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11.3 Object Relative Clauses

After the Main Clause Within the Main Clause

He is the doctor. You saw him last week. The house is blue. She bought it.

He is the doctor who you saw last week. The house that she bought is blue.
Object Relative Clause Object Relative Clause

1. Remember: A sentence with a relative The man is Vietnamese. You met him.
clause combines two sentences or ideas. The man that you met is Vietnamese.
In an object relative clause, the relative Object Relative Clause
pronoun (that, which, who, or whom) is the
object of the clause. The relative pronoun
is followed by a subject and a verb.
2. Use who, whom, or that for people. Use that That is the woman who / whom / that I met last week.
or which for places, things, and animals. The book that / which I’m reading now is very good.
3. The subject and verb in an object relative I like the work that she does.
clause agree. Subject Verb
I like the work that they do.

Subject Verb
4. Do not repeat the object in an object ✓ She has a job that she loves.
relative clause. ✗ She has a job that she loves it.

4 Complete the sentences. Write all possible relative pronouns (that, which, who, or whom)
and the simple present form of the verb in parentheses.

1. The elephants that / which logging camps use (use) work very hard.

2. Many of the loggers Lek (meet) are concerned
about their elephants.

3. Some of the elephants Lek (help) come from
logging camps.

4. The forests of northern Thailand are not a place many tourists
(visit).

5. The problems Lek and her team sometimes
(find) are very serious.

6. The people the park (hire) all care about
animals a lot.

7. The international recognition Lek (receive)
regularly is helpful to the park.
8. Lek Chailert is a person I (admire).

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