Relative Clauses Without Relative Pronouns
English Language: KS3, topic 3.8.7
Relative Clauses Without Relative Pronouns
Sometimes, we can leave out the relative pronoun in relative clauses. Let's look at some examples...
1) The city that he lives in
2) The city he lives in
- We can leave out the relative pronoun 'that' and the sentence still makes sense.
1) The girl who has pigtails
2) The girl has pigtails
- We can leave out the relative pronoun 'who' and the sentence still makes sense.
Test yourself on Relative Clauses Without Relative Pronouns
Which word could you leave out of this sentence?
Are you still using the pencil which I let you borrow?Which of these sentences leaves out the relative pronoun?
I do not like the boy that you are playing with.