Relative Pronouns

1. Relative Pronouns

2. What are RELATIVE Pronouns? which, that, who, whom, and whose • Who and whom refer only to people. • That and whose refer to people, things, qualities, and ideas. • Which refers to things, qualities, and ideas--never to people.

3. How are relative pronouns used in a sentence? To create ADJECTIVE CLAUSES Dependent CLAUSE (like AAAWWWUBBIS)

4. How are RELATIVE PRONOUNS used in a sentence? A relative pronoun is usually used to introduce an adjective clause.

5. What is an ADJECTIVE CLAUSE? • An adjective clause is a dependent clause • It is used to describe a noun or pronoun. • It answers the questions: "Which one?" "What kind?" "How many?" "How much?" and "Whose?"Example: The Zombie, who drooled down the hall, ran into the wall. Answers “which one?”

6. Can an adjective clause introduce a sentence? • No – adjective clauses modify NOUNS or PRONOUNS. Example: The zombie, who crashed Mr. Powell’s car, hid behind a tree. Or Who crashed Mr. Powell’s car, the zombie hid behind the tree.

7. Quick ReviewThe main relative pronouns are: • Who: used for humansin subject position: Hans, who is an architect, lives in Berlin. • Whom: used for humansin object position: Mary, whom Hans knows well, is an interior decorator. • Which: used for things and animals in subject or object position: Mary has a dog, which follows her everywhere. 4. That: used for humans, animals and things, in subject or object position (but see below): Mary is decorating a house that Hans designed.