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You may want to know more about in what situation a prep.+ which/whom should be used and how to use a proper preposition. More sentences with attributive clauses introduced by a prep.+ which/whom can be used as examples.

*The pen with which I write my homework every day is broken, so I'll have to buy a new one. (with herecan't be omitted for we say, "I write my homework with the pen every day")

*Can you please give me some paper on which I can write a note? (I can write a note on the paper.)

*Do you know the woman with whom our teacher is talking? (Our teacher is talking with the woman.)

*Do you know the name of the girl about whom our teacher is talking? (Our teacher is talking about the girl.)

*The man from whom I bought the old picture is over eighty years old. (I bought the old picture from the man.)

Step 2: Relative adverbs: when, where and why

Here you will learn in what condition when, where or why is used to introduce an attributive clause. And let's see what other words can be used to replace when, where or why.

1. When the noun or the antecedent refers to a certain period of time and is used as the adverbial of time in the attributive clause, when is used to introduce the clause. Here when is used as a relative adverb.

Let's read the three example sentences in Point 1 on page 30 and tell what when refers to in each of the sentences.

In Sentence 1, when refers to on that day.

In Sentence 2, when refers to at that moment.

In Sentence 3, when refers to at that time.

So these sentences can be expressed in some other ways as the following:

Do you remember the day on which we left you in charge?

I often think of the moment at which I saw the UFO.

I remember the time at which Eric won that speech competition.

2. When the noun or the antecedent refers to a place and is used as the adverbial of place in the attributive clause, where is used to introduce the clause. Here where is used as a relative adverb.

Read the four example sentences in Point 2 and tell what where refers to in each sentence.

In Sentence 1, where refers to in the house.

In Sentence 2, where refers to in the country.

In Sentence 3, where refers to in the city.

In Sentence 4, where refers to in the family.

So these sentences can be expressed in some other ways as the following:

The police searched the house in which the thief had stayed.