Relative Pronouns

English: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 2.8.1

Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns are words used to introduce relative clauses.

Relative pronouns: explanation

Relative pronouns: explanation

  • Relative pronouns are words used to introduce relative clauses.
  • Relative clauses are used to add extra information to a sentence.
  • There are different relative pronouns.
Who & when

Who & when

  • Who ate the sandwich that had ten pickles?
  • When do cats decide it’s time to knock everything off the table?
Where & whose

Where & whose

  • Where did my dog learn to dance better than me?
  • Whose sock is on the ceiling fan again?
Which & that

Which & that

  • I found a hat with googly eyes, which made everyone at school giggle.
  • The cat that wears sunglasses thinks he’s a rock star.

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