B1 PRELIMINARY · GRAMMAR · READING PART 6 & WRITING
Relative clauses: who, which, where, whose
Joining ideas with who, which, that, where and whose.
Finn says
Relative words help you join short sentences into longer, better ones – a great way to improve your writing mark. And they're very common answers in Reading Part 6!
Relative words
who / that
people
The girl who sits next to me is from Brazil.
which / that
things and animals
This is the book which I told you about.
where
places
That's the café where we met.
whose
possession (his, her, their)
That's the boy whose dog is very big.
How it comes up in Part 6
In Reading Part 6 you write one word in each gap. The missing words are often small grammar words like these.
My uncle, who lives in Canada, is visiting us next week.
A person: who.
This is the town where I was born.
A place: where.
I've got a friend whose mother is a famous singer.
His / her mother → whose mother.
Common mistakes
- ✗ The man which helped me was very kind.✓ The man who helped me was very kind.'Which' is for things – use 'who' for people.
- ✗ That's the hotel where we stayed there.✓ That's the hotel where we stayed.Don't repeat 'there' after 'where'.
- ✗ The girl who her bike was stolen was sad.✓ The girl whose bike was stolen was sad.Use 'whose' for possession.
Finn's exam tip
Look at the word before the gap: a person → who; a thing → which or that; a place → where; and if the next word is a noun that belongs to someone → whose.
Quick check
Write one word in each gap.
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