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11.7 Relative Clauses with Where and When

We visited the region where the film was made.
| remember the day when | first saw a lion in the wild.

1. Use where in a relative clause to describe a Istanbul is a city. Europe and Asia meet there.
place (for example, home, neighborhood, Istanbul is a city where Europe and Asia meet.
city, country, place).

2.Use when in a clause to describe a time (for I'll never forget the summer. Our team won the
example, day, weekend, year, time). championship then.
I'll never forget the summer when our team won
the championship.

3. Where and when can be used in identifying Do you remember the time when we met?
and non-identifying relative clauses. They Do you remember the time we met?
can be omitted only in identifying relative
The movie is in Paris, where we first met.
clauses.

4. Be careful! Do not use a preposition in a v¥ The late 1920s was the time when talking films
relative clause with where or when. replaced silent films.
X The late 1920s was the time during when
talking films replaced silent films.

5. Instead of where, you can use a preposition:
born in no longer exists.
a. before which a. The apartment building in which | was born
no longer exists.
b. following the verb in the relative clause b. The apartment building which/that | was

6. Instead of when, you can use in which in Last year was the year when they got married.
identifying relative clauses. Last year was the year in which they got married.

6 Combine the sentences about silent movies. Use when, where, or a preposition with which.
Add commas where necessary.

1. The history of film starts in the late nineteenth century. Movies had no sound then.

The history of film starts in the late nineteenth century when movies

had no sound.

2. People wanted to go to a relaxing place. They could escape from their troubles there.

3. Moviegoers saw silent movies in theaters. There were usually pianos or organs in the theaters.

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