RELATIVE PRONOUNS

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

1. WHO

   • To refer to people
     • -An actor is a person who works on TV -My uncle, who was a doctor , lived in Cali. -My sister, who just moved in with me, is looking for a job
     • It’s the bus that passes by my house

2. THAT

   • It is used to replace "which" , "who" or " Whom " in defining the substantive clauses .

3. WHICH

   • To refer to object
     • -My brother broke the glass , which angered my parents. -My new job, which I only started last week, is already very stressful
     • This is the book that buy yesterday

4. WHEN

   • To refer to time
     • You can tell when you come home
       • These relative adverbs sometimes used instead of a relative pronoun to the sentence easier to understand. These expressions refer to adverbs of time, place or motives.

5. WHERE

   • To refer to spaces and places
     • -The town where I grew up , now city. -The university where I study is an excellent school.

6. WHOSE

   • To refer to possession both for people and things.
     • -This is the man whom i love -That is the girl whose parents got divorced last year

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