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Grammar


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                     People who vandalise are called vandals.

                 The word in bold is called a relative pronoun.

                 Who, whom, and which are relative pronouns.

                 Examples:
                    1.  The man who lives in the bungalow is my uncle.
                         We use ‘who’ as the subject to refer to the ‘man’.         Who or whom refers
                                                                                    to people.
                                                                                    Who comes before
                    2.  They hired the man whom we interviewed yesterday.           the verb.
                          We use ‘whom’ as the object to refer to the ‘man’.        Whom comes after
                                                                                    the first verb.
                    3.  The car which my brother was driving last night
                      was my father’s.
                         We use ‘which’ as the object to refer to the ‘car’.




                 Fill in the blanks with ‘who’ or ‘which’.
                 1.  His horse      is a female, won the race.
                 2.  This is the girl    won the singing competition.
                 3.  The man       is wearing a blue coat is my father.
                 4.  Kamini did all the homework         the teacher assigned.
                 5.  The shirt     Najmee bought for his father cost RM60.00.
                 6.  The woman         answered the telephone call was very polite.








                 Complete the sentences using ‘who’ or ‘whom’. You may use the dictionary.

                 Example:  A hero is a person who is the main male character in a story. (who)
                 1. This is my friend     (who)
                 2. He is the baker      (whom)
                 3. A sculptor is a person      (who)
                 4. Ibrahim is the taxi driver     (whom)





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