CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER AMONG A, B, C OR D.
1- Relative pronouns
Who: subject or object pronoun for people
Ex : I told you about the woman who lives next door.
Which : subject or object pronoun for animals and things.
Ex : Do you see the cat which is lying on the roof ?
Which : referring to a whole sentence
Ex : He couldn’t read, which surprised me.
Whose : possession for people animals and things.
Ex : Do you know the boy whose mother is a nurse?
Whom : object pronoun for people, especially in nondefining relative clauses (in defining relative clauses
we colloquially prefer who)
Ex : I was invited by the professor whom I met at the conference.
That : subject or object pronoun for people, animals and things in defining relative clauses (who or which
are also possible)
Ex : I don’t like the table that stands in the kitchen.
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Relative Adverbs
A relative adverb can be used instead of a relative pronoun plus preposition. This often makes the
sentence easier to understand.
Ex : This is the shop in which I bought my bike. → This is the shop where I bought my bike.
when = in/on which : refers to a time expression
Ex : The day when we met him
Where = in/at which : refers to a place
Ex : The place where we met him
why = for which : refers to a reason
Ex : The reason why we met him