Module 2
Lesson 3
Student’s Book pages 13-14
Grammar
Relative Pronouns
Relative Pronoun
Relative Pronoun |
Usage |
Example |
who |
used for people: replaces subject pronouns like I, she, he, we, they |
It was my husband who broke the car door. |
whose |
shows possession or relationship |
This is the girl whose notes I borrowed. |
whom |
replaces object pronouns like me, her, him |
The man whom they found was sent home. |
which |
used for objects and animals (typically non-defining clauses) |
The robots, which were waiting outside, were ready for shipment. |
that |
used for people and things (typically defining clauses) |
The piggy bank that was on my desk got broken. |
The Comparative and Superlative
Comparative adjectives
Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two objects they modify (larger, smaller, faster, higher). They are used in sentences where two nouns are compared, in this pattern:
Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object).
Superlative adjectives
Superlative adjectives are used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality (the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest). They are used in sentences where a subject is compared to a group of objects.
Noun (subject) + verb + the + superlative adjective + noun (object).