RELATIVE PRONOUNS

ANA LUCÍA CHAVES BARQUERO, M.A., M.Ed.

 ABOUT THIS CLASS
The study of Grammar is complex and time consuming.
You had 1 week to go over Chapter 8. Many of you didn’t download the
book at all. The book assigned is a Practice and Theory Book.
You have a chronogram for a reason.
 Every reading you need to do is in the chronogram within the Drive folder I shared
with you.
This professor uses the Flipped Classroom methodology.
 Flipped learning is a pedagogical approach in which the conventional notion of
classroom-based learning is inverted.
 Students are introduced to the learning material before class, with classroom time then
being used to deepen understanding, to discuss with peers, to problem-solve.
 The purpose of a professor is to clarify the doubts you may have after reading the
Chapters AND doing the exercises.
 CLASS DYNAMIC
You will always sit in the groups you made for your presentations.
 Choose a team name
 You will work together
 Compare your answers
 Discuss

For next class, you need to bring Kahoot (a learning app) in your phones
 You will compete among teams for a prize (%) at the end of the quarter.

Additionally, I suggest you download an app called English Grammar Test

and use it for practice out of the class.
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WHAT ARE THE 3 You don’t have to say them

SIMPLEST PARTS OF
in order.

Parts of speech, not parts

SPEECH? of a sentence
NOUNS
Nouns NAME: Examples:
People
• Dog
Places
• Boy
Things
• Apple
Animals
• House
Foods

Sometimes you want to avoid using the same noun over and
over again.
James ate his apple and James walked his dog.
 Repetitive and boring
 How to fix it?
 Use pronouns instead!
PRONOUNS
Can replace nouns
James ate his apple and he walked his dog.
In order to use a pronoun, you MUST use the noun first.
Look at this example
 He went to the store

The reaction you would get is: WHO? Who went to the
store.
 James went to the store and he bought the apples there.
 SUBJECT PRONOUNS
 I, you, he, she, it, we, ye, they, what, and who.
A subject pronoun is exactly what it sounds like:
a pronoun that takes the place of a noun as the subject of
a sentence.
Remember that a sentence’s subject is the person or thing that
performs the action of a verb
Examples:
 We gave them a head start in the race.
 You told Jerry that his score was among the best; that made him
feel better.
 She lost weight by cutting out junk food.
 They drank water from a spring that ran right out of the
 SUBJECT PRONOUNS
PRACTICE
__________ kicked the ball so hard that The dog stole Tara’s ice cream before
his shoe came off. __________ ran away.
 She  You
 They I
 He  They
 It  It
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think __________ enjoys going to the gym
__________ enjoy studying. early each morning.
 He I
 She  She
 You  They
I  We
 SUBJECT PRONOUNS
PRACTICE
__________ prefer hiking to movies.
 She
__________ puts ketchup on everything
 He she eats.
 We  He
 It  She
__________ is raining again.  We
 It  It
 She You can have ice cream after __________
 He finish your dinner.
 We  We
 You
 It
 She
 SUBJECT PRONOUNS PRACTICE (ANSWERS)

C – He kicked the ball so hard that his shoe came off.

C – Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think you enjoy studying.
D – The dog stole Tara’s ice cream before it ran away.
B – She enjoys going to the gym early each morning.
C – We prefer hiking to movies.
A – It is raining again.
B – She puts ketchup on everything she eats.
B – You can have ice cream after you finish your dinner.
 OBJECT PRONOUNS
An object pronoun is a type of personal pronoun that is normally used as a
grammatical object, either as the direct or indirect object of a verb, or as the
object of a preposition. These pronouns always take the objective case,
whether they are indirect object pronouns or direct object pronouns.
 Remember that an object receives an action.

The seven basic pronouns take on different forms when used as object
pronouns rather than as subject pronouns:
 I becomes Me
 You becomes You (this rule applies for singular and plural use)
 He becomes Him
 She becomes Her
 It becomes It
 We becomes Us
 They becomes Them
OBJECT PRONOUN
EXAMPLES
In the following examples, the subject is in bold, the
verb is in italics, and the object pronoun is in bold and
is underlined.
 Bob took her to work Monday.
 Will you please tell them to come in?
 He told you a lie about where he was Saturday.
 Our grandparents gave us candy and our teeth are just fine.
 OBJECT PRONOUNS
PRACTICE
Mary wants to talk to __________ about your
homework.
 Him
 Her Be careful; he lied to __________ before and
 You he may do it again.
 Them  Us
 It
The plate shattered when John dropped  We
__________ on the floor.
 They
 Him
 Her Where are Jill and Cherie? Didn’t you invite
 Them __________?
 It  Us
 Them
 They
 Her
 OBJECT PRONOUNS
PRACTICE
The spider bit __________ on my ankle.
 You
 Me
 Her The bread is stale. You can feed __________
 It to the birds.
 Them
I heard that Jeremy was cut from the team  It
just because Tyler doesn’t like __________.  Him
 Him
 Her
 Her
 It The movie was hilarious! We really liked
 Them __________.
 Him
 Them
 Her
 It
 OBJECT PRONOUNS PRACTICE (ANSWERS)

