Hi there!
"We used to climb a mango tree that was / there was in his house"
Which of the two options id correct? Could you explain why?
Thanks a lot!
Mara.
was / there was?
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He had (grown) a mango tree in his HOUSE?! 
You don't really need the relative clause there: the preposition is descriptive enough ('We used to climb a mango tree in his garden').
Hmm, that just made me have a thought though, 'a mango tree', not 'the tree' or 'it' i.e. I can imagine an alternative running something like this: 'This guy had a mango tree in his garden, and we used to climb it.' Just a thought!
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/v ... 1366#11366
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/v ... 1547#11547
You don't really need the relative clause there: the preposition is descriptive enough ('We used to climb a mango tree in his garden').
Hmm, that just made me have a thought though, 'a mango tree', not 'the tree' or 'it' i.e. I can imagine an alternative running something like this: 'This guy had a mango tree in his garden, and we used to climb it.' Just a thought!
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/v ... 1366#11366
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/v ... 1547#11547