{"id":2282,"date":"2017-06-22T14:51:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T14:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2023-06-02T08:07:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T08:07:13","slug":"relative-pronouns-worksheet-for-classes-5-and-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/relative-pronouns-worksheet-for-classes-5-and-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Relative Pronouns Worksheet for Classes 5 and 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Relative pronouns are words like <strong>who, whom, that and which.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who and whom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who and whom<\/strong> are used to refer to people. Who acts as the subject of the verb in the relative clause. Whom acts as the object of the verb in the relative clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This is the girl. She won the first prize.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We can combine these two clauses into one using the relative pronoun who.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This is the girl<strong> who<\/strong> won the first prize. (NOT This is the girl who she won the first prize.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here the relative pronoun acts as the subject of the relative clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There she met a young engineer. She married him years later.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We can combine these two clauses using the relative pronoun whom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There she met a young engineer <strong>whom<\/strong> she married years later. (NOT There she met a young engineer whom she married him years later.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, here the relative pronoun \u2018whom\u2019 replaces the object pronoun \u2018him\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Who\u2019 is also possible in the above sentence in an informal style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There she met a young engineer <strong>who<\/strong> she married years later.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Which<\/strong> is used to refer to things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I have bought a laptop. It has a large screen.<\/li><li>I have bought a laptop <strong>which<\/strong> has a large screen.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That<\/strong> can be used to refer to both people and things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I have bought a laptop <strong>that<\/strong> has a large screen.<\/li><li>This is the house <strong>that<\/strong> Jack built.<\/li><li>This is the girl<strong> that<\/strong> won the first prize.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do not use \u2018that\u2019 in relative clauses set off with a comma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Whose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whose is a possessive relative pronoun. It can replace words like <strong>his, her, their or our.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exercise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This exercise is taken from <strong>CBSE Class 5 English Unit 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill in the blanks using one of the words given in brackets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(i) Where is the child \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. parents have come to school? (who \/ whose \/ which)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(ii) I saw many houses \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. were quite spacious. (which \/ whose \/ who)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(iii) Mathematics, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. is my favourite subject, is so interesting. (who \/ which \/ that)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(iv) The poem \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 you read out is so lovely. (whose \/ which \/ that)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(v) I know the street \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. he lives on. (whose \/ that \/ which)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(vi) I like reading books \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. have pictures in them. (that \/ who \/ which)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(vii) The old lady \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 I met in your house is my neighbour. (whom \/ that \/ which)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(i) Where is the child <strong>whose<\/strong> parents have come to school?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(ii) I saw many houses <strong>which<\/strong> were quite spacious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(iii) Mathematics, <strong>which<\/strong> is my favourite subject, is so interesting. (We cannot use \u2018that\u2019 when the relative clause is set off with a comma.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(iv) The poem <strong>which \/ that<\/strong> you read out is so lovely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(v) I know the street <strong>that<\/strong> he lives on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(vi) I like reading books <strong>that \/ which<\/strong> have pictures in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(vii) The old lady <strong>whom<\/strong> I met in your house is my neighbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See Also<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/personal-pronouns-exercise-for-class-6\/\">Personal pronouns exercise for class 6<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/pronouns-worksheet-for-class-6\/\">Pronouns worksheet for class 6<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/relative-pronouns-worksheet-for-classes-5-and-6\/\">Relative pronouns worksheet for classes 5 and 6<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/reflexive-or-emphatic-pronouns-worksheet-for-class-6\/\">Reflexive or emphatic pronouns worksheet for class 6<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/interrogative-pronouns-grade-6-grammar-exercises\/\">Interrogative pronouns worksheet for grade 6<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relative pronouns are words like who, whom, that and which. 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