1. C – Mary wants to talk to you about your homework.

2. D – The plate shattered when John dropped it on the floor.
3. A – Be careful; he lied to us before and he may do it again.
4. B – Where are Jill and Cherie? Didn’t you invite them?
5. B – The spider bit me on my ankle.
6. A – I heard that Jeremy was cut from the team just because Tyler doesn’t
like him.
7. B – The bread is stale. You can feed it to the birds
8. D – The movie was hilarious! We really liked it.
ADJECTIVE
S
They describe nouns and
pronouns.
You generally find them
before nouns and pronouns
There is an order that
adjectives must follow.

In Spanish we say: Gato

negro.
In English we say: Black cat.
 Cat black makes NO SENSE.
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HOW MANY TYPES OF

PRONOUNS ARE
THERE?
 RELATIVE PRONOUNS
A relative pronoun is one which is used to refer to nouns mentioned
previously, whether they are people, places, things, animals, or ideas.
Relative pronouns can be used to join two sentences.
There are only a few relative pronouns in the English language.
 The most common are which, that, whose, whoever, whomever, who, and whom. 
 In some situations, the words what, when, and where can also function as relative
pronouns.
EXAMPLES OF RELATIVE
PRONOUNS
The relative pronoun in each example is italicized.
 The cyclist who won the race trained hard.
 The pants that I bought yesterday are already stained.
 The four team leaders, whoever the committee selects, will be at
tomorrow’s meeting.
 Spaghetti, which we eat at least twice a week, is one of my
family’s favorite meals.
 Where did you buy the dress that you wore last week?
 The book, when it was finally returned, was torn and stained.
 The store on the corner, where we usually buy all of our art
supplies, burned to the ground.
 RELATIVE PRONOUNS EXERCISES
The festival, ­______________ lasted all day,  What
ended with a banquet.
 That I’d like to take you to a café _______________
serves excellent coffee.
 Who  What
 Which  Whatever
 What  Which
I am looking for someone __________ can  Whichever
watch my dog while I go on vacation.
 Which The clubhouse, in __________ the dance was
held, housed about 200 people.
 Who  Which
 Whom
 Where
 Whoever  That
The police needed details _____________  Whom
could help identify the robber.
 Who
 Whatever
 That
 RELATIVE PRONOUNS EXERCISES
You can choose one person, __________ you  When
like, to share the cruise with you.  That
 Whomever
 That This is the place __________ we met.
 When
 Which
 Where
 Whom
 Who
I saw the shoes __________ you bought last  That
week on sale for less this week.
 When The baby, ________ nap had been
 That interrupted, wailed loudly.
 Whose
 Who
 Whomever
 Whom
 Whom
The winners, __________ known, will receive  Who
money and other prizes.
 Whoever
 Who
 RELATIVE PRONOUNS EXERCISE ANSWERS
1. C – The festival, which lasted all day, ended with a banquet.
2. B – I am looking for someone who can watch my dog while I
go on vacation.
3. C – The police needed details that could help identify the
robber.
4. C – I’d like to take you to a café which serves excellent coffee.
5. A – The clubhouse, in which the dance was held, housed
about 200 people.
6. A – You can choose one person, whomever you like, to share
the cruise with you.
7. B – I saw the shoes that you bought last week on sale for less
this week.
8. C – The winners, when known, will receive money and other
ANSWER KEY CHAPTER 8
 You can find the Answer Key in the Answer Keys folder
The Answer Keys folder is within the Gramática
Intermedia I folder that I shared with you.
ASSIGNMENT
Read and complete Chapter 17: Adverbial Clauses
Compare your answers against the Answer key for the week.

Some of you may just not do the chapter and wait until the Answer Key is posted, but
be aware that there is NO answer key for your quizzes and tests. Your participation in
class is worth 10% and to participate, you have to do the readings and practices.
If you want to learn, you have to do the readings and the practices assigned before
class.