RELATIVE PRONOUNS who whose whom which that An

RELATIVE PRONOUNS who, whose, whom, which, that An informative presentation that provides ample practice for students to fully understand use relative pronouns correctly.

What is a pronoun? A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Example: The kittens ate their food. They ate their food.

What is a relative pronoun? A relative pronoun links and introduces a relative clause to another part of a sentence. They relate back to something or someone else. Example: Jane, who visits frequently, did not come today.

What are the relative pronouns? Who Example: Caroline, who loves to read, picked out her book.

What are the relative pronouns? Whose Example: The boy whose dog was loose ran quickly away.

What are the relative pronouns? Whom Example: The teacher chose someone whom she thought was responsible.

What are the relative pronouns? That Example: Davis did all the homework that his teacher assigned to him.

What are the relative pronouns? Which Example: The homework, which was hard, took two hours to complete.

When should you use each? Who m Whic h That Whos e People Things People, or Things, Ideas or or Ideas

Who or Whom? We use who to replace the pronouns: I, she, we, and they. Ex: This is the woman who jumped in the pool. (She jumped in the pool. )

Who or Whom? We use whom to replace the pronouns: me, her, him, us, them. Ex: They have found the woman whom escaped. (They have found her. )

Try Some! The book ______ I got from the library is due tomorrow. a. whom b. whose c. that

Try Some! We walked past the house in _____ I grew up. a. which b. whose c. that

Try Some! The man ______ restaurant burned down was very sad. a. which b. whose c. that

Try Some! The family ______ lives next door needs a babysitter. a. which b. who c. whom

Try Some! My teacher, ____ I respect, retired last year. a. whom b. whose c. that

Relative Pronouns can also combine sentences Example: I told Mary then told Martha. Use the relative pronoun who to combine the sentences: I told Mary, who then told Martha.

Relative Pronouns can also combine sentences Example: The singer was very talented. The singer won the contest. Use the relative pronoun who to combine the sentences: The singer who was very talented won the contest.

Relative Pronouns can also combine sentences Example: Spiders build beautiful webs. They eat the flies they catch. Use the relative pronoun which to combine the sentences: Spiders, which build beautiful webs, eat the flies they catch.

Partner Work With a partner, use the relative pronoun in parentheses to combine each sentence below on a sheet of paper. 1. I ride a bicycle to school. It is very old. (that) 2. Mrs. Bush teachers second grade. Her daughter also teaches here. (whose) 3. Last summer they traveled to Rome is in Italy. (which) 4. The young girl lives next door. She rode her bike. (who)

Summarizer e k o t t u e th r o o d On your paper or card, write 3 relative pronouns. Then, write a sentence using each of the relative pronouns you have chosen. c i T

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