شرحنا في الدرس السابق {Nouns: post-modification}
الدرس التالي ⇐ {Contact clauses}
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types of relative clauses أنواع عبارات الوصل
عبارة الوصل المعرفة
Use: الاستخدام
• Use a defining relative clause to define or specify who or what we are talking about: + relative clause:
مثال:
Lions are animals that live in Africa.
Form: الصيغة
Defining relative clause: main clause + (relative pronoun)
مثال:
Ahmed is the only student in our class who got a grade in his exam.
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It is not always necessary to use a relative clause to specify what we are talking
about. We use modifying phrases to make contact clauses as another way
of doing this:
Lions are animals living in / found in Africa.
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عبارة الوصل غير المعرفة
Use: الاستخدام
• Use a non-defining relative clause to add information about a person or thing. is separated from the main clause by commas and the sentence would still make sense if the clause were omitted:
مثال:
The players, who were really tired, decided to go home.
Form: الصيغة
Non-defining relative clause: main clause, + relative
This pronoun + relative clause:
مثال:
Mark attributes his success to his parents, who were right behind him all the way.
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Modifying phrases
• ing form:
صيغة ing
Can you see the man sitting near the window?
• past participle:
صيغة اسم المفعول به.
He’s the man married to my cousin.
• prepositional phrase:
عبارة الجر
How much is the pair of trousers in the window?
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