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Read the sentences given below.

               l   The festival, which lasted all day, ended with a banquet.

               l   Spaghetti, which many of us enjoy, can be messy.

            That is used for people, animals and things. It is also used after superlative adjectives and
               words like some, none, any, all and nothing.
          Read the sentences given below.

               l   This is the book that everyone is talking about.

               l   This is the best batch of students that I have taught so far.

               l   All that he spoke was relevant to the topic.

           Remember

           Relative pronouns are used after nouns to indicate people or things we are referring to and to give
           additional information about those people or things.

           Nowadays, who is used more often than whom.






                                                       Test Yourself



             I.  Rewrite the sentences given below by replacing the underlined words/phrases with suitable
                 pronouns.

                 1.  Neeraj and I reached the college on time.
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                 2.  Reena and Sahil reached an hour late.

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                 3.  What do you know about Anand?

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                 4.  I wonder if Sachin will buy another new bicycle.
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                 5.  Arpan will be going to his friend’s house this evening.

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                 6.  Monica and Jenny don’t like pancakes.

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