RELATIVE CLAUSES

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Relative clauses are clauses starting with the relative pronouns who, that, which, whose, where, when. They are most often used to define or identify the noun that precedes them:

Las cláusulas relativas son cláusulas que comienzan con los pronombres relativos who , that, which, which, where, when. Se usan con mayor frecuencia para definir o identificar el sustantivo que los precede:

EXAMPLES: 

Do you know the girl who started in grade 7 last week?

¿Conoces a la chica que comenzó en séptimo grado la semana pasada?

Can I have the pencil that I gave you this morning?

¿Puedo tener el lápiz que te di esta mañana?

I want to live in a place where there is lots to do.

Quiero vivir en un lugar donde hay mucho que hacer.

Yesterday was a day when everything went wrong!

¡Ayer fue un día en que todo salió mal!

Relative pronouns are associated as follows with their preceding noun:
Los pronombres relativos se asocian de la siguiente manera con su sustantivo anterior:

Preceding noun	Relative pronoun	Examples
a person	who(m)/that, whose	- Do you know the girl who.. - He was a man that .. - An orphan is a child whose parents ..
a thing	which/that, whose	- Do you have a computer which .. - The oak a tree that .. - This is a book whose author ..

EXERCISES: 
Relative Pronouns (who / which / whose)

Choose the correct relative pronoun (who, which, whose).

1. This is the bank  who which whose  was robbed yesterday.
2. A boy  who which whose  sister is in my class was in the bank at that time.
3. The man  who which whose  robbed the bank had two pistols.
4. He wore a mask  who which whose  made him look like Mickey Mouse.
5. He came with a friend  who which whose  waited outside in the car.
6. The woman  who which whose  gave him the money was young.
7. The bag  who which whose  contained the money was yellow.
8. The people  who which whose  were in the bank were very frightened.
9. A man  who which whose  mobile was ringing did not know what to do.
10. A woman  who which whose  daughter was crying tried to calm her.
11. The car  who which whose  the bank robbers escaped in was orange.
12. The robber  who which whose  mask was obviously too big didn't drive.
13. The man  who which whose  drove the car was nervous.
14. He didn't wait at the traffic lights  who which whose  were red.
15. A police officer  who which whose  car was parked at the next corner stopped and arrested them.