You have come across Relative Clauses in the lesson ‘A Letter
to God’. Read about the relative clauses again. Complete
the sentences given below in the table by adding the most
suitable clause from the box and make it a relative clause.
The first one has been done for you.
contains meaning of words
stitches clothes
tell lies
won the best actor award this
year
hit a century
is faithful
need to fill in the
application
is a crook
help themselves
won the nobel prize
believe in hard work
(a) A tailor is a person who stitches clothes.
(b) A dictionary is a book ________________________________
(c) The book is about a scientist ___________________________
(d) What is the name of the player _________________________
(e) I don’t like people _____________________________________
(f) What is the name of the actor __________________________
(g) Students _____________________________________________
should meet the principal in her office.
(h) Friends of the trader thought the tailor ________________
and can cheat anyone.
(i) Lencho _______________________ thought God would help
him.
(j) Those ____________________________ will succeed.
(k) God helps those ___________________________.
Answers
Answer:
Grammar explanation
Relative clauses give us information about the person or thing mentioned.
Defining relative clauses give us essential information – information that tells us who or what we are talking about.
The woman who lives next door works in a bank.
These are the flights that have been cancelled.
We usually use a relative pronoun or adverb to start a defining relative clause: who, which, that, when, where or whose.
who/that
We can use who or that to talk about people. that is more common and a bit more informal.
She's the woman who cuts my hair.
He's the man that I met at the conference.
which/that
We can use which or that to talk about things. that is more common and a bit more informal.
There was a one-year guarantee which came with the TV.
The laptop that I bought last week has started making a strange noise!
Other pronouns
when can refer to a time.
Summer is the season when I'm happiest.
where can refer to a place.
That's the stadium where Real Madrid play.
whose refers to the person that something belongs to.
He's a musician whose albums have sold millions.
Omitting the relative pronoun
Sometimes we can leave out the relative pronoun. For example, we can usually leave out who, which or that if it is followed by a subject.
The assistant [that] we met was really kind.
(we = subject, can omit that)
We can't usually leave it out if it is followed by a verb.
The assistant that helped us was really kind.
(helped = verb, can't omit that)
Do this exercise to test your grammar again