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relative who and which the keys which I lost

We can use sentences to describe nouns.
To join sentences to nouns, we use relative pronouns: who (for people) and which (for things).

The man plays golf.\He)lives at No 10. The maniwh d)Hves at No 10 plays golf.

The letter is for me. You saw it.) The letter(whiCn)you saw is for me.

I like the girl! She) 1works with Ann. I like the girl (who) works with Ann.

I've got those books. You wanted(them. I've got those book: ou wanted.

6 Put in who or which.

1 The people........................ live downstairs are Irish.

The shop........................sells that good bread is closed today.
The dictionary........................I bought yesterday isn't very good.
That cheese........................you like comes from Scotland.

Do you know the girls........................are standing by the window?
I can't find the key........................opens this door.
I've lost the earrings.......................Harry gave me.
8 The police are looking for three men........................ robbed the National Bank yesterday.
9 We know the woman...................... teaches French at Jane's school.
10 Here's a word........................ I don't understand.
11 Are those the shoes........................Tracy has just bought?
12 I had just one teacher........................was really good.

We use who or which instead of he, him, she, it etc. Don't use both.

The woman who pte teaches me French is ill. Here's the address which you wanted^

^ Circle the correct answer.
1 There's the man who took/he took your coat.

2 Do you know the people who live/they live next door?
3 I like that woman; she is/is very kind.
4 I've found the keys which I lost/lost them.
5 Do you like the new dress which I bought/bought it yesterday?
6 The car which is parked/ it is parked outside belongs to Susan.

7 This is a new kind of knife: cuts/it cuts everything.
8 The poems which Mark writes/writes them are very hard to understand.
9 We've got three children who make / they make a lot of noise.
10 What did you do with the sweater which / lent you / / lent you it?

The man who makes no mistakes
does not usually make anything.
(£ J Phelps)

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