Relative Clauses 5: Extra Information Clauses (2) Flashcards

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You can use a prep____ before whom (for people) and which (for things). So you can say to whom / with whom / about wich / without which, etc.

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You can use a prep____ before whom (for people) and which (for things). So you can say to whom / with whom / about wich / whitout which, etc. (à qui / sans qui-lequel-laquelle)

  • Mr. Carter, to whom I spoke at the meeting, is very interested in your plan.
  • Fortunately we had a map, without which we would have gottent lost.

I spoken English, we usually keep the preposition after the verb in the relative clause. When we do this for people, we normally use who (not whom):

<span>This is my friend from Canada, <strong>who</strong> I was telling you <strong>about</strong>.</span>

  • Yesterday we visited the City Museum, which I’d never been to before.
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All of / most of, etc. + whom / wich (= plus ou moins quel pronom relatif français? ____.)

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All of / most of, etc. + whom / wich (= plus ou moins quel pronom relatif français? Dont.)

Mary has three brothers, all of whom are married.

They asked me a lot of questions, most of wich I couldn’t answer.

Tom tried on three jackets, none of witch fit him.

Two men, neither of whom I had ever seen before, came into the office.

They have three cars, two of wich they rarely use.

We can also say the cause/the name of wich, etc.:

The building was destroyed in a fire, the cause of which was never established.

We stayde at a beautiful hotel, the name of which I can’t remember now.

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Joe got the job, wich suprised everybody. In this exemple, which = the f___ that he got the job (traduction approximative = _ ___).

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Joe got the job, wich suprised everybody. In this exemple, which = the fact that he got the job (traduction approximative = ce qui).

Sarah couldn’t get meet us, which was a shame.

The weather was good, which we hadn’t expected.

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Write in more formal way using a prepostion + whom/which. My brother showed us his new car, which he’s very proud of.

My brother showed us his new car, ____.

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Write in more formal way using a prepostion + whom/which. My brother showed us his new car, which he’s very proud of.

My brother showed us his new car, of wich he’s very proud.

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Write in more formal way using a prepostion + whom/which. This is a picture of our friends Chris and Sam, who we went on vacation whith.

This is a picture of our friends Chris and Sam, ____.

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Write in more formal way using a prepostion + whom/which. This is a picture or our friends Chris and Sam, who we went on vacation with.

This is a picture or our friends Chris and Sam, whith whom we went on vacation.

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Write in more formal way using a prepostion + whom/which. The wedding, wich only members of the family were invited to, took place on Friday.

The wedding, ____ , took place on Friday.

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Write in more formal way using a preposotion + whom/which. The wedding, wich only members of the family were invited to, took place on Friday.

The wedding, to wich only members of the familly were invited, took place on Friday.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. Most of the information we were given was useless.

We were given a lot of information, ____.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. Most of the information we were given was useless.

We were given a lot of information, most of wich was useles.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. Jane has received neither of the letters I sent her.

I sent Jane two letters, ____.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. Jane has received neither of the letters I sent her.

I sent Jane two letters, neither of which she has received.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. None of the ten people who applied for the job was suitable.

Ten people applied for the job, ____.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. None of the ten people who applied for the job was suitable.

Ten people applied for the job, none of whom was suitable.

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Complete the second sentence usins all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. Kate hardly ever uses one of her computers.

Kate has got two computers, ____.

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Complete the second sentence usins all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. Kate hardly ever uses one of her computers.

Kate has got two computers, one of wich she hardly ever uses.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. Mike gave half of the $50,000 he won to his parents.

Mike won $50,000, ____.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. Mike gave half of the $50,000 he won to his parents.

Mike won $50,000, half on wich he gave to his parents.

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Complete the second sentence usins all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. Both of Julia’s sisters are teacher.

Julia has two sisters, ____.

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Complete the second sentence usins all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. Both of Julia’s sisters are teacher.

Julia has two sisters, both of whom are teachers.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. I went to a party - I knew only a few of the people there.

There were a lot of people at the party, ____.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. I went to a party - I knew only a few of the people there.

There were a lot of people at the party, only a few of whom I knew.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. The sides of the road we drove along were lined with threes.

We drove along the road, the ____.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. The sides of the road we drove along were lined with threes.

We drove along the road, the sides of wich were lined with threes.

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Complete the second sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. The aim of the company’s new business plan is to save money.

The company has a new business plan, ____.

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ond sentence using all of / most of, etc. or the…-of = whom/wich. The aim of the company’s new business plan is to save money.

The company has a new business plan, the aim of wich is to save money.

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Use wich. Jane doesn’t have a phone. This makes it difficult to contact her.

Jane ____.

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Use wich. Jane doesn’t have a phone. This makes it difficult to contact her.

Jane doesn’t have a phone, wich makes it difficult to contact her.

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Use wich. Neil has passed his exams. This is good news.

Neil ____.

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Use wich. Neil has passed his exams. This is good news.

Neil has passed his exam, which is a good news.

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Use wich. Our flight was delayed. This meant we had to wait three hours at the airport.

Our ____.

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Use wich. Our flight was delayed. This meant we had to wait three hours at the airport.

Our flight was delayed, which meant we hae to wait three hours at the airport.

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Use wich. The street I live on is very noisy at night, wich makes it difficult to sleep sometimes.

The ____.

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Use wich. The street I live on is very noisy at night, wich makes it difficult to sleep sometimes.

The street I live on is very noisy at night, wich makes it difficult to sleep sometimes.