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1 Relative Pronouns & clauses

2 The person who phoned me last night is my teacher.
A relative pronouns is a type of pronoun that often introduces dependent (or relative) clauses in sentences. They also can stand alone as the subject or object of a sentence. There is a specific list of relative pronouns, and here they are: who, whoever, whom, that, which, when, where, and whose. (what, which, and where can also serve as relative pronouns.) Example: The person who phoned me last night is my teacher. In the above example, "who": relates the clause "A person phoned me last night ", to the clause " The person is my teacher "

3 There are five relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that
- The person who phoned me last night is my teacher. - The person that phoned me last night is my teacher. - The car which hit me was yellow. - The car that hit me was yellow. - The person whom I phoned last night is my teacher. - The people who I phoned last night are my teachers. - The person that I phoned last night is my teacher. - The person I phoned last night is my teacher. - The car which I drive is old. - The car that I drive is old. - The car I drive is old. - The student whose phone just rang should stand up. - Students whose parents are wealthy pay extra. - The police are looking for the car whose driver was masked. - The police are looking for the car of which the driver was masked.


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