Link a relative clause to its noun
The idea
Who refers to people, whose shows possession, and which can refer to a thing.
Step by step
- Find the noun that the extra clause describes.
- Decide whether the clause describes a person, possession or a thing.
- Choose the relative pronoun and read the joined sentence.
Example
Choose who, whose or which: The artist ___ painted this mural lives nearby.
Answer
who
Artist names a person performing painted, so who fits.
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Combine I met a painter and The painter makes murals using who. Then write a sentence using whose.
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