omit WHICH/WHO/THAT when it is the object. A noun or a pronoun comes immediately after =Relative pronoun SUBJECT VERB
In non-defining relative clauses we use commas and give essential information. RIGHT or WRONG?
WRONG. We use commas, but we give extra, non-essential information.
We use a defining relative clause to give important information about a noun. RIGHT or WRONG?
RIGHT
The Eiffel Tower was designed by Gustav Eiffel, _______was a civil engineer by profession.
WHO
Can you omit the relative pronoun? He received a low mark for his essay, which was only one page long.
No way! Never omit relative pronouns in non-defining relative clauses
Can you omit the pronoun? She was dancing with a boy who had green hair.
Nooooo! who had...There is no subject before HAD, so who is the subject and we cannot omit it,
We use WHERE when the antecedent is a _________
PLACE
