Relative clauses

Hopefully I have a great understanding of what relative clauses is all about. I have used educational websites that teach this grammar topic, afterwards I went to the practical section from those websites manage it. Now it´s my turn to explain it clearly what it is about.

Relative clauses are used to give additional information about something without starting another sentence. When combining sentences using relative clauses, my text becomes more fluent and I can avoid repeating common words that I have already used.

Common pronouns that are used in relative clauses are: who, which, whose, where, whom, that.

Relative are divided into two attributes:

• Defining relative clauses

This attributes are used to give additional information defining a general term or expression.


Examples:

1. Do you know the guy who is talking to my friend?
2. There are cool machines that do the job for us.

• Non Defining relative clauses

These are used to add extra information and can be deleted without changing the meaning of the sentence

Examples:

1. This guy whom I met yesterday, is very cool.
2. The plane that flew near the mountains was big.