RELATIVE PRONOUNS

DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
• When we want to give extra information about the
subject or the object of a sentence we need to add
extra clauses. These clauses are often added on, or
put inside a sentence and are introduced by relative
pronouns. These relative pronouns help to make
clear exactly what, where or who the extra
information is referring to.
 RELATIVE PRONOUNS
match
• Who • Possession
• Which • Place
• When • Time
• Where • Things & Ideas
• Whose • People
• Why • Reason
 RELATIVE PRONOUNS
key
• Who • People
• Which • Things & Ideas
• When • Time
• Where • Place
• Whose • Possession
• Why • reason
 Which/who/that/where clauses
The relative pronouns are used in place of he, she, it
or they to join two sentences together:

1)Subject relative clauses:

•They were three friends. They often talked about
setting up a business.
•They were three friends who/that often talked about
setting up a business.
2) Object relative clauses:
•They approached a number of venture capitalists.
They thought they would be interested.
•They approached a number of venture capitalists
who/that they thought would be interested.

3) Relative clauses with where:

•The company bought a bottle plant in the UK. They
could manufacture the drinks there.
•The company bought a bottle plant in the UK where
they could manufacture the drinks.
 Join sentences using a relative
pronoun:

• That’s the product. I told you about it.

………………………………………………………………..
• We visited the city. I was born there.
………………………………………………………………..
• I don’t like that man. He works in the marketing
department.
………………………………………………………………..
Join sentences using a relative
pronoun: KEY
 Complete with a relative pronoun
• The man……..is waiting outside says he has an
appointment.
• The women……job you took has left her new job and
wants to come back here.
• The file …..I left on your desk has disappeared
• The reason ….. I can’t come is because I’m working
that day.
 key
• The man who is waiting outside says he has an
appointment.
• The women whose job you took over has left her
other job and wants to come back here. (=of who)
• The file which I left on your desk has disappeared.
• The reason why I can’t come is because I’m working
that day.
Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun:
1.An environmentally-friendly product is a product-----will
not harm the environment when you see it.
2.It was in 2005……the Kyoto Agreement on global warming
came into force.
3.Glass…..has been recycled can be used again.
4.Deforestation happens in an area ……..all the trees have
been cut down.
5.Rain……is polluted with chemicals from factories is called
acid rain.
6.A farmer ……farm is organic does not use harmful
chemicals to grow food.
7.The greenhouse effect is something …….happens when
the sun’s heat is trapped close to the Earth by pollution.
8.An ecologist is a scientist ……studies the environment.
1. An environmentally-friendly product is a product which
will not harm the environment when you see it.
2. It was in 2005 when the Kyoto Agreement on global
warming came into force.
3. Glass which has been recycled can be used again.
4. Deforestation happens in an area where all the trees
have been cut down.
5. Rain which is polluted with chemicals from factories is
called acid rain.
6. A farmer whose farm is organic does not use harmful
chemicals to grow food.
7. The greenhouse effect is something which happens
when the sun’s heat is trapped close to the Earth by
pollution.
8. An ecologist is a scientist who studies the environment.