A doctor is a person whojthat treats sick people. ‘# Relative pronouns (who, which, whose, that) Intro duce relative clauses. We use relative clauses to Identify the noun in the main clause. e.g. The man who owns the shop is French. ee lative clause (The relatve clause identiies which man we are talk- ing about) © We use wno/that instead of subject pronouns (1, you, he, etc.) to refer to people. eg. The gin — aie ‘next door — is from India. The girl wholthat lives next door is from India. We use whichithat to refer to objects or animals. e.g. The horse — won the race —is black The horse whichithat won the race is black. # We use whose instead of possessive adjectives (my, your, hi, etc.) with people, objects and an- ‘mals in order to show possession. 2g. That's the man — ,his,car was stolen That's the man whose car was stolen, That's the bag — its strap is broken. That's the bag whose strap is broken. people whojthat things/animals ——_whichythat possession — whose Dogs are animals whichithat we can keep as pets. This is a couple whose favourite winter sport is skiing, Look at the pictures and the prompts below and ask and answer questions, as in the example. SA: Who wae Dickens? $8: He was the man wholthat wrote Oliver Twiet._ ae ke Dickens / write Volta /invent the Columbus / dis- Oliver Twist electric battery cover America s Pat 6 Ae dat’ veered eee et Cleopatra / rule Egypt Look at the pictures and make sentences, as in the example. 2.9. A dishwasher is a machine which/that you use to wash dishes. A flamingo ie a bird which/that lives In a warm climate. | a ) DP in dishwasher! chmate” lawnmower! | wash ashes ot pease 7 © si, | “ | | typewriter? lion / live inthe photocopierfmake type letters jungle photocopiesMatch column A with column B to make correct sentences. Sea = B 1 The girl ‘a which you bought {rom the pet shop? 2 Is this the puppy b whose wife had an accident lives. next 3 The doctors oor. © whose husband is a a banker? who lives next door iter obit is called Holen. © which | like most is 6 The bicycle guais. {who work in this hos- pital are very good, 9 which | was riding belongs to my brother. 7 Is this the woman Relative Pronouns as) subjedi cr Chica 4 We do not omit the relative pronoun when itis the subject of the relative clause, that is, when there is not a noun or subject pronoun between the relative pronoun and the verb. ag. Imeta nl from Japan. J met a gin! who|that is from Japan. (The rel- ative pronoun is the subject, there is not another pronoun or noun between who and the verb is.) # We can omit the relative pronoun when itis the ‘object of the relative clause, that is, when there is a noun or a subject pronoun between the rel- ative pronoun and the verb. eg. That's the hat. | bought/iJast week. ‘ That's the hat (which/that) | bought fast week. (The relative pronoun is the abject, thore is the subject pronoun | between which/that and the verb bought.) Fill in the correct relative pronoun. Then, write $ for subject or 0 for object. Final state if the relatives can be omitted or not, in the boxes provided. a 1 The cup ..which/that. is broken, 2 How old is the boy... hit you? 3 Have you used the gloves... svsencsesnine | DOUgHL YOU yet? 4. Laura is talking to the man repaired her car. 5 Did you return the books you borrowed from the library? 6 They live in a big house is in the countryside. 7 'm writing a letter to my aunt lives in Australia, I bought 8 Ishethe man lives on the farm? 9 Is that the fim we saw last week? Is that the man stole your bag? Where did you buy the dress... ‘you were wearing yesterday? Have you replied to all the letters sets . you received? 10 " 2 who's = who is or who has e.g. "Who's (Who is) there?” ‘t's Jule.” Who's (Who has) got the dictionary? whose = possessive e.g..Janny is the gin whose mother isa lawyer. Gy rte we o ose That's the boy ...wwho's... going to sell me his bike. 2 Her brother, name is Jack, is a fireman. 3 She's the gir . Fun four marathons this year. 4 That's the man . house was on fire yesterday. 5. Sholla is the girl. .. mother works in the flower shop. 6 She is the woman having a party tomorrow. 7. He's the man .. promoted at work. 8 Mike is the man .. 9 Lam the person martied last week, Rob is the one .. v= just been ‘wife is in hospital sister got 10 eaten all the biscuits, AL: