"Relatives" (придаточные предложения в английском языке)

Relatives

(придаточные определительные)

We can use relative clauses  to join two sentences  or  to give more information  about something. We use relative clauses  to describe people ,  things ,  time ,  places  or  reasons . Relative pronoun  comes after the noun it describes.

Example :

The boy was happy. He won the prize. = The boy  who  won the prize was happy.  

Those jeans are really expensive. You want to buy them. = Those jeans  which  you want to buy are really expensive.

Read the examples and complete the rule.

• The boy who/that studies at the college is my neighbour.
• The bakery which/that has red roof is next to my house.
• I will never forget the day when I met you.
• That is the girl whose mom is a teacher.
• I can’t remember the name of the hotel where we stayed in Paris.
• Tell me why you came home late.

The rule

We use:

• who/that with people
• where with places
• why with reasons
• when with time
• which/that with things or ideas.
• whose to show possessions.