Hi girls this is the new topic we have to work with.

Please print it or write it in your notebooks. We will work with this next class after the crossword puzzle.

Relative Adverbs 

A relative adverb can be used instead of a relative pronoun plus preposition. This often makes the sentence easier to understand.

This is the shop in which I bought my bike.
→ This is the shop where I bought my bike.

relative adverb	meaning	use	example
when	in/on which	refers to a time expression	the day when we met him
where	in/at which	refers to a place	the place where we met him
why	for which	refers to a reason	the reason why we met him

Relative Adverbs

Choose the correct relative adverb.

1. This is the station wherewhenwhy Emily met James.
2. July and August are the months wherewhenwhy most people go on holiday.
3. Do you know the reason wherewhenwhy so many people in the world learn English?
4. This is the church wherewhenwhy Sue and Peter got married.
5. Edinburgh is the town wherewhenwhy Alexander Graham Bell was born.
6. 25 December is the day wherewhenwhy children in Great Britain get their Christmas presents.
7. A famine was the reason wherewhenwhy so many Irish people emigrated to the USA in the 19th century.
8. A greengrocer's is a shop wherewhenwhy you can buy vegetables.
9. The day wherewhenwhy I arrived was very nice.
10. A horror film was the reason wherewhenwhy I couldn't sleep last night.