Pronouns & relative clauses
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Flip to reveal answersSubject vs object pronoun: "___ called ___." (he / I)
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Subject vs object pronoun: "___ called ___." (he / I)
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He called me. Subject does the action (he); object receives it (me).
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Possessive adjective vs pronoun: this is ___ book; the book is ___ (my / mine)
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this is my book; the book is mine. (my + noun; mine stands alone)
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Reflexive pronouns — list them
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myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
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Which relative pronoun for PEOPLE?
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who (or that in a defining clause): "the friend who/that helped me".
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Which relative pronoun for THINGS?
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which (or that in a defining clause): "the bus which/that was late".
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Relative pronoun for POSSESSION
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whose: "the author whose book won the prize".
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Relative pronoun for PLACES
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where: "the city where I was born".
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Defining vs non-defining clause — the difference
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Defining = identifies the noun, NO commas. Non-defining = extra info, commas. "that" only in defining.
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When can you OMIT who/which/that?
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Only when it is the OBJECT of the clause: "the film (that) I saw". Never when it is the subject.
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its vs it's
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its = possessive ("its tail"); it's = it is / it has. Never use it's for possession.
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Combine: "I have a friend. She speaks Arabic."
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I have a friend who speaks Arabic.
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Why use pronouns and relative clauses? (exam)
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They stop repetition and link ideas, raising Criterion A (Language) range and fluency.
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Person after a preposition / 'and': subject or object?
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Object form: "between you and me", "give it to him and me" — not "I"/"he".
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Don't double the object — fix: "the song that I like it"
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the song that I like (drop "it"; the object is already "that").
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