CLASS 7 · LEARNING KNOWLEDGE
Simple relative clauses with ‹who›, ‹which› and ‹that›
How it works
Relative clauses (‹relative clauses›) connect two sentences and provide additional information about people, things, or animals. In English, ‹who› is used for people, ‹which› for things and animals, and ‹that› can often stand for both. Example: ‹The boy who is wearing a red cap is my brother.› Or: ‹The book that I read was interesting.› The choice of relative pronoun depends on what it refers to. Relative clauses usually come directly after the noun they refer to.
Note
Use ‹who› for people, ‹which› for things/animals, and ‹that› for both when the information is necessary. The relative pronoun comes directly after the noun it refers to.
Use ‹who› for people, ‹which› for things/animals, and ‹that› for both when the information is necessary. The relative pronoun comes directly after the noun it refers to.
An example
Choose the correct relative pronoun: ‹My dog, ___ is ten years old, still loves to run.›
The correct answer is ‹which›, because the relative clause refers to an animal and the comma marks a non-defining relative clause. In this case, you do not use ‹that›.
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