Relative clauses and pronouns

Relative Clauses

How to further describe things or persons

What are they and how do they work?

Relative clauses are parts of a sentence. We use them to describe something or someone in more detail. We need different relative pronouns for them: who for persons or that for things and animals. But there are even more relative pronouns...

who

that

which

a short overview of

relative pronouns

where

whose

But this is still not all there is to say...

There is one more special case - the contact clause

Relative clause without a relative pronoun - contact clause

Relative clause with a relative pronoun

If the relative pronoun is followed by a verb, it must not be left out! You always have to use the correct relative pronoun in such cases! Mr Basket is a teacher who teaches English.

If the relative pronoun is followed by a noun or pronoun, it can be left out. English is a subject that everybody loves. --> English is a subject everybody loves.

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