RELATIVE PRONOUNS

RELATIVE CLAUSES

WHO : for persons The man who lives next door is very friendly

WHICH: for things Where are the eggs which were in the fridge?

We can use THAT instead of who or which:

The man that lives next door is very friendly

Where are the eggs that were in the fridge?

When can we omit the relative pronoun? When they are the objects of the verb in the relative clause.

The man (who /that ) I wanted to see was away on holiday (here the subject is I )

Have you found the keys (that/which) you lost? (here the subject is you)

Relatives and prepositions: prepositions go after the verb not after the relative

Do you know the girl (who /that) Tom is talking to?

The bed (that) I slept in last night wasn’t very comfortable.

WHOSE: for possession (instead of his,her,their)

A widow is a woman whose husband is dead.

The other day I met someone whose brother I went to school with.

WHOSE CAN NEVER BE OMITTED!!

WHERE: for places

The hotel where we stayed wasn’t very clean.

I’d like to live in a country where there’s plenty of sunshine.

WHERE CAN NEVER BE OMITTED!!