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Relative Pronouns Subject Object Possesive Who Who (Whom) Who se Which Which Whose That That We use who and whom for people, and which for things.Or we can use that for people or things. We use relative pronouns: 1 - after a noun, to make it clear which person or thing we are talking about: the house that Jack builtthe woman who discovered radiuman eight-year-old boy who attempted to rob a sweet shop 2 - to tell us more about a person or thing: My mother, who was born overseas, has always been a great traveller.ord !hompson, who is "#, has $ust retired.We had fish and chips, which is my favourite meal. %ut we do not use that as a subject in this kind of relative clause. We use whose as the possessive form of who: !his is &eorge, whose brother went to school with me. We sometimes use whom as the object of a verb or preposition:!his is &eorge, whom you met at our house last year. %ut nowadays we normally use who:!his is &eorge, who you met at our house last year. When whom or which have a preposition, the preposition can come at the beginning of the clause... ' had an uncle in &ermany, from who(m) ' inherited a bit of money.We bought a chainsaw, with which we cut up all the wood. * or at the end of the clause: ' had an uncle in &ermany who(m) ' inherited a bit of money from.We bought a chainsaw, which we cut all the wood up with.
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Relative Pronouns
Subject Object PossesiveWho Who (Whom) WhoseWhich Which WhoseThat That
We use who and whom for people, and which for things.Or we can use that forpeople or things.
We use relative pronouns:
1 -after a noun, to make it clear which person or thing we are talking about:
the house that Jack builtthe woman who discovered radiuman eight-year-old boywho attempted to rob a sweet shop
2 - to tell us more about a person or thing:
My mother, who was born overseas, has always been a great traveller.ord!hompson, who is "#, has $ust retired.We had fish and chips, which is my favouritemeal.
%ut we do not use that as a subject in this kind of relative clause.
We use whose as the possessive form of who: !his is &eorge, whose brotherwent to school with me.
We sometimes use whom as the object of a verb or preposition:!his is &eorge,whom you met at our house last year.
%ut nowadays we normally use who:!his is &eorge, who you met at our house last
year.
When whom or which have a preposition, the preposition can come at thebeginning of the clause...
' had an uncle in &ermany, fromwho(m) ' inherited a bit of money.We bought achainsaw, with which we cut up all the wood.
* or at the end of the clause:
' had an uncle in &ermany who(m) ' inherited a bit of money from.We bought achainsaw, which we cut all the wood up with.
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We can use that at the beginning of the clause:
' had an uncle in &ermany that ' inherited a bit of money from.We bought achainsaw that we cut all the wood up with.
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Which is the correct relative pronoun to complete the sentence!
which (but not that) which or that who or that
whom whose
+es the artist ................... paintings sell for millions.
!hats a song .................. reminds me of my youth.
hes the only person .................. really understands me.
+e tore up the photograph, .................. upset me.
!hey had four children, all of .................. went to university.
he wrote a best-selling book, the name of .................. 've completely forgotten.
'snt that the man .................. brother was a famous pianist
Wheres the girl .................. is selling the ice-cream
