Relative Clauses

Who, which, that for describing nouns

Introduction

Relative clauses let us add information about nouns without starting a new sentence. Instead of "I know a woman. She speaks five languages," we can say "I know a woman who speaks five languages."

The key relative pronouns are "who" (for people), "which" (for things), and "that" (for both). Knowing which to use makes your speech more natural and sophisticated.

These clauses act like adjectives, giving us more information about the nouns they follow.

Themes

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• who / which / that Connect sentences by describing nouns
• Omitting Relative Pronouns When you can leave out who/which/that
• where (relative) Relative adverb for places
• Object Relative Clauses Relative clauses where the pronoun is the object
• where (Relative Clauses) Connecting clauses about places
• when (Relative Clauses) Connecting clauses about time