Key 11.11A-11.13E1.5C Noun clauses derived from questions
1 if/whether he has passed his exam.
2 if/whether you can (or could) type.
3 if/whether he will arrive tomorrow.
4 if/whether he likes ice-cream.
5 if/whether he was at home yesterday.
6 if/whether I should phone her.
7 if/whether she's ready.
8 when you met her.
9 how you will manage.
10 why he has left.
11 where you live.
12 which one she wants.
13 who's at the door.
14 what he wants.1.5D Context
1 you know...
2 you can turn into superwoman or superman ...
3 that her baby nearly slipped under the wheels of a
car.
4 she lifted the car (to save her baby).
5 that he jumped nearly three metres into the air...
6 if you can perform such feats.
7 that you can.
8 that we can find great reserves of strength ...
9 that adrenalin can turn us into superwomen or
supermen!1.6 The complex sentence: relative pronouns
and clauses
1.6A 'Who', 'which' and 'that' as subjects of a
relative clause
1 ... the accountant who does my accounts.
2 ... the nurse who looked after me.
3 ... the postcards which arrived yesterday.
4 ... the secretaries who work in our office.
5 ... the magazine which arrived this morning.
6 ... the workmen who repaired our roof.1.6B 'Who(m)', 'which' and 'that' as objects of a
relative clause
1 ... the accountant who(m) you recommended .../...
the accountant you recommended ...
2 ... the nurse who(m) I saw at the hospital./... the
nurse I saw ...
3 ... the postcards which I sent from Spain./... the
postcards I sent...
4 ... the secretaries who(m) Mr Pym employed./...
the secretaries Mr Pym employed.
5 ... the magazine which I got.../... the magazine I
got...
6 ... the workmen who(m) I paid ... /... the workmen I
paid ...7 ... the dog which I saw .../... the dog I saw ...
8 ... the birds which I fed.../... the birds I fed ...1.6C 'Who(m)', 'which' or 'that' as the objects of
prepositions
1a He's the man to whom I sent the money,
b He's the man who(m)/that I sent the money to.
с He's the man I sent the money to.
2a She's the nurse to whom I gave the flowers,
b She's the nurse who(m)/that I gave the flowers to.
с She's the nurse I gave the flowers to.
3a That's the chair on which I sat.
b That's the chair which/that I sat on.
с That's the chair I sat on
4a He's the boy for whom I bought this toy.
b He's the boy who(m)/that I bought this toy for.
с He's the boy I bought this toy for.
5a That's the building by which I passed,
b That's the building which/that I passed by.
с That's the building I passed by.
6a They're the shops from which I got these,
b They're the shops which/that I got these from,
с They're the shops I got these from.1.6D Context
1 who 2 (-) 3 who 4 (-)1.7 The complex sentence: 'whose';
defining/non-defining clauses1.7A 'Whose' + noun in relative clauses
1 ... the customer whose address I lost.
2 ... the novelist whose book won first prize.
3 ... the children whose team won the match.
4 ... the expert whose advice we want.
5 ... the witness whose evidence led to his arrest.
6 ... the woman whose house the film was made in./
... in whose house the film was made.1.7B Defining and non-defining clauses
Commas are necessary in these sentences:
1 My husband, who is on a business trip to Rome all
this week, ...
4 The author Barbara Branwell, whose latest novel
has already sold over a million copies,...
6 The play Cowards, which opens at the Globe
soon,...
9 The manager, whom I complained to about the
service, ...
10 Sally West, whose work for the deaf made her
famous, ...