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2.8 Grammar in English/ Relative clauses with answers (Part 2)
Relative clauses (part 2)
1) whose
We could also write: Camille should be congratulated :
___her____ drawing is amazing.
→ What can you infer about “whose”?
possessive meaning
2) , which
→ What does “,which” refer to?
"we can go out"
3) What
→ Rephrase “what”?
They said the words that / the things that the teacher expected.
NB: How would you translate “tout ce que”? all that
2.8 GRAMMAR IN ENGLISH (relative clauses with answers) PART 1
2.8 Links
GB/ France/ Grammar
Relative
clauses
A) Different clauses
“The man who became king
came from France.”
→ Where is
the relative clause? What is its antecedent? THE
MAN
→ Compare
with:
“The man, who became
king, came from France”.
Which difference(s) do you notice?
The first one is necessary to
understand who you are talking about.
On the contrary, the second one only adds
some information which is not necessary (we mentioned the man before…) It is a non-defining
clause.
B) Different pronouns
1) Subject
or object ?
1.
He is the man who believed the throne was his
_ S_ _
2.
The man whom they killed was Harold._ _O_ _ _
3.
The language Æ they spoke was
difficult._ _O _ _ _
4.
The article which I read was on the blog._ _ _O _ _
2)
which antecedent ?
→ Complete
with : who, whom, which, that , ,⃠
a) If the pronouns
are subjects :
|
human antecedent
|
Ex: the man __WHO/ THAT__
crossed the Channel was called William.
EX2: the king,__WHO__
spoke French, had many castles built. (non defining clause)
|
|
|
non-human antecedent
|
EX: Many words _WHICH/ THAT_
sound French were probably invented at that time.
EX2: The article, __WHICH__,
is on the blog,
deals with the two languages.
|
b)
if the pronouns are objects :
|
human antecedent
|
The student who/ whom/ ⃠ / that
you heard before is Jules.
NB : The student,
who/ whom
you heard before, is Jules. (it is a
non-defining clause )
|
|
non-human antecedent
|
The text that/ which/ ⃠you read earlier deals with William…
The document, which you read this morning,
deals with William. (non-defining)
|
2. 11 Reformuler au futur / ex à faire avant la visio du lundi 18 mai
Rephrase :
1)
I
am sure it will be a success.
⇒It
2)
This
project will probably improve people’s lives.
⇒This project
3)
Hurry
up: the train is going to leave in a second!
⇒The train
4)
It
will be necessary to recycle.
⇒We
5) They will permit him to build
this skyscraper.
⇒ He
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