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. I believe that he’s the best football player that I’ve ever known. Kitty: Yes, I think he is great. Have you found the information which you need for your article? Peter: Not yet, but I’ve found a website that gives a detailed introduction to Columbus. It’ll be very helpful. T: Let’s check the answers. 1. He’s the person who discovered 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 Bruc