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Relative clauses
Another good way to increase your grammar score by using complex sentences, is to
add relative clauses to your sentences. Relative clauses use relative pronouns (that,
which, who,) and are dependent clauses, which means that they cannot stand on their
own as a complete sentence.
Summary
of relative pronouns
Relative
pronoun
Use
Example
who
people
I like students who study hard.
which
things
I live in a flat, which is in a high-rise building.
where
places
I like shopping at places where there is lots of
parking.
whose
possession
Do you know the boy whose mother is a nurse?
that
for a specific
person or thing
I don’t like the table that is in the kitchen.
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Passive Form
The passive begins with the object (receiver of the action) and is followed by an
auxiliary verb and a main verb in the past participle form. The table below compares
the passive to the active tense. When speaking, the passive tense is used when we
want to emphasize the object of the sentence.
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