Relative pronouns

Relative pronouns
who, whom, which, that, whose
Examples :
The woman who is talking to my parents is my teacher
The house which is being built is mine
The boy whom my sister is taking care is her son
The girl whose father is a police man is my classmate
Position :
After a noun.
Before a verb, subject + verb (clause), noun.
Subject
Subject
Object
Possessive
*Do not omit who, which, that (Subject)
*Can omit whom, which, that (Object)
*Do not use that and article before noun after whose (Possessive)

Task 1: Rewrite the sentence by using relative pronouns
The man was friendly. I met him yesterday
-> The man…………………………………………………………
2. The books were expensive. I bought them
-> The books………………………………………………………
3. The man is friendly. He lives next to me
-> The man…………………………………………………………
4. The chair is hard. I am sitting on it
->The chair …………………………………………………………
5. The man called the police. His car was stolen
->The man…………………………………………………………...
Note
That can`t be used after comma "," and prepositions
(on, in, at, for, to,...)
That can be used (after ):
noun includes both person and thing
unclear noun, superlatives
these words nothing, everything, anything ,only ,the first, the last, all, little, much, none, no one, nobody.
Comma "," is used when noun is determined :
Demonstrative + noun : this pen, these pens.
Possessive : adjective (my, your, ..), case (Lan`s,.).
Proper nouns : name of people (Lan, Hoa,.), name of things (food - hamburger,... ).
The woman to that my mother is talking is my teacher.
-> to that  to whom
2. Pizza, that came from Italy, is also my favorite food.
-> that  which
3. Those shoes which I bought in the supermarket cost 500.000 dong.
-> Those shoes, which I bought in the supermarket, cost 500.000 dong.
4. The best man whom I admire is my father
-> The best man that I admire is my father
5. Do you know the man whose a car was stolen yesterday ?
-> Omit article “a”




Task 2: Find and correct the mistakes