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Karen Ardila Castro: No Relative Pronoun With A Relative Pronoun

The document provides examples of relative clauses and instructions on how to use relative pronouns such as who, that, which, when, where, and whose to join two sentences together or add additional information to a main clause. It discusses omitting relative pronouns in some cases and provides exercises for the reader to practice forming relative clauses with the correct relative pronouns.

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Karen Ardila Castro: No Relative Pronoun With A Relative Pronoun

The document provides examples of relative clauses and instructions on how to use relative pronouns such as who, that, which, when, where, and whose to join two sentences together or add additional information to a main clause. It discusses omitting relative pronouns in some cases and provides exercises for the reader to practice forming relative clauses with the correct relative pronouns.

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KAREN ARDILA CASTRO

▪ It is a short sentence joined to another sentence to form one longer sentence.


▪ It gives necessary information which is important to the meaning of the main sentence.
▪ It uses relative pronouns (who / that / which / when / where / why etc) to replace the person or thing
▪ There are NO commas in the sentence.
▪ The relative pronouns can sometimes be omitted

No relative pronoun With a relative pronoun


Mr Black is our class teacher who/that looks like Tom
Mr Black is our class teacher. He looks like Tom
Cruise.
Cruise
Tom lent me a book. I found it very useful. Tom lent me a book which /that I found very useful
The pen is very nice. You are writing with it.
The pen with which you are writing is very nice.

That’s the boy. I saw him stealing my wallet. That’s the boy whom I saw stealing my wallet.

Tom Cruise is a famous actor. He starred in the Tom Cruise is a famous actor who/ that starred in the
Mission Impossible movies. Mission Impossible movies.

I read an interesting book. It was about Tom I read an interesting book which was about tom
Cruise. Cruise.
Tom Chan lives in Cheung Chau. Cheung Chau is
Tom Chan lives in Cheung Chau where he was born.
the place he was born.
Tom went to Tokyo last year. There was an Tom went to Tokyo last year when there was an
earthquake at that time. earthquake.
Tom Cruise has a son. His name is Connor Tom Cruise has a son whose name is Connor

A.
Fill in the missing blanks with the correct relative pronoun (who / that / which / whom / whose /
where).

1. Tom respects all teachers who are not from Hong Kong.
2. The man that I was describing is my father.
3. The clown who is playing with the children is evil.
4. This is the computer which he bought second-hand.
5. This is the place where I keep my books.
6. Mozart was a famous composer whose music is known all over the world.
7. People who smoke damages their health.
8. This morning I met my neighbour that lives in Flat A.
9. This is the shop where I bought my second-hand laptop.
10.Tom would like to borrow the book which is in the library.
11.A pacifist is a person who believes that all wars are wrong.
12.This school is only for children whose first language is not English.
13.I don't know the name of the woman to whom I spoke on the phone.

B. Complete the sentences using relative clauses. Use who and which.
1. A Scot is a person who lives in Scotland.
2. Nessie is a monster which lives in Loch Ness.
3. A fridge is a thing which keeps food cool.
4. A DJ is someone who plays music in a disco.
5. Bees are insects which make honey
6. A lemon is a fruit which is yellow and sour
7. A watch is a thing which tells the time.
8. Ferries are ships which carry people across the water.
9. A shop assistant is someone who works in a shop.
10. Keys are things which can open and lock doors
11. Ocean Park has dolphins which perform in shows.

C. Join the following sentences together using the correct relative pronoun.

1. I sat next to a man on the bus. He looked like Mr Bean.


I sat next to a man on the bus who looked like Mr Bean.

1. There's the boy who broke the window.


2. The film star gave a huge party which cost $1 million.

3. That's the Summer Palace where The Empress once lived there.

4. There was an old man on the bus whom shirt was very dirty.

5. What's the name of the assistant who is standing near the door?

6. My car is a BMW 5 series which is extremely expensive

7. You're reading a book which I wanted to read it.

8. The Red Box is a karaoke where we often go to sing.

9. Where is the lady that ordered fish?

10. Do you like the people that Tom invited to his party.

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