Ask students to write 20 sentences using relative pronouns. Then have them rewrite each sentence with a line in place of the relative pronoun. Once each student rewrites her list with lines, have her exchange her list with a partner. Instruct students to leave the page face down until you count down from three and then turn over the page and fill in the proper relative pronouns as quickly as they can. Have them raise their papers into the air when they finish; check the fastest student's list against her partner's original sentences. The first student finished with all correct sentences wins.
Give students a list of relative pronouns. Instruct them to write short poems incorporating each relative pronoun at least once. These poems should use simple language, focus on incorporating the relative pronouns correctly and rhyme at the end of each line. Students then recite their poems out loud to the class. The students have to listen closely to make sure the poems use the correct relative pronoun in each sentence.
Relative pronouns are included in sentences in formal English. An informal sentence might be "This is the girl I wanted to speak to," but the formal, correct version of that sentence would read "This is the girl to whom I wanted to speak." Write out a list of informal English sentences and have students change it to the formal version using the appropriate relative pronoun. Alternatively, write the sentence on the board and have two students come up to the front of the class and race to write its formal version.
Write a list of sentences using relative pronouns, some correctly and some incorrectly. Give each student a red index card and a green index card. Read the sentences out loud to the class and have students hold up the red index card if the sentence uses the pronoun incorrectly and the green one if the pronoun is used correctly. Give a small prize to each student who holds up the correct card each round.