relative pronouns

What are relative pronouns?

We need them when we want to give more information about

a person / people

a thing / things

an animal / animals

a place / places

Relative pronouns introduce a relative clause (Relativsatz).

person / people

This is the boy. ???

relative
This is the boy who helped me with my homework.
pronoun
more information

These are the people. ???

These are the people who are our new neighbours. relative
more information pronoun
thing / things

This is the bike. ???

relative
This is the bike that costs 4,320 dollars.
pronoun
more information

These are the books. ???

These are the books that Im going to read in my holidays. relative
more information pronoun
 animal / animals

This is the monkey. ???

This is the monkey that had a role in Pirates of the Carribean. relative
pronoun
more information

These are the dogs. ???

These are the dogs that are herding the sheep. relative
more information pronoun
 place / places

This is the crossing. ???

relative
This is the crossing where the accident happened. pronoun
more information

These are the states. ???

These are the states where the richest Americans live. relative
pronoun
more information
 Can you remember the relative pronouns?

person / people

that
where
animal / animals

thing / things
who that

place / places
Combine
the WHO THAT WHERE
symbols
with the
correct
relative
pronouns.
Now you! Fill in the correct relative pronouns.

where
Here is the school ___________ I used to study.
who
The student ___________ lost his bag is waiting in the office.
where
The house ___________ they live needs repairing.
who
Children ___________ eat a lot of candy often get bad teeth.
who
Go and find the guests ___________ arrived here yesterday.
that
Look at the horses ___________ are drinking in the river.
who
The boy ___________ came late today must write 20 irregular verbs.
that
I ate all the cake ___________ you gave me.
who
My brother Tom ___________ hates fishing, will stay at home.
who
The man ___________ helped me with my bags comes from Los Angeles.
that
Everything ___________ was under my bed is now in the garbage.
who
The teacher, ___________ every student is afraid of, is really very nice.
where
This is the town ___________ I was born.
 and again: Youve learned something THAT
helps you to explain things more easily.
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