Type
of Relative Clause
1. Who
Used
to replace the person who serves as a subject.
Example : Who is placed right after the word that
was replaced.
The people were mostly young
soldiers.
They were killed during the war.
They in the second sentence refers to the people and
serves as a subject, then combined the
two sentences :
The people
who were killed during the war were mostly young soldiers.
2. Whom
Used to replace the phrase that serves as the object or
complement.
Example : Leah
lives in Thailand.
Brade
loves her very much.
The same phrase in the second sentence is a
reference to her Lea, then the combination is:
Whom
Leas Brade loves very much lives in Thailand.
The
man is angry.
The
woman is talking to him.
If the phrase in the second sentence before being replaced
by relative clause contained prepositions, the preposition that should be moved
to a position before the 'Whom'. Then, the combination of these two sentences:
The
man to Whom the woman is talking is angry.
3. Whose
Used to replace the phrase stating ownership / possession
(possessive).
Example : Tom’s father is in hospital now.
His health hasn’t
been so good lately.
Tom’s father whose
health hasn’t been so good lately is in hospital now.
4.
Which
Phrase used to replace objects or
animals are well located as a subject or object.
Example : I saw a dog.
The dog was beaten by
the boy.
I saw a dog which was
beaten by the boy.
5.
That
Phrase used to replace people or
objects.
Example :
The girl that met me is very pretty.
The
girl that Fred loves is very pretty.
Exercise 37. Relative Clauses
1. The last record which produced by this company became a gold record.
2. Checking accounts that require a minimum balance are very common now.
3. The professor whose you spoke yesterday is not here today.
4. John whose grades are the highest in the school, has received a scholarship.
5. Felipe bought a camera that has three lenses.
6. Frank are who were nominated for the office of treasurer.
7. The doctor is with a patient whose leg was broken in an accident.
8. Jane is the woman who is going to China next year.
9. Janet wants a typewriter whose self-corrects.
10. This book that I found last week, contains some useful information.
11. Mr. Bryant whose team has lost the game, looks very sad.
12. James wrote an article whose indicated that he diskiled the president.
13. The director of the program whose graduated from Harvard University, is planning to retire next year.
14. This is the book that I have been looking for all year.
15. William whose brother is a lawyer, wants to become a judge.
Exercise 38. Relative Clause Reduction
1. George is the man chosen to represent the committee at the convention.
2. All of the money accepted has already been released.
3. The papers on the table belong to Patricia.
4. The man brought to the police station confessed to the crime.
5. The girl drinking coffe, is Mary Allen.
6. John’s wife, a professor, has written several papers on this subject.
7. The man talking to the policeman, is my uncle.
8. The book on the top shelf, is the one that I need.
9. The number of students have been counted is quite high.
10. Leo Evans, a doctor, eats in this restaurant every day.
