1. Pages 244-245
6.7
Where, When, That or Which in
Adjective Clauses

2. Use where or when as
relative pronouns
when the embedded
sentence contains a
preposition:

3. Main sentence: In 2002,
Pierre gave the graduation
speech at the college.
Embedded sentence: He
had gotten his degree from
the college.

4. In 2002, Pierre gave the
graduation speech at the
college where he had
gotten his degree,
or
from which he had
gotten his degree.

5. WHERE = FROM WHICH

6. You can also say:
In 2002, Pierre gave the
graduation speech at the
college (that/which) he had
gotten his degree from.
(This is more informal.)

7. Main sentence: 1995 is
the year.
Embedded sentence:
eBay got its start in that
year.

8. 1995 is the year when
eBay got its start,
or
in which eBay got its
start.

9. WHEN = IN WHICH

10. You can also say:
1995 is the year
(that/which) eBay got
started in.
(This is more informal.)

11. Main sentence: She lives in
a home.
Embedded sentence:
People use the computer a
lot in that home (= People
use the computer a lot
there .)

12. She lives in a home where
people use the computer a
lot,
or
She lives in a home in
which people use the
computer a lot.

13. WHERE = IN WHICH

14. Main sentence: February
is the month.
Embedded sentence: I
was born in that month
(= I was born then .)

15. February is the month
when I was born,
or
February is the month in
which I was born.

16. WHEN= IN WHICH

17. Main sentence: Yemen is the country.
Embedded sentence: I am from
Yemen
Yemen is the country that I am from.

18. Main sentence: Yemen is the
country.
Embedded sentence: I was born
in Yemen
Yemen is the country where I was
born.

19. Exercise 13
Page 245

20. 1. The store where I bought
my computer is having a sale
now.
Embedded: I bought my
computer at the store.

21. 2. Do you bookmark the sites
that/which/0 you visit often?
Embedded sentence: You visit the
sites often.

22. 3. The box at the top of
your browser is the place
in which you type the
Web address.

23. 4. There are Web sites
where/on which you can
compare the prices of
electronics

24. 5. The city where/in which
I was born has a lot of
parks.

25. Finish this for homework.
There will be a “quiz” in
Moodle.

26. Exercise 14
Pages 245-246

27. Exercise 14
Pages 245-246

28. 1. Six o’clock is the time
when/at which the auction
stops.

29. 3. On page 246:
2008 was a year that had
366 days.
Embedded sentence: The
year had 366 days.

30. 2008 was the year when
the Olympics were in
Beijing.
Embedded: The Olympics
were in Beijing in 2008.