RELATIVE PRONOUNS

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduce an adjective clause. The relative pronouns are "who", "whom", "that", "which", "whose", "when" and "where".

IT IS USED TO REFER TO PEOPLE

IT IS USED TO REFER TO ANIMALS AND OBJECTS

IT IS USED TO REFER TO POSSESSION

IT IS USED TO REFER TO PEOPLE, ANIMALS AND THINGS

IT IS USED TO REFER TO PLACES

IT IS USED TO REFER TO TIME

In defining relative clauses, the pronouns who, whom, and which are often replaced by that in spoken English. In non-defining relative clauses, you cannot replace other pronouns with that.

Defining Relative Clauses

Non-Defining Relative Clauses

Finally, non-defining relative clauses are always separated from the rest of the sentence by commas, unlike defining relative clauses, which have no punctuation.

e.g.- He gave me the letter, which was in a blue envelope. (non-defining clause: There was only one letter, it happened to be blue. You must use which) - He gave me the letter which/that was in a blue envelope. (defining clause: There were several letters of different colors and he gave me the blue one. Which may be replaced by that. The commas are removed.)

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

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