Relative Pronoun are the kinds of Pronoun that we use in a sentence to relate a noun with the independent clause. The relative Pronoun Questions can range from Fill in the blanks questions to error identification or sentence improvement as well.
The words such as ‘who’, ‘whom’, ‘which’, ‘that’, ‘whose’, ‘what’ are known as relative pronouns in a sentence.
The two types of clauses in relative pronoun are:
Defining ClauseA clause in a sentence that gives added information that is essential for a sentence to have meaning. This is also known as restrictive clause
Non-defining ClauseA clause in a sentence that gives added information but is not essential for a sentence to have meaning. The sentence would be meaningful even when the clause is removed. This is also known as non-restrictive clause
Rules –
There are Compound Relative Pronouns as well. They are:
Whoever
Whomever
Whichever
Whatever
Uses of Relative Pronoun:
Who reflects the subject of the verb
Whom reflects the object of the verb
Use That for things and class of people. It introduces restrictive / defining clause
We use Which for things and it introduces non-restrictive clause
What denotes things that are unknown / ‘the things which’.
Whose refers to reflect possession or relationship
We use a comma only for any non-restrictive clause and do not use comma for restrictive clause
For Example:
Ashish is the boy who loves to sing and play guitar in the group
Anjali is the girl whom I asked for some help and she helped me
The meeting that was called by the manages went on for three hours
This bat, which I love, belonged to my best friend
The bus driver didn’t know what to do when he was charged with rule violation
The teachers kept asking whose books they were on the table
Let us now practice some Relative Pronoun Questions below: