Do you know the girl who is talking to Tom?

A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know the girl?

I know the girl who is talking to Tom


Defining relative clauses are not put
in commas.
relative
pronoun
use example
who for people I told you about the woman who lives next door.
which for animals and things Do you see the cat which is lying on the roof?
which referring to a whole
sentence
He couldnt read which surprised me.
whose possession for people
animals and things
Do you know the boy whose mother is a nurse?
whom for people, especially in
non-defining relative
clauses (in defining
relative clauses we
colloquially prefer who)
I was invited by the professor whom I met at the
conference.
that for people, animals and
things in defining relative
clauses (who or which are
also possible)
I dont like the table that stands in the kitchen.
A Scot is a person _________(live in Scotland)
Nessie is a monster _________ (live in Loch Ness)
A fridge is a thing_________ (keep food cool)
A DJ is someone_________ (play music in a disco)
A bee is an insect_________ (make honey)

This is the bank. It was robbed yesterday.
_________________________________________
A boy__________sister is in my class was in the bank at
that time.
The man robbed the bank. He had two pistols.
_________________________________________
He wore a mask _______made him look like Mickey
Mouse.
He came with a friend ______waited outside in the car.

Tom, who I met yesterday, is very nice
I met Tom and he is very nice. I
met him yesterday
1. Samuel Johnson was the son of a bookseller.
Samuel Johnson was born in 1709.
Samuel Johnson, who was born in 1709, was the
son of a bookseller.

2. Johnson had to leave Oxford without a degree.
He was too poor to pay the fees.
Johnson, who was too poor to pay the fee, had to
leave Oxford without a degree.

3. Johnson started to write his dictionary. It took
him nine years to complete.
Johnson started to write his dictionary, which
took him nine years to complete.