Relative clauses What is a relative clause? (See a list of all the exercises about relative clauses here.) We can use relative clauses to join two English sentences, or to give more information about something. I bought a new car. It is very fast. → I bought a new car that is very fast. She lives in New York.
24.08.2013 · August 24, 2013 -. A relative clause is a type of subordinate clause introduced by a relative pronoun. What is the name of that boy who just walked in? Here the clause ‘who just walked in’ is an example of a relative clause. It modifies the noun boy. Relative clauses are also called adjective clauses. Relative clauses are sometimes shortened.
Le relative clauses si suddividono in due gruppi: – defining relative clauses (proposizioni relative determinative) – non defining relative clauses (proposizioni relative non determinative) NOTA BENE: l’utilizzo delle relative clauses è strettamente connesso ai pronomi relativi “ who, which, that, whose, whom ”. Andiamo con ordine!
(se omettessimo which/that is in front of the church non sapremo di quale casa si parla.) (se omettessimo "who lives with you" la frase avrebbe comunque senso, ...
DEFINING CLAUSES: Si dicono "defining" le frasi ("clauses") relative che definiscono meglio il referente del pronome. Una frase relativa "defining" non può ...
In inglese le proposizioni indispensabili si chiamano defining relative clauses, identifying relative clauses oppure restrictive relative clauses e non vanno ...
1: The relative pronoun is the subject: First, let's consider when the relative pronoun is the subject of a defining relative clause. We can use 'who', 'which' ...
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.