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BIEÂN SOAÏN : NGUYEÃN THÒ THANH TRIEÂU

RELATIVE CLAUSES OR ADJECTIVE CLAUSES


(Meänh ñeà quan heä hay meänh ñeà tính töø)

A. Relative pronouns :
SUBJECT OBJECT POSSESSION
FOR PERSONS WHO WHO(M) WHOSE
FOR THINGS WHICH WHICH OF WHICH
& ANIMALS WHOSE
1. Defining clauses (Restrictive clauses) :
- The scientist who discovered a new planet has won the Nobel prize.

- The old castle which we visited was really interesting.

2. Non-defining clauses (Non-restrictive clauses) :


- Jack , who lives next door to my house , is very handsome.

- The TItanic , which is over 200 miles long , is known as the red planet.

B. Relative adverbs :
WHERE : in which, in the place , at that place
WHEN : on the day, at that time
WHY : for the reason
- I don’t know the reason why she is absent today.

- She couldn’t remember the place where she was born.

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