1 1 1 188 Relative clauses 3: whose/whom/where whose Study this example situation: \When we were driving home, we saw some people standing by the road. Their car had broken down, so we stopped to help them, We helped some people whose car had broken down: (their car had broken down) We use whose mostly for people: ‘Awidow is 2 wornan whose husband is dead (her husbandis dead) | met someone whose brother | went to school with, (lwentto school with his/her brother) Compare who and whose: Imetaman whe knowsyou. (he knows you) I met aman whose sister knows you. (his sister knows you) Do not confuse whose and who's. The pronunciation is the same, but who's = who is orwho has: Ihave a friend who's learning Arabic. (who's = who is) havea friend who's just started learning Arabic. (who's = who has) Ihave a friend whose sisteris learning Arabic. whom ‘Whom is possible instead of who when its the object of the verb (see Unit 938): George isa person whom | admire very much. (| admire him) ‘You can also use a preposition + whom (to whom / from whom / with whom etc} Itimportant to have friends with whom you can relax. (you can relax with them) Whom is a formal word and we do not often useit in spoken English. We usually prefer to say: aperson|admirealot or apersonwho/that | admire a lot friends you can relax with or friendswho/that you can relaxwith where We use where in a relative clause to talk about a place: Irecently went back to the town where | grew up. (I grew upthere) The restaurant where we had lunch was near the airport. would like live ina place where thereis plenty of sunshine. the day, the time, the reason Wesay'the day we got mariied, ‘the year | was born; ‘the last time they met’ etc. I can't meet you on Friday. That’ the day I'm going away The last time I saw her, she looked great. You can also use that: The last time that | saw her, she looked great. We say'the reason I'm calling you’, the reason she didn't get the job’ etc. The reason I'm calling you is o ask your advice. You can also use that: The reason that I'm callingyou.... or The reason why I'm callingyou lave clauses 1-2-> Units 9 95-96 whom» Unit96Exercises [FEET vou met these people at a party: ymotherwtes wyitsan deeaive sores Engh teacher actin stoves) {Englsh teaches) 7 7 to climb Mount (gotmartied, } Everest. i | ‘My ambition is. ) We'vejust ) LZ The next day you tell a friend about these people. Complete the sentences using who or whose. 1 Imet somebody. whose mother writes. detective. stories 2 Imetaman 3 Imetawoman 4 Imet somebody 5 Imeta couple 6 I met somebody Ee: For each situation write a sentence with whom (more formal) and with who (less formal). You met a friend, You hadn't seen him for years. more formal \meta friend ..whom | hadn't, seen for years. less formal | meta friend...who.| Hadn't. seen, for. years. You needed a lawyer. A friend of yours recommended one. more formal | wentto see a lawyer lessformal | went to see a lawyer 3 You called your bank with a problem. You spoke to somebody, but he wasn't very helpful more formal The person ‘wasn’t very helpful. less formal The person 4 Tom was in love with a woman, but she wasn't in love with Tom, more formal The woman wasn't in love with him, lessformal The woman wasn't in love with him (EXE) complete the sentences using who/whom/whose/where. 1 We helped some people hose. car had broken down, 2 Acemetery isa place people are buried. 3 Apacifistis a person believes that all wars are wrong 4 An orphan is a child parents are dead 5 What's the name of the hotel your parents are staying? © This school is only for children first language is not English 7 The person from | bought my caris a friend of my fathers 8 I live in a friendly village everybody knows everybody else. [EIN Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. 1 I can’t meet you on Friday. That's the day..." going, away, 2 The reason was that the salary was too low. 3 I'll never forget the time 4 was the year 5. The reason is that neither of them can drive The ast time | was Do you remember the day > 189