Relative pronouns in english

Our lesson today is about an important kind of pronouns in English which used to link the descriptive sentence to the prescribed noun that is, it goes back to the described noun in the second sentence. In this article we will recognize these pronouns ( which – who – whom – whose ) and also review the use of both with several examples.

When we use relative pronouns in English ?

Relative pronouns used to link Two simple sentences and convert them in to a compound sentence for examples :

⇛ The girl is very kind.                           ⇛ She lives in the next door.

☑ The girl who lives in the next door is very kind .

⇛ The house is ours.                               ⇛ It is very unique .

☑ The house which is very unique is ours.

Use ( Which – who – whom – whose )

1- ( Who )

This pronoun belong to a sane noun, either singular or plural and is placed in the middle of the sentence for example :

⇛ My friend is so tall .                  ⇛ He plays basketball .

☑ My friend who plays basketball is very tall.

• The manager is wondering who is responsible for this mistake.
• The officer have not seen the thief who hid in the desert.
• Nadia gave the bags to who?

2- ( Whom )

This pronoun is used in the sentence as object for person instead of ( them – her – him ) and this pronoun used for a sane noun both singular or plural as following example :

⇛ Are these women ?                         ⇛ You saw them last Friday .

☑ Are these women whom you saw last Friday .

• This is the girl whom your mother told you about .
• Whom did they play tennis ?
• Maria is the girl with whom I am going to the party .
• Samir don't care whom you married .

3- ( Which )

This pronoun is used as a subject or object for things and animals so, it used for non- sane singular and also plural for examples :

⇛ The dress is mine .                                  ⇛ It is red .

☑ The dress which is red is mine .

⇛ That huge building.                                ⇛ it is a modern building .

☑ That building which huge is a modern building.

4- ( Whose )

This pronoun comes in the middle of the sentence and comes before the owned thing for example:

• This is the woman whose dress is yellow .
• The winning team is the one whose  t-shirt is blue .
• That is the family whose daughter is a dancer .
• They are the students whose pens were at the laboratory .
• He is Ali whose sister is Salma .
• Whose dress is this?

And that's why we got to the end of our lesson today which was all the relative pronouns and we explained both of them in terms of usage with many examples.