RELATIVE CLAUSES

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

OWHO- peopleOWHICH- thingsOWHEN- timeOWHERE- places

We use relative pronouns to add new clause to a sentence. The relative pronoun refers to the noun before the relative clause.

EXAMPLES

It was late WHEN they reached the summit.

That is the man. He won the race.That is the man WHO won the race.This is the mountain. I climbed that mountain.This is the mountain WHICH I climbedIt was late. At that moment they reached the summit.

WHOSE AND WHO’SO WHOSE- to refer to possessionO WHO’S- contracted form of WHO IS

or WHO HAS

EXAMPLES

They’re the children mother is famous.

That’s the man just been given an award.

whose

Who’s

WHAT AND THAT

OWe can use that instead of who or which

OWe often use that after something, anything, everything, nothing, all...

OWe use what to mean the thing that

EXAMPLESThe teacher who we had last yearWHO=THAT

I don’t agree with the things that she said.WHAT=THE THINGS THAT

The teacher that we had last yearEverything which she cooks is deliciousWHICH=THAT

Everything that she cooks is delicious

I don’t agree with what she said