Relative Pronouns

​By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

​1. Recall pronoun and pronoun types

​2. Identify the relative pronouns who, whom, that, whose, and which

​3. Differentiate between uses

• ​A relative pronoun is a word that introduces a dependent (or relative) clause and connects it to an independent clause.

• Relative clauses are also sometimes called adjective clauses because they identify or give us additional information about the subject of the independent clause they relate to.

• ​Who: Refers to a person (as the verb’s subject)

• Whom: Refers to a person (as the verb’s object)

• Which: Refers to an animal or thing

• Whose: a possessive form of who

• That: Refers to a person, animal, or thing

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​Lord Thompson, who is 76, has just retired.

​This is George’s brother, with whom I went to school.

This is the house which Jack built.​

This is George, whose brother went to school with me.

Marie Curie is the woman that discovered radium.

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​Let's put it to practice, shall we?

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• ​Who: Refers to a person (as the verb’s subject)

• Whom: Refers to a person (as the verb’s object)

• Which: Refers to an animal or thing

• Whose: a possessive form of who

• That: Refers to a person, animal, or thing

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