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Which is used for things and animals. For example:

The table which has a vase on it was bought at a sale.
O
The sheep which had strayed away came home in the evening.
O
That is used for people, animals and things. It is also used after superlative adjectives; and
words like some, none, any, all and nothing. For example:

The book that I am reading was a present from my grandfather.
O
This is the best batch of the students that I have taught so far.
O
All that he spoke was relevant to the topic.
O

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Rememberemember

Relative pronouns are used:
• after nouns to indicate people or things we are referring to.
• to give information about those people or things.
Nowadays, who is used more often than whom.

Practice Time 1

A. Rewrite these sentences by replacing the underlined words/phrases with suitable pronouns.

1. Pankaj and I reached the school on time.
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2. Rita and Jane reached an hour late.
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3. What do you know about Sheetal?
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4. I wonder if Saurav will buy another new car.

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5. Arpit will be going to his friend’s house this evening.

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6. Jane and Jack don’t like pancakes.

_______________________________________________________________________________ Pronouns
7. Rita and I are not coming to the party.

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B. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct pronouns given in brackets.

1. “Hello, _______________ is Julie speaking. May I speak to Shweta?” (that/this)
2. See that man! _______________ is climbing the tree so skilfully. (He/They)
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