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The relatives

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The relative clause is a part of a sentence that cannot exist independently and describes a noun that comes before it in the main part of the sentence.
RulesExample
who / that refer to people
They caught the man who / that spied for Portugal.
which / that refer to objects
whose refers to possession
when refers to a moment in time
Christmas Day is a day when people are happy.
where refers to a particular place
We visited the house where our father was born.

Exercises - The relatives

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  • 1) That's autumn which when who it rained every day.


  • 2) Here's the bag which whom who you let on my desk yesterday.


  • 3) A painter is the person where who whose paints pictures.


  • 4) Ann whose who what is very smart, did the puzzle in five minutes.


  • 5) Can you tell me the reason why what whose he left the city?


  • 6) The clock which who whom I bought yesterday does not work.


  • 7) That's the hotel who where whose you stayed.


  • 8) My mother, what whose why name is Kate, is an English teacher.


  • 9) That's the boy who whose what brother was a teacher.


  • 10) I went to Greece whose who where I had a nice time.


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