Relative Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
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Example
Example
(1) A circuit is a complete path that can be followed by an electric current.
(2) A pediatrician is a doctor who/that attends to children.
(3) Everyone is speculating about the jewellery which was stolen.
(4) I can't find the envelopes that I bought this morning.
(5) The student who sits next to me is an engineer.
(6) That is the ballerina whom my parents admire.
(7) The patient whom Dr. Smith examined is undergoing chemotherapy.
(8) Andy is the boy whose cap is red.
(9) They have a neighbor whose geese are ferocious.
(10) They are the people whose house caught fire.
EXERCISE
EXERCISE
Add the correct relative pronoun.
Add the correct relative pronoun.
1) The man_____ they met was studying earthquakes.
2) A paleontologist is a person _____ studies fossils.
3) The textbook ______ we use in this class costs $ 25.00.
4) The people _____ need help the most are those have no food or shelter.
5) The woman _____ he heard at the conference is a well known particle physicist.
6) The men _____ first described the DNA double helix are Watson and Crick.
7) She is the girl ______ credit cards were stolen.
Relative Clauses
Relative Clauses
A relative clause describes “a noun” in the main clause. We use a relative clause beginning with “who” to describe “a person” or “people”.
Sometimes, instead of being the subject of a relative clause, who is the object of the finite verb in the clause we must add another object to the relative clause.
We use a relative clause beginning with “which” to describe “all nouns except people”.
A relative clause beginning with “that” can describe “all nouns including people”.
We use a relative clause beginning with “whose” to show that the noun after “whose” is related to or belongs to the noun before it.
Defining and Non-defining relative clauses
Defining and Non-defining relative clauses
A relative clause can be defining or non-defining.
A defining relative clause identifies all nouns we are referring to.
A non-defining relative clause does not identify all nouns we are referring to but only gives more information.
EXERCISE
EXERCISE
A) Underline the correct items in the brackets.
A) Underline the correct items in the brackets.
1) The guards saluted the general (who /, who) returned this salute.
2) The police commended the boy (who /, who) had reported the drug dealers.
3) We have driven round your campus (that /, which) is impressive.
4) This is a rare disease (which / who) many doctors fail to diagnosis.
5) They moaned to a new neighborhood (which /, which) they found even noisier than the old one.
6) He praised the artist (whose / whose work) was on display at the gallery.
7) They are surrounding the house (whose /, whose) occupants they suspect of drug dealing.
8) Tokyo (which /, which) is the capital of Japan, is a busy city.
B Combine the following sentences by using “Relative Pronouns”.
B Combine the following sentences by using “Relative Pronouns”.
Example: (a) The element was radium.
(b)Marie Curie discovered radium.
Answer: The element that Marie Curie discovered was radium.
(1) (a) A plane crashed into the sea yesterday.
(b) It was carrying 28 passengers.
(2) (a) Smog formation is a process.
(b) Scientists are investigating the process.
(3) (a) Most of the suggestions were not very practical.
(b) They were made at the meeting.
(4) (a) Pluto is 3,675.27 miles from the sun.
(b) Pluto is the most distant planet in the solar system.
(5) (a) Mt. Everest is 8,848 meters high.
(b) Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
(6) (a) The man answered the phone.
(b) He told me you were out.
(7) (a) The police are still trying to identify the body.
(b) It was found last week.
(8) (a) She is the flight attendant.
(b) I’ll never forget her calmness.
(9) (a) Saint Petersburg is a remarkably beautiful city.
(b) It used to be called Leningrad.
(10) (a) A lot of people took this exam.
(b) None of them passed it.
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