57562 relative clausespart 1

Part 1
A. SURVEY: About the person who people admire and the reasons why.
1.
2.

Who do you admire?
How many of you admire the people because of their success, talents, appearance, personality, or contributions?

people
Name

Success

Reasons
Appearance

Talents

Personality

Contributions

B. GRAMMAR FOCUS

*** A relative clause is also called an adjective clause. It will meet three requirements.
1. It will contain a subject and verb.
2. It will begin with a relative pronoun or a relative adverb.
3. It will function as an adjective.
***A relative clause does not express a complete thought, so you must connect each relative clause to a
main clause.

Relative Pronoun

Use

Example

who

subject or object pronoun for people

The woman who lives next door is
my aunt.

which

subject or object pronoun for animals and things

The dog which is lying on the mat
is belonged to my brother.

referring to a whole sentence

Tom and Linda didn’t get married
which surprised me.

whose

possession for people animals and things

I know the doctor whose

daughter is our homeroom
teacher.

whom

object pronoun for people, especially in nonI was invited by the professor
defining relative clauses (in defining relative clauses whom I talked to at the
we colloquially prefer who)
conference.

that

subject or object pronoun for people, animals and
things in defining relative clauses (who or which
are also possible)

Relative Adverb

Use

I like the table that stands in the
kitchen.
example

When-in/on which

refers to a time expression

I still remember the day when we
met him.

Where-in/at which

refers to a place

The Red’s grandma lives in the
forest where wolves and foxes
often appear.

Why-for which

refers to a reason

The police still don’t know the
reason why the man was killed.


Part 1

STUDENT A
Who is the person (Maggie/ Linda) admires? And why?
(Sophia/Johnson/) admires ……who……
QuestionSophiaMaggieJohnsonLindaPeople the movie starThe
artistWhywho flew a kiss to herwho paints very well

STUDENT B
Who is the person (Sophia/Johnson/) admires? And why?
(Maggie/Linda) admires……who…….
QuestionsSophiaMaggieJohnsonLindaPeoplethe writer
the doctorWhywho tells funny storieswho saved his life

STUDENT A
How old is the person…..admires?
Where does the person…admires come from?
The person …admires whose age is…comes from…

STUDENT B
How old is the person…..admires?
How does the person……admires look?
The person …admires whose age is…comes from…

Questions

Sophia

How old

whose
age is 25

Where

Maggie

Johnson

Linda

Sophia

How old

whose
age is 53
New York

Questions

Germany

STUDENT A
What has the person (Maggie/ Linda) admires done recently?
How’s it going?
The person (Sophia/Johnson) admires ……which…..
QuestionsSophiaMaggieJohnsonLindaWhatfinished a
moviebought a big houseHowis popular with teenslooks like a
castle

Where

Maggie

Johnson

whose
age is 65
Canada

Linda
whose

age is 36

France

STUDENT B
What has the person (Sophia/Johnson) admires done
recently? How’s it going?
The person (Maggie/ Linda) admires ……which…..
QuestionsSophiaMaggieJohnsonLindaWhathad a car accident
took a tripHowcaused his deathcost him a lot of money


Part 1

STUDENT A
When did (Maggie/ Linda) visit the person she admires?
Where did the person live?
(Sophia/Johnson) still remember the date when she/ he
visited his house where…..
QuestionsSophiaMaggieJohnsonLindaWhen
Wherewhere he spent his childhoodwhere he lived with his
wife

STUDENT B
When did (Sophia/Johnson) visit the person she/ he admires?
Where did the person live?
(Maggie/ Linda) still remember the date when she visited his
house where…..
QuestionsSophiaMaggieJohnsonLindaWhen Wherewhere lots
of rats appearedwhere some artists stayed