Relative Clauses Lesson
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Infinitive Relative Clauses
A Look at
this pattern with an adjective and a to-infinitive.
- Which was the fin-t country to win the Rugby World Cup?
(= the first
country that won the Rugby World Cup)
- The last boy to leave will have to turn out the lights.
(= the last
boy who leaves)
- You're the only student to sign up for the course.
(= the only
student who has signed up for the course)
- Ronald Reagan was the oldest man to become US President.
(= the
oldest man who became US President)
We can use
a to-infinitive after an ordinal number (first, second, etc); after next and
last: after only: and after a superlative adjective (e.g. oldest).
We can use
a passive to-infinitive.
- The first British monarch to be filmed was Queen Victoria.
Infinitive Relative Clauses
We can use
a to-infinitive in this pattern with a preposition + which.
- These are is ideal locations from which to explore the Lake District.
- I need a piano of my own on which to practice.
This
pattern is rather formal. In informal English we can leave out which and put
the preposition at the end.
- I need a piano of my own to practice on