TVE3

1. RELATIVE PRONOUNS

3. General
1. Relative pronouns do two jobs at once:
a) acting as subject or object of a verb
b) joining two clauses together
2. The most common are: who, whom, which and
that — who and whom for people and which for
things.
3. Whom is not used much in conversation and
refers to an object of a verb or a preposition.
4. That can often replace whom, who and which.
5. After nouns referring to times and places, when
and where can be used to mean at which or in
which and why can be used to mean for which.
6. Whose is a possessive relative word, referring to
people and things.

4. Particular
1. Defining and non-defining relative clauses
Compare:
"George, who lives next door, always watches television."
"The couple who live next door always watch television.»
2. That
a) For people and things and in conversation.
b) After the following:
all, everything, something, anything, nothing, none, little, f
ew, much.
c) After superlatives.
3. In defining relative clauses the relative pronoun is often
left out if it is the object of the verb.
4. Prepositions can come before the relative pronoun or at
the end of the clause but you cannot use that or who after
a preposition.
5. In a non-defining relative clause that cannot be used and
object relative pronouns cannot be left out.

5. 6. Sentence Relative
Compare:
"He showed me a photo that upset me."
"He tore up the photo, which upset me."
7. Relative and infinitive
"He was unhappy unless he had someone with
whom to argue."
8. Whose can refer to people or things and can be
the subject of a clause, the object of a verb or the
object of a preposition.
9. Instead of whose, of which can be used.
10. What
Compare:
"I gave her the money that she needed."
"I gave her what she wanted."

6. ACTIVITY I
• Complete the sentences
with the relative pronouns
who, whose, and which.

7. 1) I talked to the girl _______ car had
broken down in front of the shop.
2) Mr Richards, ______ is a taxi
driver, lives on the corner.
3) We often visit our aunt in Norwich
______ is in East Anglia.
4) This is the girl _____ comes from
Spain.
5) That's Peter, the boy ______ has just
arrived at the airport.

8. 6) Thank you very much for your e-mail
_______ was very interesting.
7) The man, ______ father is a
professor, forgot his umbrella.
8) The children, ______shouted in the
street, are not from our school.
9) The car, _______ driver is a young
man, is from Ireland.
10) What did you do with the money
_______ your mother lent you?

9. ACTIVITY 1
1) I talked to the girl whose car had broken down in front of
the shop.
2) Mr Richards, who is a taxi driver, lives on the corner.
3) We often visit our aunt in Norwich which is in East Anglia.
4) This is the girl who comes from Spain.
5) That's Peter, the boy who has just arrived at the airport.
6) Thank you very much for your e-mail
which was very interesting.
7) The man, whose father is a professor, forgot his umbrella.
8) The children, who shouted in the street, are not from our
school.
9) The car, whose driver is a young man, is from Ireland.
10) What did you do with the money which your mother lent
you?

10. ACTIVITY 2
Relative pronouns –
Write who, which, whose
or no pronouns

11. 1) This is the boy _______ had an
accident.
2) Yesterday I saw a car _____ was
really old.
3) Mandy is the girl ______ I met on
Friday.
4) I haven't seen Frank, ___brother is
five, for a long time now.
5) The robber stole the car ____ the
lady parked in front of the
supermarket.

12. 6) This is the man _____ house is
on fire.
7) Can I talk to the girl ____ is
sitting on the bench?
8) The book ___ you gave me is
great.
9) She likes hamburgers ___ are
hot.
10) Bill Clinton, __ was President of
the USA, has only one daughter.

13. 1) This is the boy who had an accident.
2) Yesterday I saw a car which was really old.
3) Mandy is the girl x I met on Friday.
4) I haven't seen Frank, whose brother is five, for
a long time now.
5) The robber stole the car x the lady parked in
front of the supermarket.
6) This is the man whose house is on fire.
7) Can I talk to the girl who is sitting on the
bench?
8) The book x you gave me is great.
9) She likes hamburgers which are hot.
10) Bill Clinton, who was President of the
USA, has only one daughter.