Relative pronouns

Relative pronouns
who, whom, which, that, whose


Examples :
1. The woman who is talking to my parents is my
Subject
teacher
2. The house which
is
being
built
is
mine
Subject
3. The boy whom my sister is taking care is her son
Object
4. The girl whose father is a police man is my
classmate Possessive

Position :
After a noun.
Before a verb, subject + verb
(clause), noun.


*Do not omit who, which, that (Subject)
*Can omit whom, which, that (Object)
*Do not use that and article before noun after whose (Possessive)

Task 1: Rewrite the sentence by using relative
pronouns
1. The man was friendly. I met him yesterday
-> The man…………………………………………………………
2. The books were expensive. I bought them
-> The books………………………………………………………
3. The man is friendly. He lives next to me
-> The man…………………………………………………………
4. The chair is hard. I am sitting on it
->The chair …………………………………………………………
5. The man called the police. His car was stolen
->The man…………………………………………………………...


Note
• That can’t be used after comma “,” and prepositions
(on, in, at, for, to,………)
• That can be used (after ):
 noun includes both person and thing
 unclear noun, superlatives
 these words nothing, everything, anything ,only ,the first,
the last, all, little, much, none, no one, nobody.
• Comma “,” is used when noun is determined :
 Demonstrative + noun : this pen, these pens.
 Possessive : adjective (my, your, ….), case (Lan’s,…).
 Proper nouns : name of people (Lan, Hoa,…), name of
things (food – hamburger,……. ).


Task 2: Find and correct the mistakes

1. The woman to that my mother is talking is my teacher.
-> to that  to whom
2. Pizza, that came from Italy, is also my favorite food.
-> that  which
3. Those shoes which I bought in the supermarket cost
500.000 dong.
-> Those shoes, which I bought in the supermarket, cost
500.000 dong.
4. The best man whom I admire is my father
-> The best man that I admire is my father
5. Do you know the man whose a car was stolen yesterday ?
-> Omit article “a”