14 Unit 01 | Way to grow! Read the sentences again. What could be the rule for when to use a comma and when not to? Complete the sentences with the correct relative pronouns and add a comma where necessary. 1 Everyone posted photos of the sports event except for Marc was ill on the day. 2 I loved the videos of her kitten my friend had uploaded. 3 I got sucked into a TikTok black hole. That’s the reason I’m late. 4 Are you a person online presence is always up to date? 5 Kane makes a fool of any friend posts an unflattering picture. 6 You need to choose the people you interact with online carefully. 7 Kane often leaves rude comments on posts I think is really mean. 8 Can you recommend a café in the area I can get free WiFi? 9 Do you remember the time Jedrek spent the whole afternoon trying to come up with the perfect title for his photo? If the relative pronoun is the object of the relative clause, you can leave it out. This only works when giving essential information. This is often called ‘contact clause’. Look at the example below, then decide if you can leave out the relative pronouns in sentences 1–8. Margot Robbie is the actor who played the title role in the film Barbie. NOT: Margot Robbie is the actor played the title role in the film Barbie. Suicide Squad is another film which she starred in. OR: Suicide Squad is another film she starred in. c 16 17 Read the sentences in the table and circle the correct relative pronouns. b Relative clauses Relative clauses can be used to give more information about people and things. They are usually connected to the main clause of a sentence by a relative pronoun. Read the article in 12 again and find seven relative clauses introduced by the following relative pronouns: who, whose, where, why, when, which, that. See Grammar revisited, Relative clauses, p. 175. LANGUAGE 15 a Giving essential information ( you can’t understand the sentence without this information) 1 An online presence whose / which makes you look lazy is bad for you. 2 I saw the picture that / who Otis uploaded to the school website. 3 The artist whose / that music blog Hannah’s been following will play a concert soon. 4 Hannah’s never been to the café in which / whose the concert is taking place. 5 This is the website where / which you can find all the information you need. 6 It started to rain the moment where / when Hannah was finally ready to film herself. 7 I don’t know the reason why / when Kane is making stupid jokes online. Giving additional information ( you can understand the sentence without this information) 8 My youngest sister, that / who is only 9 years old, is already obsessed with TikTok. 9 Posting on TikTok teaches young people digital skills, which / that is really cool. 10 The author of the book, which / who you can download for free, lives in South Africa. 11 Cindy, why / whose videos are always brilliant, would like to work in marketing one day. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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