Select the pronouns that relate, or carry the mind back, to a noun going
before, and join to that noun a modifying statement, in the following
sentences:—
1. My brother found the ball which he lost.
2. I saw the man who made that wheel.
3. Mary has the book that I bought.
A sentence that is part of a larger sentence is called a =clause=.
The clause that expresses the principal thought of a sentence is called
the =principal= or =independent clause=; as, _My brother found the ball_
which he lost.
The clause that depends on some other part of the sentence for its
meaning is called a =dependent= or =subordinate clause=; as, My brother
found the ball _which he lost_.
A word that relates to a preceding noun or pronoun, and connects a
dependent clause with that noun or pronoun, is called a =relative
pronoun=.
The word to which a pronoun relates is called its =antecedent=.
The relative pronouns are, _who_, _which_, _that_, _what_, _as_, and
_but_.