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Relative Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Pronouns
I bought a beautiful scarf.
It is pink.
To join sentences
which have a common
noun, or to add
information, we use
relative pronouns.
Relative pronouns
Who Refers to people
e.g. Ana is someone who helps others.
NOTE:
The relative clause always
comes after the noun it refers to.
We want to join the second sentence to the
first one.
NOTE:
The relative clause always
comes after the noun it refers to.
Let’s do some exercises!
4. The photos are in that box. I took them during my last trip.
The photos which I took during my last trip are in that box.
Which
e.g. I adopted two pets which
that are lovely.
WHO or WHICH
can be replaced by THAT
Complete with the relative pronoun.
who – which (or that) / whose
who/that had the accident.
1. This is the girl __________
whose
4. Peter, _________ father is an actor, lives next to me.
WHO or WHICH
can only be replaced by THAT
if the clause is defining
What’s the
difference?
Relative clauses
Non-defining relative clauses
2. The students, who asked to leave early, left the room ten
minutes before the end of the lesson.