Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition · Lesson 32 · Part 1: Part I: The elementary course

32. Relative pronouns

Goal: Your child can find relative pronouns (who, which, what, that) and name the antecedent each one stands for.

⏱ About 25 minutes · 7 steps

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You'll need

  • The book, open to this lesson
  • Paper and a pencil (or a slate)

What's in the book

Lesson 32 explains clauses and relative pronouns and defines the antecedent. Page 53 has ten sentences and blanks to fill with pronouns.

The lesson, step by step

  1. Review

    Ask your child to use mine, yours and theirs in sentences.

  2. Joining a clause

    SayThe man who is rich lives there.

    Ask: Which man? The one who is rich. "Who" stands for man and joins on the extra words.

    Read:

    A Relative Pronoun is a word used to represent a preceding word or expression, to which it joins a modifying clause.

  3. The list and the antecedent

    Read:

    The relative pronouns are who, which, what, and that. As is also a relative after such, many, same, and some other words.

    The word or expression represented by a relative pronoun, is called its Antecedent.

  4. Oral practice

    Finish sentences aloud with a relative clause: I like the dog that... I met a girl who...

  5. Find the relatives

    Find the relative pronoun in each:

    Those who sow, will reap.

    This is the house which my father bought.

    Whoever studies, will learn.

    Ask what each one stands for.

  6. Fill the blanks

    Choose a pronoun for the dashes on page 53, such as:

    The man ___ paid the money, ___ was the cashier.

    No one can tell ___ others may do.

  7. Use it today

    Find who, which or that joining a clause in today's reading.

Tip

Some words on these pages (whoever, whatever) are relatives with the suffix ever added. The book mentions ever, so and soever.

Answers to the book's problems

Relatives: whom; who (antecedent Those); that (He); which (house); that (all); what; what; whatever; Whoever; Whatever. Blanks: answers can vary; for example, The man who paid the money, he was the cashier; No one can tell what others may do; What you will do is proper.

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