Thursday, March 31, 2016

# 1 - Unit 13 - Adjective clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns By Gilvan Batista




First off all, we must need talk about relative pronouns, and how we use who, whom, whose, that, or which.

These relative pronouns are used after a noun, just to make clear which person or thing we are talking about. To emphasize that the more important in the context is the noun and his importance.

For example: Leonardo DiCaprio, who did not won an Oscar 7 times before, he won this year with "The Revenant".

The part of the phrase that has the information about the person or the thing is a ‘relative clause’, it initiate by a relative pronoun.

How to use relative pronouns:

Who (people) – Fabio, who loves pets, has a handsome black dog.
Whom (people, very formal) - Milan Kundera is the writer whom I like a lot.
Whose (possession) – The Film whose actor I like to see in action movies
Which (places or things) - This is the house which the pool is huge
That (subst. who or which, less formality) - This is the house that my family dreamed about.