English — Grammar: Relative Clauses with Who, Whom, Whose, Which, That — 2nd Year Secondary — Literary Stream — Algerian Curriculum

Relative Clauses

Relative clauses add extra information about a noun. They are introduced by relative pronouns.

Relative Pronouns

• Who: for people (subject). ‘The woman who lives next door is a doctor.’
• Whom: for people (object, formal). ‘The man whom I met is a teacher.’
• Which: for things. ‘The book which I read was exciting.’
• That: for people or things. ‘The car that I bought is blue.’
• Whose: for possession. ‘The student whose father is a doctor is smart.’
• Where: for places. ‘The city where I was born.’
• When: for times. ‘The day when we met.’

Defining vs Non-Defining

• Defining: Essential to identify the noun. No commas. ‘The students who study will pass.’
• Non-defining: Extra info, not essential. Uses commas. ‘My father, who is a doctor, works in a hospital.’

Exercise

Join using a relative pronoun: 1. I know the girl. She won the prize. 2. This is the house. I was born here. 3. The film was boring. We watched it last night.

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