ENGLISH

Cygfrid Renzo A. Buenviaje

 WHAT ARE PRONOUNS?

Pronouns can do all of the things

that nouns can do. They can be
subjects, direct objects, indirect
objects, object of the preposition,
and etc.
 RELATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE
PRONOUNS

RELATIVE PRONOUNS INTERROGATIVE

• It is like interrogative
pronouns but it doesn’t ask
questions.
• It is the pronoun which is
used to refer to nouns
mentioned before.
• It is a word that introduces
a dependent or relative
clause and connects it to an
independent clause.
PRONOUNS
• It is a pronoun that asks or
introduces a question about a
certain topic that we may
know or not.
• The speaker that uses these
pronouns means that they
are not yet aware of the
certain topic they’re asking.
 Relative Pronouns

Who Which

Whom That
Whose
 Takes the place of a person
Who used as a subject.

Relative Pronoun
The man who called you is my husband.

The girl who passed by is very pretty.

 Takes the place of a person
Whom used as a direct object.

Relative Pronoun
The girl whom you admire is my daughter.

The candidate whom you voted for won the

elections.
 Takes the place of inanimate
Which objects ( places, ideas,
animals, actions ).
Relative Pronoun
The book which I lost costs nine hundred pesos.

The VCD which I borrowed is defective.

 Takes the place of the
That persons, places, or things
used as subjects or objects.
Relative Pronoun
The poem that you wrote was a very nice piece.

The costumes that you wore were colorful.

 Takes the place of the
Whose possessive form of the noun.

Relative Pronoun
The man whose wife won the competition was
very athletic.

The boys whose shirts are oversized are in

elementary level.
 Relative pronouns follow their antecedents or the
words they refer to. Their position in the sentence is
fixed.
Relative
Pronoun

The woman who sat beside you is my mother.

Antecedent
 Interrogative Pronouns

1.Who, whom, whose refer to persons.

2.Which refers to either persons or
things of a definite class.
3.What refers to inanimate objects or
when seeking information.
 Who will accompany you?

Which did you buy?

What will you research on?

I Ask You? Game: In this game,
each person will asks a question
to each players one by one and
if you don’t answer it, the
person who asked will think of a
dare that you will do.
 Give 5 sentences to both
interrogative and relative
pronouns. So it will be a total of
10 sentences. Underline the
interrogative pronouns and
encircle the relative pronouns.