Relative Pronouns - Explanation

Relative Pronouns

9th Grade

Nicole Remez

What do you know about 'relative pronouns'?

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Why do we need "relative pronouns?

We use relative pronouns to add more information about people, places or things.How can we do that? Let's see

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Who

For example: This is a story about a teacher who inspires his students.

When we want to add more information about people, we will use the relative pronoun " who".

Where

We will use the relative pronoun "where" when we want to add more information about places.For Example: Thor lived in a planet where he was a prince.F

When

The relative pronoun "when" refers to time.For Example: August is the month when we travel.F

Which

We will use the relative pronoun 'which' when we want to add more information about things (objects -חפצים)For Example: This is the history book which I took from my classmate the other day.

That

We use "that" to add more information about both people and things.For Example: 1. This is the boy that helped me. 2. These are the cars that we painted together a while ago.

Whose

We use "whose" to show possesion (=שייכות)For Example: 1. This is the woman whose car was stolen. 2. Adam is the boy whose house was damaged.

Let's Practice

1. Open your Imagine workbook on pages 38-39 and answer the questions.

Questions?