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America. ‘who discovered America’ identifies the noun ‘the person’. 2. Tell me the person who you want to write about. ‘who you want to write about’ identifies the noun ‘the person’ 3. I believe that he’s the best football player that I’ve ever known. ‘that I’ve ever known’ identifies the noun ‘the best football player’ 4 Have you found the information which you need for your article ? ‘which you need for your article’ identifies the noun ‘the information’. Step 2 Relative pronouns Part One Leadin T: We know we can use ‘who’, ‘which’ or ‘that’ in defining relative clauses. Please fill in the brackets using relative pronouns T: All right. 1. Neil Armstrong is the person that walked on the moon. We can also say, Neil Armstrong is the person who walked on the moon. 2. There are reports that say Armstrong and Aldrin saw alien spacecraft. There are reports which say Armstrong and Aldrin saw alien spacecraft. T: Why do we use that or who in the first sentence? Why do we use that or which in the second sentence? S: T: Excellent. Because we use ‘who’ or ‘that’ to refer to people and we use ‘which’ or ‘that’ to refer to things. Relative Pronoun people Things who √ which √ that √ √ T: Please use the correct relative pronouns to fill in the brackets. 1. SARS is a terrible disease that/which killed many people. ‘a(chǎn) terrible disease’ refers to things. 2. Yao Ming that/who plays in NBA is a famous sportsman. ‘Yao Ming’ refers to people. 3. ‘Harry Potter’ is a good film that/which many children like. ‘a(chǎn) good film’ refers to things. Part Two Practice A T: Now let’s look at Page 65, Help Daniel plete his notes with relative pronouns. ? The place that / which Bruce Lee was born in was San Francisco. ? The person who / that took Bruce to stage when Bruce was only three months old was his father. ? The first film that Bruce acted in was made in 1946. ? Master Yip Man was the person who / that taught Bruce Kung fu. ? ‘Game of Death’ was the last film that Bruce acted in. T: Why do we use ‘that’ only in the third and fifth sentences? S: T: All right. Because in