Prepositions in Relative Clauses
Choose the correct sentence:
a) The town I was born in.
b) The town in which I was born.
b) (formal structure)
Choose the correct answer: The girl ___ brother is in your class.
whose
Choose: The book ___ I borrowed was interesting.
that / which
Complete: The man ___ I spoke was very helpful.
to whom
Rewrite: The man’s car was stolen → (use “whose”) called the police.
The man whose car was stolen called the police.
Choose: The person ___ helped me is my teacher.
who
Rewrite: That’s the company I work for → (use formal style)
That’s the company for which I work.
Complete: I met a student ___ parents work abroad.
whose
Rewrite: She is the girl. She lives next door. → Join.
She is the girl who lives next door.
Explain: Why is “about which” more formal than “which ... about”?
Because the preposition comes before the relative pronoun in formal written English.
Identify error: The boy which bike is blue is my friend.
Should be “whose bike”, not “which bike”.
Explain: Why can’t we use “which” for people?
Because “which” refers to things, not people.
Make a sentence with in which about your school or city.
Example: This is the school in which I study English.
Create: Make your own sentence using whose and two nouns.
Example: I know a woman whose house is near the sea.
Challenge: Create one long sentence with 2 different relative clauses.
Example: I know a man who teaches English in a school which is near my house.