RELATIVE

PRONOUNS &
RELATIVE CLAUSES
Do you remember any relative pronouns?
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 WHICH
is used for
animals
Elephants are wild animals
which live in the jungle.
 WHO
is used for
people

A dentist is a person who

fixes our
teeth.
 WHICH
is used for
things
The letters, which are on
the
table, are for Emma.
A dentist is a Elephants are wild The letters that
person that fixes animals that live in are on the table
our teeth. the jungle. are for Emma.

THAT: for people, animals

and things
 WHOSE
is used for
possession

Shakespeare was a famous

writers whose plays became
famous around the world.
 WHERE
is used
for places

This is the hotel where we

stayed
in our holidays.
 WHEN
is used for time

Saturday is the only day

when we
can relax.
Defining and non-defining
relative clauses
⚫ I need a computer which works fast.
⚫ The school, which was built in 1929, has
100 students.
⚫ She’s the girl who lives next door.
⚫ My brother, who is really good at
swimming, won the race.
⚫ That’s the CD (that) I bought yesterday.
Defining relative
clauses ⚫
She’s the girl
who lives next door.
⚫ I need a computer
which works fast.

They are necessary for the rest of the

sentence.
Non-Defining relative
clauses
⚫ My brother, who is
⚫ The school, which really good at
was built in 1929, has swimming, won the
100 students. race.

They give extra information about the

sentence.
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