Relative clauses

Relative clauses

-relative clauses give us information about something or someone in a main clause.

-defining relative clauses are used to identify or define things, ideas, places, time and possessions.

-that's the woman who lost her things yesterday.

-Non- defining relative clauses give information about something in the main clause, but do not help to identify or define it.

-the woman, who lost her things yesterday, is from Chicago.

Relative pronouns

- We use who for people.

- We use which for things.

- We often use that instead of who and which.

- We use whose for possession.

Relative adverbs

- We use where to describe places.

- We use when to refer to time.

• Los adverbios Los adverbios en inglés

• adverbios de tiempo adverbs of time

• Ayer yesterday

• hoy today

• mañana tomorrow

• ahora now

• entonces then

• más tarde later

• esta noche tonight

• ahora mismo right now

• anoche last night

• esta mañana this morning

• semana próxima next week

• ya already

• recientemente recently

• últimamente lately

• pronto soon

• inmediatamente immediately

• aún still

• todavía yet

• hace… ago

• adverbios de lugar adverbs of place

• aquí here

• ahí there

• por ahí over there

• en todas partes everywhere

• dondequiera anywhere

• en ninguna parte nowhere

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