Relative Pronouns - By ElaineVazquez
Transcript
00:0-1 | Welcome back to educator dot coms , English grammar course | |
00:02 | . This lesson is about pronoun case and relative pronounce | |
00:05 | , but it's really about when to use who and | |
00:07 | when to use whom . Let's get started . All | |
00:11 | right . I'm sure you've been in this situation before | |
00:14 | . You pick up the phone , somebody says something | |
00:16 | and you say , Who are you calling for ? | |
00:18 | And if the person who is calling is a grammar | |
00:19 | Nazi , they go , No . For whom are | |
00:21 | you calling and you get into this whole fight about | |
00:23 | ? Do I say who or do I say whom | |
00:25 | ? I've had this argument with my friends many times | |
00:27 | , and I'm going to show you how to determine | |
00:29 | which one to use . It's all about a grammatical | |
00:31 | construct called pronoun case , so we're gonna go over | |
00:35 | it , and by the end of this lesson , | |
00:36 | you will know exactly which one to use . We're | |
00:39 | going to begin with looking at relative pronounce what they | |
00:43 | are , what they dio . Now we're gonna look | |
00:44 | at the three cases of pronouns in English subjective , | |
00:48 | objective and possessive . Trust me , you use this | |
00:51 | stuff . Then we're gonna look at how to use | |
00:53 | relative pronouns like who and whom you're going to look | |
00:56 | at how to use them in comparisons , how to | |
00:58 | use them as modifiers , when to use we and | |
01:01 | when to use us . And finally , we're gonna | |
01:03 | wrap it all up . With who versus whom . | |
01:07 | Alright , what are relative pronouns and why do they | |
01:10 | matter ? Relative pronouns take the place of mounds like | |
01:13 | all pronouns , and they introduce subordinate clauses which you'll | |
01:17 | find in our lessons in on sentence parts and patterns | |
01:19 | and also in our lesson on conjunctions . Now there | |
01:23 | are different relative pronouns for different purposes . You use | |
01:25 | who , whom who's and sometimes that to refer to | |
01:30 | people . Those are the personal relative pronouns use which | |
01:34 | and that to refer to animals and two things unless | |
01:38 | the animal is especially beloved . It's your beloved cat | |
01:40 | , Fluffy , In which case go ahead and use | |
01:43 | who and if anyone gives you trouble , just yell | |
01:45 | at them , use which for clauses that are non | |
01:48 | essential . So , for example , I'm going to | |
01:50 | the Laundromat , which is my favorite place for people | |
01:52 | watching . Well , you don't really need this whole | |
01:54 | clause here to understand the sentence . You could just | |
01:57 | say I'm going to the laundromat . Use that with | |
02:01 | no common knows this comma right here that always precedes | |
02:03 | , which use that with no comma for clauses that | |
02:06 | are essential to the meaning of the sentence . I'm | |
02:09 | going to the laundromat that offers free soap . This | |
02:11 | tells you which laundromat you're going to , so it's | |
02:14 | essential . |
Summarizer
DESCRIPTION:
This video explains how to use the relative pronouns: who, whom.
OVERVIEW:
Relative Pronouns is a free educational video by ElaineVazquez.It helps students in grades 4 practice the following standards L.4.1.a.
This page not only allows students and teachers view Relative Pronouns but also find engaging Sample Questions, Apps, Pins, Worksheets, Books related to the following topics.
GRADES:
4
STANDARDS:
L.4.1.a