The Relative Pronouns
The Pronoun who, whom, whose, which and that which join two sentences and refer back to Nouns going before them are called Relative Pronouns.
Example:
- I met a man. He was riding an ass.
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I met a man who was riding an ass.
The Noun to which a Relative Pronoun refers or relates is called it’s Antecedent.
Example
- The Antecedent of who is ‘man’, Whose does two things.
Exercise-1
Pick out the Relative Pronouns and their Antecedent in the following sentences.
Relative Pronouns Antecedent
- Where is the pen which I gave you? _______ _______
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Here is the girl who won the first prize. _______ _______
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This is the house that my uncle built. _______ _______
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I do not know the woman who thanked me. _______ _______
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This is the man who helped me. _______ _______
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He was a great leader whom all people respected. _______ _______
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Bring me the clothes which the washerman brought. _______ _______
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This is the man whose son was killed in an accident. _______ _______
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Is this cap that you broke. _______ _______
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The answer which that you gave is not right. _______ _______
Exercise-2
Fill in the blanks with Relative Pronouns in the following sentences.
- The pen _______ I bought was soon lost by me.
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These are the books _______ I have read.
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Here is the man _______ I met yesterday.
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This is the book _______ I brought yesterday.
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We love those persons _______ are kind to us.
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The house in _______ I live is a good one.
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These are the boys _______ are made to see.
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These are the knives _______ are made of steel.
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The girl _______you met is my sister.
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The snake _______ bit you has been killed.
Exercise-3
Join each pair of sentences into one sentence, using who, whose, whom, which or that.
Example
- This is the girl. Her courage saved us.
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Delhi is the capital of India, it stands on the Yamuna.
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John is the intelligent boy. All the teachers like him.
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The boy has hurt his leg. He fell of his bicycle.
- Here are the pencils. You lost them yesterday.
- He is a rogue. Nobody trust him.
- This is the juggler. We saw him yesterday.
- Here are the books. I brought them yesterday.
- She wore a beautiful ring. It was made of gold.
- We met the sailors. Their ship was wrecked.
Answer
Exercise-1
- Which for
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Who girl
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That house
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Who woman
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Who man
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Whom respected
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Which clothes
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Whom man
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That cup
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Which answer
Exercise-2
- Which
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Which
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Whom
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That
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Who
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Which
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Whom
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Which
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Whom
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Which
Exercise-3
1 is the girl whose courage saved us.
- is the capital which is started on Yamuna.
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John is intelligent whom all teachers liked.
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The boy has hurt which leg it.
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Which are the pencil you lost their yesterday.
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He is a which nobody trust me.
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This is the juggle that saw him yesterday.
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Here are two books which taught them yesterday.
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The Covered beautiful ring which made of gold.
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We met the salilers whom that stich was corrected.