Relative pronouns &

RELATIVE CLAUSES

e words
r
o no uns a e claus
e
pr a tiv
ive a rel
Relat od uc e
t)
ich intr eople (subjec
wh rp
d fo
Who: use p le ( object)
d for pe o
m : us e
Who session
fo r p os
sed
Whose:u n gs / animals
d for t hi
ich : u se
Wh e ss time
e x pr
ed to , people
When: us , things
ne ct s a nimals
That: con

Relative
clause:
clause w it’s a
hich de
noun w scribes
ithin a s a
Relative clau entence
sescan be divide
d into 2 type
Defining cla s of clauses:
uses: give re
levant inform
noun. They d ation about
on’t use com the
mas to be in
Non-defining troduced.
clauses: give
nouns. They extra inform
NEVER use th ation about
e relative pr the
onoun THAT

om it a
he n to oun
W r o n
la tiv ep position
re in the object
a tiv e p ronoun
Omit the
rel
s ta lk s with
Ja c k alway
e gir l wh o m
m e la s t week
h
Rose is t wh ic h you lent
the
s th e b o ok ld m a k e
This i bo y th at shou
s the
Richard i
speech

Explana
tion:
Omit if
the pro
position noun is
. in the
Don’t o object
mit if t
subject he pro
position noun is
in the
Rose is the
girl
whom Jack
always talk
This is the b s with
ook which y
ou lent me l
Richard is t ast week
he boy that
should mak
speech e the