Relative Pronouns and Adverbs

1Công thức

2Giải thích

Đại từ và trạng từ quan hệ nối mệnh đề với danh từ: who (người), which (vật, động vật), whose (sở hữu), when (thời gian), where (nơi chốn), why (lý do). Whom là dạng tân ngữ trang trọng. Khi đại từ quan hệ là chủ ngữ thì không thêm chủ ngữ khác.

Relative words link a clause to a noun. Who refers to people, which to things and animals, whose to possession, when to times, where to places and why to reasons. Whom is the formal object form for people.

3Khi nào dùng

• Identifying or adding information about people and things (who, which)
• Showing possession (whose)
• Referring to times, places and reasons (when, where, why)

4Quy tắc cần nhớ

• When the relative pronoun is the subject, do not add another subject
• Whom is formal; who is normal in speech, but after a preposition only whom is used
• Where and when can be replaced by preposition + which
• No preposition is needed after where or when

5Ví dụ

• The woman who lives upstairs plays the violin.

• This is the street where I grew up.

• He is the singer whose song became a hit.

6Lỗi thường gặp

• The man who he lives next door is a doctor. (The man who lives next door)
• The place where I was born in is small. (where I was born / which I was born in)
• The girl which sat beside me was friendly. (who)

7Dễ nhầm với

Defining Relative ClausesNon-defining Relative Clauses