Relative pronouns

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Today's goals

• At the end of  class you can explain what relative pronouns are.
• At the end of class you will be able to use the most common relative pronouns.

Turn these two sentences into one:
It's the package.
You sent it to us last week.

Turn these two sentences into one:
This is Kim.
She is taking over my job when I leave.

Relative pronouns

• Verwijzen terug naar een eerder genoemd woord
  
• Verbinden twee zinsdelen aan elkaar

Martin played Tennis with Sophie, who was slightly injured.

relative pronoun

Noa sold her phone, which was old and damaged.

relative pronoun

Relative Pronouns

• Who/that bij personen (that alleen in zinnen zonder komma!)
• Which/that bij dieren en dingen (that alleen in zinnen zonder komma!)
• Whose geeft bezit aan. (van wie)
• Whom bij personen na een voorzetsel (with, to, about, for, etc.)

Examples:

The man whose phone I borrowed is my boyfriend. 

The actor who/that gave the interview told us interesting facts.

The monkey which/that ate the banana fell out of the tree. 

This is the girl with whom I'm going to the festival.

Let's practice this!

The dog __ walks over there, isn't mine.

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. whose

The man ___ is wearing a blue sweater is working in the garden

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. whose

This is the action film ___ I like so much!

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. whose

This is the car ... I bought in 2018.

My gym coach, ____ is a good friend of my parents, has worked as a coach for many years.

1. who
2. that
3. which
4. whose

That is the girl __ bag was stolen.

1. who
2. that
3. whose
4. which