Defining relative clauses: Who, which, that, where

Exercises: 1 2 3

EXAMPLE: These are the friends. I met them in Denmark. ⇒ These are the friends who I met in Denmark.

1 That's the neighbour. He helped me when I moved in. ⇒ That's the neighbour .

2 What's the name of the film? You watched this film yesterday. ⇒ What's the name of the film ?

3 He drives a car. The car is very expensive. ⇒ The car is very expensive.

4 Sue wasn't at the bar. She always goes to that bar. ⇒ Sue wasn't at the bar .

5 A car was stolen. The car was a Mercedes. ⇒ The car .

6 The octopus is the only animal. It has three hearts. The octopus .

7 That's the shop. I bought my TV in that shop. ⇒ That's the shop .

8 The man finished the marathon first. He trains three hours a day. ⇒ The man trains three hours a day.

9 This is the school. I studied in this school. ⇒ This is the school .

10 That's the remote. It is broken. That's the remote .

Exercises: 1 2 3

Defining relative clauses

We use defining relative clauses to specify which person, thing or place we are talking about.

We use who for people.

We use which for things and animals.

We use where for places.

We can use that instead of who or which. But we often use who for people and which/that for things.

We cannot use what or an expression like that he/she/etc. instead of that, who, etc..