Relative adverbs - English Grammar Lessons Guide

 Relative adverbs - English Grammar Lessons Guide

The relative adverbs where, when & why can be used to join sentences or clauses. They replace the more formal structure of preposition + which used to introduce a relative clause.

The relative adverbs where, when and why can be used to join sentences or clauses. They replace the more formal structure of preposition + which introduced a relative clause.

Relative adverbs - English Grammar Lessons Guide

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Formal structure, preposition + which

That's the restaurant in which we met for the first time.

That picture was taken in the park at which I used to play.

I remember the day on which we first met.

There was a very hot summer the year in which he was born.

Tell me the reason for which you came home late.

Do you want to know the reason for which he is angry with Sally?

More common stucture using a relative adverb

That's the restaurant where we met for the first time.

That picture was taken in the park where I used to play.

I remember the day when we first met.

There was a very hot summer the year when he was born.

Tell me (the reason) why you came home late.

Do you want to know (the reason) why he is angry with Sally?

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