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Behind the Noun
Five banners, one tied to the wrong walker.
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A banner describes whoever it is tied to.
Learner selects who, which or that by whether the noun is a person or a thing, and knows that is available for both.
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Six nouns. Two of them accept either pronoun.
Which is correct?
Where it goes, which pronoun, and the groups that take both.
The student who won the prize is my cousin.
It goes directly after the noun it describes. Not later in the sentence.
✗ The student is my cousin who won the prize.
That version describes the cousin.
Five banners, one tied to the wrong walker.
A banner describes whoever it is tied to.
Ten nouns. Four accept two answers.
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Definitions
Eight pairs. Two accept either pronoun.
The student won the prize. The student is my cousin. → The student won the prize is my cousin.
The report arrived late. The report was wrong. → The report arrived late was wrong.
The team won the league. The team is from Leeds. → The team won the league is from Leeds.
The teacher retired last year. The teacher taught me physics. → The teacher retired last year taught me physics.
The machine broke down. The machine cost forty thousand. → The machine broke down cost forty thousand.
The company employs forty people. He runs the company. → The company he runs employs forty people.
The country exports most rice is in Asia. → The country exports most rice is in Asia.
The committee met on Tuesday. The committee rejected the plan. → The committee met on Tuesday rejected the plan.
One person, one thing, each with a clause behind it.
Topic: someone who taught you something, and something you own.
Sentence 1: describe a person with a relative clause. Sentence 2: describe a thing with one.
Put each clause directly after the noun it describes.
One per line.
Twelve nouns across three buckets.
Sort each item into the correct category