Relative pronouns

Relative pronouns

Week 1:

LI. Judeci Gonzalez

What's a pronoun?

Do you know any?

A pronoun is:

a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this ).

Multiple Choice

Examples of pronouns which are conjugated with "is"

• I, you

• he, she, it

• we, they

• you, they

Multiple Choice

Examples of pronouns which are conjugated with "are"

• he, she, it

• we, they, I

• I, she

• You, he

What's a relative pronoun?

A relative pronoun is one which is used to refer to nouns mentioned previously, whether they are people, places, things, animals, or ideas. Relative pronouns can be used to join two sentences.

Who

people and sometimes pet animals

Poll

We don’t know the person _______ donated this money.

• who

• which

Which

animals and thins

Poll

We drove past my old school, __________ is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

• who

• which

That

people, animals and things; informal

Poll

He went to the school ________ my father went to.

• who

• that

There are other relative pronouns.

Whose, whom.