DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

FORM

Defining relative clauses Do not need commas to separate them from the rest of the sentence	The movie which/that we saw last week was directed by Martin Scorsese.
Come after the noun they refer to.	The director who/that won the award wasn¨t at the ceremony
Can use which/that to refer to things. Can use who/that to refer to people. Can use where to refer to places.	We stayed in the place where we had our
Subject and object relative clauses	Honeymoon
A noun can either be the subject or the object of a defining relative clause.	The actress who wore the exquisite dress at the end of the movie is a model. (subject)
When the noun is the object of the relative clause, the relative pronoun can be left out.	The dress (that/which) the actress wore at the end of the movie is exquisite (object)

Function
A defining relative clause gives us extra information about a noun. It cannot be removed from the sentence without effecting the basic meaning.

Una cláusula relativa definitoria nos da información adicional sobre un sustantivo. No se puede eliminar de la oración sin afectar el significado básico.

EXAMPLES

ESPAÑOL

1.Un hotel es un lugar donde las personas se quedan cuando están de vacaciones

2.¿Cuál es el nombre de la mujer que vive en esa casa?

3.camarero es una persona cuyo trabajo es servir a los clientes en un restaurante.puntuación.

4.Los monos son ropas que las personas usan para proteger su ropa cuando están trabajando.

NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
Form

Function
A non-defining relative clause gives us extra information about a noun.

We already know which person or thing we are refering to.

The relative clause be removed from the sentence without effecting the basic meaning.

Función

Una cláusula relativa no definitoria nos da información adicional sobre un sustantivo.Ya sabemos a qué persona o cosa nos referimos.

La cláusula relativa se eliminará de la oración sin afectar el significado básico.

EXAMPLES

Gabriela, who is a nurse, is going to Chicago next summer.

Gabriela, quien es enfermera, va a ir a Chicago el próximo verano

Brenda's brother, whose wife works for Google, is looking for another job.

El hermano de Brenda, cuya esposa trabaja para Google, esta buscando otro empleo.

My desktop computer, which is a DELL, wasn't very exepensive.

Mi computadora de escritorio, la cual es una DELL, no fué muy cara.

The nightclub downtown, where I met my new girlfriend, is being remodeled.

El club nocturno, donde conocí a mi nueva novia, está siendo remodelado