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ENGLISH LESSON
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
NAME:
CLASS:
TOPIC: RELATIVE PRONOUNS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE
TO-
1. Understand what relative pronouns are, how
they work, and why they are used in the English
language.
2. Recognize relative pronouns in English
sentences and identify the word they refer to.
3. Practice using these pronouns in their own
writing and speaking.
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Definition of relative pronouns
A Relatives pronoun is one which is used to refer to
nouns mentioned previously, whether they are people,
places, things, animals, or ideas. Relative pronouns can
be used to join two sentences. The most common
relative pronouns are who, whom, which, whose,
that.
1. Who (refers to a person as verb’s
subject)
Example: The person arrived late. (sentence 1)
Was very apologetic. (sentence 2)
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The person who arrived late was very
apologetic. (relative pronoun)
The girl won the award. (sentence 1)
Is a well-known artist. (sentence 2)
The girl who won the award is a well-
known artist. (relative pronoun)
2. Whom (refers to a person as verb’s
object)
Example: The favorite teacher in our school.
(sentence 1)
I admire is Mr. David. (sentence 2)
The favorite teacher in our school whom
I admire is Mr. David. (relative pronoun)
He is the man. (sentence 1)
I told you about. (sentence 2)
He is the man whom I told you about.
(relative pronoun)
3. Which (refers to an animal and thing)
Example: The song was very catchy. (sentence 1)
I listened on Spotify. (sentence 2).
The song which I listened on Spotify was
very catchy. (relative pronoun)
The dress was very elegant. (sentence 1)
She wore. (sentence 2)
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The dress which she wore was very
elegant. (relative pronoun).
The bat comes out at night. (sentence 1)
Is the inspiration of The Batman.
(sentence 2)
The bat which comes out at night is the
inspiration of The Batman.
4. Whose (indicates possesion)
Example: The chef whose cooking is always
delicious is opening a new restaurant.
The car whose engine sounds awesome
is BMW.
The woman whose father is rich is my wife.
5. That (refers to a person, animal, and
things)
That is less formal than who, whom, which, and
whose. But it is often used in daily communication.
Example: The place that we visit is very beautiful.
The course that I joined was Exacta.
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EXERCISE
I. Choose the correct relative pronoun to complete each
sentence!
1. The pants ____i bought is too small.
2. The singer____voice is incredible, is performing
tonight.
3. The friend____we met yesterday is coming to my
house today.
4. The driver____drove us home was reckless.
5. The book____i read is interesting.
II. Write 10 relatives pronoun using who, whom,
which, whose, and that.
1.
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