Relative Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Subject-relative Pronouns
Who (People) Emma is a girl.
Emma likes to
read.
Emma is a girl who
likes to read.
To combine (Subject: Emma)
sentences The book is very
useful.
Which The book has 365
(Things) pages.
The book which is
very useful has 365
pages.
Subject: The book
That Emma is a girl that
likes to read.
(Everything) The book that is
very useful has 365
pages.
Subject-relative Object-relative
Pronoun Pronoun
The word after who/ The word after who/
which/ that, is which/ that, is:
a verb. 动词 - NOT a verb.
- a noun 名词 Or
- a pronoun. 代词
Subject-relative Object-relative
Pronouns CANNOT be Pronouns CAN be
dropped. dropped.
The apple which is The apple which he
lying (verb) on the (pronoun) lay on the
table is red. table is red.
The apple lying on the The apple he
table is red. X (pronoun) lay on the
table is red.
You’re the person who You’re the person who
spoke (verb) to Suzy. Suzy (noun) spoke to.
You’re the person You’re the person Suzy
spoke to Suzy. X (noun) spoke to.