RELATIVE PRONOUNS (Basic) (EXERCISE B32E79)

A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause. It is called a "relative" pronoun because it "relates" to the word that its relative clause modifies. There are five basic relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that* Who (subject) and whom (object) are generally only for people. Whose is for possession. Which is for things. That can be used for things and people only in defining relative clauses (clauses that are essential to the sentence and do not simply add extra information).** EXAMPLES:                               Who / that = person / people        I saw the girl. She works in the travel agent’s.        I saw the girl who / that works in the travel agents.                                Which / that = thing / things       This is the book. It has the information.       This is the book which / that has the information.                                         Where = place / places                                                        There’s the house. John and Mary live in it.       There’s the house where John and Mary live.

 Join the sentences with who, which, that, or where.

(A)  Jack wrote the letter. It arrived this morning. _____________________________________

(B)  There’s the park. We play football in it. __________________________________________

(C)  Tom’s the boy. He loves Anna. _________________________________________________

(D)  This is the hotel. I always stay here. _____________________________________________

(E)   Barbara has a car. It’s faster than yours. _________________________________________

(F)   I’ve got a niece. She lives in America. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________________________

(G)  Look at the pictures. They’re on page 6. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_________________________________________

ANSWERS:

Join the sentences with who, which, that, or where.

(A)  Jack wrote the letter. It arrived this morning. Jack wrote the letter, which arrived this morning.

(B)  There’s the park. We play football in it. There’s the park which/that we play football in.

(C)  Tom’s the boy. He loves Anna.  Tom’s the boy who loves Anna.

(D)  This is the hotel. I always stay here. This is the hotel where I always stay.

(E)   Barbara has a car. It’s faster than yours. Barbara has a car which/that is faster than yours.

(F)   I’ve got a niece. She lives in America. I have got a niece who lives in America.

(G)  Look at the pictures. They’re on page 6. Look at the pictures which/that are on page 6.

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