Relative Pronouns

Relative Pronouns

Definition

Relative pronouns help us to give essential information about a person, object, place, time or possession in a sentence.

Example:

She's the girl who sent me the status report

She's the girl whose house is by the beach

They help us to join 2 sentences that are related:

He is the man. He plays soccer during the nights

He is the man who plays soccer during the nights.

It is the company. It sells carton boxes

It is the company that sells carton boxes

The blue sentences are known as defining relative clause and the red sentences the main clause

Relative pronouns

• Which --> to talk about things It's the school which gives scholarships

• Who--> to talk about people They are the people who revolutionized social media

• Whose--> to talk about possessions. This is the customer whose order went missing

• When--> to talk about time. 1999 is the year when I launched my first product

• Where-->to talk. about places. This is he office where you'll be working.

• That--> to talk about things/people. It's the school that gives scholarships

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This is the girl

comes from Rusia

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we use the relative pronoun

to talk about persons

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we use the relative pronoun

to talk about things and persons

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we use the relative pronoun

to talk about possessions

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we use the relative pronoun

to talk about time

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I talked to the girl

car had broken down in front of the shop.

Multiple Choice

we use this relative pronoun to talk about place

• when

• where

• who

• that

Multiple Choice

we use this relative pronoun to talk about things

• whose

• which

• where

• when

Multiple Choice

we use this relative pronoun to talk about time

• when

• where

• whose

• which