Who vs. Which vs. That
Choose the correct pronoun: "The girl ___ won the science fair is my best friend."
Who
Complete the sentence: "An artist is someone ___ paints pictures."
who (or that)
Find the error and fix it: "The dog who barked all night woke me up."
Change who to which or that (dogs are animals).
Combine: "I saw a cat. The cat was sleeping on the fence."
I saw a cat that/which was sleeping on the fence.
True or False: You use "who" for things and "which" for people.
False (It's the opposite: who for people, which for things).
Choose the correct pronoun: "I love the sneakers ___ you bought yesterday."
Which (or That)
Complete the sentence: "This is the book ___ I borrowed from the library."
which (or that)
Find the error and fix it: "She is the teacher which teaches math."
Change which to who or that (teachers are people).
Combine: "That is the dog. It barked all night."
That is the dog that/which barked all night.
True or False: Defining relative clauses give essential information that without it the sentence's meaning changes.
True.
Spot the Impostor: Which pronoun does NOT belong in this sentence? "The movie [ who / which / that ] we watched yesterday was super funny."
Who (because movies are things, not people).
Complete the sentence: "We visited the school ___ my mom used to teach."
where
Find the error and fix it: "This is the park which we play soccer."
Change which to where
Combine: "Here is the laptop. You wanted to buy it."
Here is the laptop that/which you wanted to buy
True or False: You can always use "that" instead of "where".
False ("Where" is for places; "that" cannot replace "where").
Explain why "who" is incorrect here: "The guitar who he plays is red." What should it be?
Guitars are things, not people. It should be which or that.
Complete the sentence: "This is the computer ___ I use for my homework."
that (or which)
Find the error and fix it: "I talked to the woman which lives next door to my grandmother."
Change which to who or that (a woman is a person).
Combine: "We met a man. He speaks five languages."
We met a man who/that speaks five languages.
True or False: A defining relative clause always requires commas around it.
False (Defining clauses do not use commas).
Which of these three sentences uses the relative pronoun incorrectly?
A) The laptop that crashed belongs to me.
B) The girl which won the race was fast.
C) The student who studied passed the test.
B (You cannot use which for a person).
Fill in both blanks with valid options: "This is the movie ___ [1] made me cry, starring the actor ___ [2] played Spider-Man."
1. which or that
2. who or that
Is a comma needed in this sentence? "My brother who lives in New York is a pilot."
No commas are needed because it's a defining relative clause (it defines which brother out of several).
Combine: "That is the bakery. We bought cupcakes there."
That is the bakery where we bought cupcakes
True or False: In the sentence "The man who lives next door is a doctor," the italicized part is a defining relative clause because it specifies which man we are talking about.
True.