Relative Clauses

Relative Pronouns and Relative Adverbs

( who, which, that, whose, where, when )

We use relative clauses to give additional information about a noun, such as a person, place , thing, animal or idea.

The relative pronoun/adverb ,which introduces the relative clause, refers to nouns previously mentioned such as people, places, things , animals or ideas.

Do you know the boy who / that is talking to Sarah ?

The koala is an animal which /that lives in Australia.

A library is the place where we borrow books from.

Summer is the time of the year when we are on holidays from school.

This is the article whose title I couldn't remember.

Relative Pronouns/Adverbs

who – used for people

which – used for animals and things

that – used for people, animals and things

whose – used to show possession

where – used for places

when – used for time