42 Defining relative clauses with who, which, that or whose If we use a sentence like: 4. That, who, or which can be the object ofthe The police have found the boy. relative clause, like this: it may not be clear which boy. We can make it Tomer] lear like this: Thecard | which | Ken sent was nice. The police have found the boy who meen eee disappeared last week. Whoo links the relative clause (who Theman| that | Fsaw was very rude disappeared last week) to the main clause Isaw | the man. (The police have found the boy). | Thereisno other pronoun (e.g. him, them): Not ‘Fhe man Fsaw-him was veryrud When we talk about people, we use that or ce eeaeeeneeeeenieetac tees who: When that, who, or which is the object of the J talked to the girl that (or who) won the race. relative clause (e.g The card which Ken sent), we can leave them out: When we talk about things or animals, we use that or which: [like the car that (or which) won the race. The card Ken sent was nice. The man I saw was very rude. 5 Now look at this sentence with whose: Susan is the woman whose husband is an actor. (= Her husband is an actor.) That, who, or which can be the subject of the relative clause, like thi | SUBJECT Talked to the girl who won. The girl | won. ‘We use whose in place of his, her, their, etc. ‘We only use it with people, countries and organizations, not things. It has a possessive Thatisthedog | that attacked me. meaning. Here is another example: The dog | attacked me. The man whose dog bit me didn’t apologise. There is no other pronoun (e.g, it, they): (= The man didn’t apologise. His dog bit Not Fhatis the dog that it attacked me. me.) Practice Complete the sentences using the information in brackets and who or which. 0. (went to see a doctor. She had helped my mother.) I went to see the doctor _who had helped _ ____ my mother. 1 (Adog bit me. It belonged to Mrs Jones.) Thedog ______ belonged to Mrs Jones. 2. (Awoman wrote to me. She wanted my advice.) The woman ________ wanted my advice. 3 (Abus crashed. It was 23 years old.) ‘The bus —_ __ was 23 years old. 4 (Ann talked toa man, He had won alot of money.) Ann talked to the man Saennnene seen 5 (Mary was staying with her friend, He has a big house in Scotland.) Mary was staying with her friend 6 (He'san architect. He designed the new city library.) He's the architect oo PAGE 88B_ Complete the sentences using the information in brackets and that. 0 (jack madea table, It's not very strong.) The table that Jackmade isnot very strong. 1 (Iread about a new computer, I had seen it on TV.) Iread about the new computer (Jane madea cake. Nobody liked it.) Nobody liked the cake ee 3. (Mary sent mea letter. It was very funny.) Theletter was very fury. 4. (Mysister wrote an article. The newspaper is going to publish it.) ‘The newspaper is going to publish the article 5 (Imetan old lady. She was 103 years old.) ‘Theold lady — 6 (Isawa house. My brother wants to buy it.) was 103 years old. Isaw the house CC. Complete the sentences with one of the phrases in the box and who or whose. [ interviewed me has visited so many different countries | had-saved their-son wives have just had babies bookwonaprizelast week _divoree- was in-the papers carhad broken down complain all the time 0. The parents thanked the woman _who had saved their son, 0 The couple _Whoze divorce was in the newspapers ______ have got married again. 1 Itisvery interesting to meet somebody — 2 Theperson-____ asked me some very difficult questions. 3 In my office there are two men a _. 4 What's the name of that writer 5 Idon't like people —___ 6 Wehelped a woman one D_ Putin whoor that ONLY IF NECESSARY. 0 The match ___— ___ we saw was boring. 0 Did [tell you about the people _who live next door? 0 The horse that. won the race belongs to an Irish woman. 1 Llove the ice-cream ________ they sell in that shop. 2 The book ____ I’m reading is about jazz. 3. Thewoman _____ came to see us was selling magazines. 4 We'll goto arestaurant _____hasa children’s menu. 5. The factory — closed last week had been there for 70 years. 6 Have you read about the schoolgirl ____ started her own business and is nowa millionaire? 7 Jane says that the house _ Tom has just bought has a beautiful garden. PAGE 89