1. What does the word relative make you think of?
Relative pronouns are pronouns that connect parts of sentences.

2. Underline relative pronouns in the following sentences: What do these pronouns refer to?
Tom is the boy who always wears blue.
the boy who
This is the book that I read this summer.
the book that
The morning is when I eat breakfast.
the morning when
The gym is where I go to work out.
the gym where
The candidate whom I chose for the job has a BSc in agronomy.
the candidate whom
I’ve invited everyone whose work is relevant to this project.
everyone whose
The salad, which had avocado in it, was superb.
the salad which

3. What can these pronouns refer to? How are they translated into Croatian?
WHO - people (koji, što) WHOSE - people, animals, objects (čiji) WHOM - people (koga) WHICH - things , animals (koji, što) THAT - people, things (koji, koga, što)

4. What is the difference between the two sentences?
The athletes who failed the drug test were disqualified.
- DEFINING (necessary for the sentence to make sense); no commas
The athletes, who failed the drug test, were disqualified.
- NON-DEFINING (it may be interesting, but not necessary); use commas)

5. Non-defining clause Which one would you use in writing(speaking)?
The salesman, who was very helpful, said this model was in stock.
The salesman was very helpful. He said this model was in stock.
more common in writing.
in speech, we often use two short sentences instead

6. Defining relative clauses Which who can be ommitted?
The technician who Tony spoke to said the network was working fine.
The technician who spoke to Tony said the network was working fine.
we can leave out (who, that, which; not whose) in a defining relative clause if they are followed immediately by a noun or pronoun - 1)
we must keep the relative pronoun if it is followed immediately by a verb – 2)

7. Relative pronouns and prepositions

8. Which of these is appropriate?
The person who I got these plants from said they were healthy. The person from whom I got these plants said they were healthy. - normally prepositions are at the end of the relative clause - in formal English it is possible to put prepositions in front of whom, which , whose

9. Chain Writing
1) It was the day that…
2) There was a girl/boy who…
3) She met a girl/boy who…
4) They had to defeat a monster that…
5) The outcome was something that….