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Want to make your English sentences longer and more interesting? Learn how to use the relative pronoun “who”. We’ll look at easy examples that show you how to join English sentences together and add more detail when writing about people. Perfect for English learners who want to improve their writing and sound more natural! Watch, learn, and try the quiz to test yourself! https://www.engvid.com/improve-your-english-sentences-with-who/
More of my English grammar videos:
Gerunds in English https://youtu.be/Jcnf1ewZyX8
How to learn Past Tense IRREGULAR VERBS https://youtu.be/aAEEZiSUQB8
In this lesson:
0:00 Use "who" as a relative pronoun
2:31 Examples of "who" in sentences
6:17 Practice
Transcript:
Hello. My name is Emma, and today we are going to learn how to improve your sentences with a very short word, "who". So, were going to talk a little bit about grammar today, and something that can really improve both your speaking and writing.
So, I want to show you these two sentences. "Emma is a teacher.", "Emma likes flowers." If I write these sentences, it becomes repetitive. So, I can use the word "who" to combine these two sentences into one sentence and make a stronger sentence. "Emma is a teacher who likes flowers." So, we call "who" a relative pronoun. Thats the grammar term of it. Other relative pronouns include "that" and "which".
Relative pronouns are great words because what they do in English is they take two ideas and combine them into one sentence. So, for example, in English, "who", which is the relative pronoun we will talk about today, we use it to replace a people word in a sentence. So, in this case, instead of writing "Emma" twice, Ive written "Emma" once, and then replaced "Emma" with the word "who". Were going to look at a lot of examples on how to do this. Its actually very easy, which in English, a lot of things are not easy, but relative pronouns are actually pretty easy, so Im excited to teach you about this today.
I just wanted to explain also why this is important. For a lot of people learning English, they write really short sentences. If youre taking the IELTS, or youre taking some sort of test, or youre going to university, in English, we actually like a variety of short and long sentences when we write. It makes things more interesting and less repetitive. So, relative pronouns can really help you improve both your writing and speaking, and make things clearer to the listener. Lets look at how to use the relative pronoun "who" in some examples.
Okay. So, Im excited to teach you relative pronouns because its easy. Lets see how easy this is. I have two sentences. "I have a friend. He loves movies." So, those are my two sentences. Now, I want to make a strong sentence. What Im going to do is take those two sentences and make them one with the word "who". "I have a friend." So, we keep the first part. Then, I take "he", but "who" can replace "he". So, I turn "he" into this word, and then I have the rest of the sentence. So, my two sentences become one sentence. "I have a friend who loves movies." So, that was pretty easy. It might sound difficult, but when you actually look at it, this becomes that. Pretty easy.
Lets look at another example. We have two sentences. "She has a dog. The dog drools a lot." So, thats okay; we can say that. "Drool" means, like, saliva comes from the mouth, so some dogs have a lot of drool. So, imagine I want to make this a stronger, longer sentence. I can take the two sentences and make them one with the word "who" because "who" can replace a person, or in this case, a dog. So, what do we do? We keep the first part, "She has a dog", and now we dont have to use the word "dog" again; it can be replaced by "who". "She has a dog who drools a lot." This sentence is better because it shortens what we want to say, and it takes two sentences and makes them into one stronger sentence.
Lets look at another example. "I have a brother. My brother has a cat." Now, if I write this, its okay; no problem writing these two sentences, but its repetitive. "Brother", "brother", youre saying the same word again and again. So, what can you do to make it a stronger, better sentence? We can use the relative pronoun "who". "I have a brother." Instead of saying "my brother" again, I can just say "who has a cat." So, weve taken two sentences, put them together with one sentence using the word "who".
My next example is a little bit different. So, imagine I want to say two ideas. My first idea is "My friend is strong." My second idea is "My friend is a cop." Now, I want to combine these two ideas into one, so how can I do that? Well, I can write "my friend", and then I can put "who" here, so lets move this over. "My friend who", and again, "who" is replacing this. […]
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