Relative pronouns and clauses Relative pronouns and clauses

Relative pronouns and clauses

Relative pronouns and clauses : Relative pronouns are pronouns that use for • link between two sentences , one of these sentences called clause. The clause compose of subjective and verb but it do not give full meaning. ( which, who, that, whom, whose and where ) •

1 - Who This is the man. The man sells bread. • This is the man who sells bread. • Show me the girl. She found this book. • Show me the girl who found this book. • The boys went away. They broke this bike. • The boys who broke this bike went away. •

2 - Whom (or) That This is the teacher. We like him. • This is the teacher whom we like. • This is the teacher that we like. • This is the teacher we like. ( here we delete • the relative pronoun when it is objective for the subjective) The woman is fat. I buy eggs from her. •

The woman whom I buy eggs from is fat. • The woman from whom I buy eggs is fat. • (we can add preposition before the relative • pronoun) The woman I buy eggs from is fat. • Are these the men ? We saw them at the • university. Are these the men whom we saw at the • university ? ( don’t forget put question mark for question sentence )

3 - Which (or) That This is the cat. It ate the meat. • This is the cat which ate the meat. • The cars are new. They belong to Mr. John. • The cars which belong to Mr. John are new. • That is the bike. Zeki rides on it. • That is the bike which Zeki rides on. • That is the bike on which Zeki rides. •

The books are mine. A boy found them in the • class. The books which a boy found in the class are • mine. The books a boy found in the class are mine. •

4 - Whose That is the lawyer. His son is a pilot. • That is the layer whose son is a pilot. • The woman is young. Her house is old • The woman whose house is old is young. • Where is the dog? Its tail is white ? • Where is the dog whose tail is white? • That is the merchant. You helped his son. • That is the merchant whose son you helped •

5 - where The house was near the sea. He used to live • there. The house where he used to live was near • the sea.

1. This is the only film …………………scares me. • 2. This handsome man, ………. drives the red car, is my boss. 3. This is the most gorgeous evening…………. . I could spend with him! 4. He can guess everything ……………. you are thinking. 5. When I see Mike next Monday I'll tell him all ………. . I think of him.

6. The house………. has such a beautiful garden is my • son's house. 7. Mrs Smith, ………… is very rich, has bought a castle. 8. Sorry, I can't give you the only thing ……… I haven't got. 9. Oh, Tommy, this is the best idea………. . you've ever had! 10. His old car, ………. . is being repaired, will soon be mine.