References Australian curriculumĪCELA1508: Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or idea.ĪCELA1520: Understand that cohesive links can be made in texts by omitting or replacing words NSW syllabusĮN3-6B: Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media. A relative pronoun introduces a clause that describes a previously mentioned noun, which is called the antecedent. Discussion can focus on how this leads to confusion in meaning. The video of the pronoun song from Grammaropolis – I got the Blues will shed light on the common problem that many students have when writing and or when retelling stories, that is, introducing the pronoun without having used the antecedent noun. In English Grammar, a relative pronoun is defined as a pronoun that is used to introduce relative clauses that describe nouns or other pronouns. Students can be placed in small groups and can be assigned various parts to gather information on usage and then share with whole group using examples.

The clause or phrase modifies the noun that the pronoun connects. Watch the clip Lord Syntax and Pronouns 4 and discuss the information with students. A relative pronoun connects a clause to either a noun or pronoun. Eg: I have found the pen which my father. Activities to support the strategy Activity 1 Pronouns which connect two statements and relate or refer to some noun going before them are called relative pronouns.

What is a relative pronoun