Grammar For Natural English: The Complete Relative Clauses

Learn how to make fluent and natural-sounding sentences in English

What you'll learn

How to use relative clauses to make your English sound more natural and advanced

Identify and use defining relative clauses and non-defining relative clauses

Use the correct relative pronoun or relative adverb

Make reduced relative clauses to make your English sound even more natural

Requirements

All levels (recommended B1 and above)

Description

Unlock the power of English language and take your communication skills to the next level with the complete guide to relative clauses!Do you struggle to convey your ideas in English in a clear and natural way? Are you tired of using the same simple sentence structures? Do you need to improve your speaking and writing for university or for exams like IELTS, TOEFL, First Certificate, Cambridge Advanced, and TOEIC? Look no further! This course is the solution you've been searching for.By the end of this course, you'll know how to add descriptive detail to your sentences by using relative clauses. Your teacher Lee, a native speaker from England with over 15 years teaching experience) will guide you through the details of making and using relative pronouns to make your sentences sound more natural. This will include lessons on relative pronouns, defining and non-defining relative clauses, relative adverbs, and reduced relative clauses.By mastering the art of relative clauses, you'll be able to express complex ideas easily and make your communication more effective and natural. The course is suitable for learners of all levels (but a minimum B1 is recommended), and is designed to provide you with the tools you need to take your English language skills to the next level.Don't let language barriers hold you back. Enroll now and unlock the full potential of your English language fluency!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction. Welcome to the course!

Lecture 1 Introduction to the course

Lecture 2 At the end of this course you will…

Lecture 3 Course outline

Section 2: Some important grammar concepts before we begin

Lecture 4 WHAT are relative clauses and WHY are they important?

Lecture 5 What is a clause?

Lecture 6 Different types of English sentence

Section 3: Relative pronouns (1): the different relative pronouns

Lecture 7 Relative pronouns: WHO, WHICH, and THAT

Lecture 8 Relative pronoun: WHOSE

Lecture 9 Relative pronoun: WHOM

Lecture 10 Practice exercises (1): relative pronouns

Lecture 11 Practice exercises (2): Batman movie review (Questions 1 - 5)

Lecture 12 Practice exercises (2): Batman movie review (Questions 6 - 10)

Section 4: Defining and non-defining relative clauses

Lecture 13 Defining and non-defining relative clauses introduction

Lecture 14 Defining and non-defining - digging deeper (1)

Lecture 15 Defining and non-defining - digging deeper (2)

Lecture 16 Practice identifying defining and non-defining relative clauses

Section 5: Relative adverbs

Lecture 17 Relative adverbs: introduction

Lecture 18 Practice exercises: relative adverbs

Lecture 19 Relative adverbs: digging deeper

Section 6: Review

Lecture 20 Which relative pronoun / relative adverb exercises (questions 1 - 5)

Lecture 21 Which relative pronoun / relative adverb exercises (questions 6 - 10)

Section 7: Relative adverbs variations

Lecture 22 Relative adverbs: PREPOSITION + WHICH

Lecture 23 Changing relative adverbs for PREP + WHICH - another variation

Section 8: Removing the relative pronoun

Lecture 24 When can we remove the relative pronoun?

Lecture 25 Practice: removing the relative pronoun

Section 9: Removing the relative pronoun from adverb variations

Lecture 26 Removing the pronoun from relative adverb variations

Lecture 27 Removing the pronoun from WHERE variations

Lecture 28 Removing the pronoun from WHEN variations

Lecture 29 Removing the pronoun from WHY variations

Lecture 30 Removing the pronoun from adverb variations: review

Section 10: Exercises: removing the relative pronoun

Lecture 31 Removing the relative pronoun: questions 1 - 5

Lecture 32 Removing the relative pronoun: questions 6 - 10

Lecture 33 Removing the relative pronoun: conclusion

Section 11: Reduced relative clauses

Lecture 34 Reduced relative clauses introduction

Lecture 35 Present participle and past participle phrases: introduction

Lecture 36 Present participle relative clauses (1)

Lecture 37 Present participle relative clauses (2)

Lecture 38 Present participle relative clauses (3)

Lecture 39 Present participle relative clauses (4)

Lecture 40 Past participle relative clauses (1)

Lecture 41 Past participle relative clauses (2)

Lecture 42 Reduced relative clauses from adjectives

Lecture 43 Reduced relative clauses using WITH and WITHOUT

Lecture 44 Reduced prepositional phrase relative clauses

Lecture 45 Reduced prepositional relative clauses: conclusion

Section 12: Reduced relative clause practice exercises

Lecture 46 Reduced relative clause practice (1)

Lecture 47 Reduced relative clause practice (2) - questions 1 - 5

Lecture 48 Reduced relative clause practice (2) - questions 6 - 10

Section 13: The end of the course!

Lecture 49 Well done!

Lecture 50 What's next?

Lecture 51 My other courses

Lecture 52 Study in England

Lecture 53 Thank you and good luck

English learners of all levels (recommended B1 and above)