relative pronouns

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relative pronouns

relative pronouns

what are relative pronouns?

how and when do we use them?

What are relative pronouns and when do we use them?

- Who: refers to a person

- Which: refers to an animal or a thing

- Whose: is used for both people, animals and things, and indicates possession

- Whom: refers to people and is only used after a preposition: with, about, to for, out, under, between, etc.

I talked to Jack, .... bike had a flat tire.

1. who
2. whose
3. which
4. whom

This is the student .... comes from Spain

1. who
2. whose
3. which
4. whom

I live in a house in Dublin, ..... is in Ireland.

1. who
2. whose
3. which
4. whom

Dr. Robbins, .... is a professor, teaches biology.

1. who
2. whose
3. which
4. whom

The dog .... is eating rubbish is not mine

1. who
2. whose
3. which
4. whom

This is the celebrity about ... the newspaper has been writing a lot lately.

1. who
2. whose
3. which
4. whom

Make

Grammar booklet page 30: Relative pronouns, exercise 1

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