# Relative Pronouns: Rules and Examples | SwaVid

Relative pronouns: Who, which and whose join a describing clause to a noun. Rules, examples and a free quick check for Class 6 to 12.

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# Relative pronouns: rules and examples

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Short answer. Who, which and whose join a describing clause to a noun. Who is for people. Which is for things and animals. Whose shows who owns or has something.

1 . Choose the right word. The man ___ car broke down called a taxi.

Person: who. Thing: which. Owner: whose.

Who, which and whose join a describing clause to a noun. Who is for people. Which is for things and animals. Whose shows who owns or has something.

The boy who sings is Arjun. (sings follows: who)

Person: who. Thing: which. Owner: whose.

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- Who and which . Ask what the word stands for. A person takes who. A thing or an animal takes which.
- Whose shows ownership . Use whose when the next noun belongs to the person, animal or thing before the gap.
- With commas too . Who, which and whose also work in a clause that adds extra information between commas. The same rules apply.
- A note on whom . Whom is for a person who receives the action: the friend whom I met. If a verb comes right after the gap, the person is doing the action, so use who.
- The boy who sings is Arjun. sings follows: who

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