Recap Relative pronouns unit 5.5

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Relative Pronouns

Unit 5.5 

exercises 6 and 7

Goal:

After this class I know the relative pronouns and when to use them.

Relative pronouns

• refer to a word preceding the relative pronoun
• are the connectors between clauses/sentence parts

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 : refers to a person/people, used as the subject of a clause (can be replaced with he/she)

whom: refers to a person/people, used as the object of a clause or after a preposition (can be replaced with him/her)

whose: refers to a person/people, possessive

that: refers to (a) person/people/animal(s)/objects

which: refers to animal(s)/object(s)

Relative pronouns

Je kunt een betrekkelijk voornaamwoord weglaten als

• het al duidelijk is om wie of wat het gaat 
• het pronoun NIET op het onderwerp slaat
• er een voornaamwoord achter staat

The flowers which he gave me were beautiful.

Persoonlijk: ik, jij, hij, etc.

Bezittelijk: mijn, zijn, onze, etc.

Wederkerend: me, je, zich, etc.

The flowers he gave me were beautiful.

Commas/commata

If the relative clause is used to single out a person/animal/object > don't use commas. Examples: 

• Of all the boys in the classroom, the one who is wearing a red T-shirt is my favourite. 
• I only like animals which have furry coats.  

If the relative clause only adds additional information that can be left out 

without losing who/what you are writing about > use commas. Examples: 

• The red house on the corner, which was built in 1925, is my grandparents'.
• I adore Ed Sheeran, who is from England. 

!!! NEVER EVER USE THAT AFTER A COMMA!

Hi! My name’s Jeremy, __________ is also my father’s name! I’m a student at a university which is right in the centre of the city. I live in a big student apartment block __________ about 200 other students live, too. It’s quite good – apart from the rooms, there are areas __________ we can relax and buy food. Anyway, I was sorting out the shelves __________ have all my books on them – and I found a book which belonged to another student __________ studies with me. So I went to give him back the book that I had found. But he wasn’t in his room. Then as I was looking at the book, I found something __________ was hidden between the pages. It was a photo of him and me and a friend who dropped out last year. Quite sad, really!

which

that

who

which

where

where

Omitting the relative pronoun

The relative pronoun THAT/WHO/WHICH can be omitted when it is the object of the clause. When the relative pronoun is the subject of the clause, it cannot be omitted. 

You can usually tell when a relative pronoun is the object of the clause because it is followed by another subject + verb. 

The woman who spoke at the meeting was very knowledgeable. >WHO is subject of the clause

The woman (that) he loved was moving to New York. > THAT is object of the clause 

I saw the shoes (which) you bought online last week for a better price at a shop in Oss.

When can you leave out the relative pronoun in a clause?

1. when it is followed by a subject
2. when it is THAT, WHO or WHICH
3. Never
4. both A and B are correct

Do exercises 6 and 7 on p221 of your book.

Check your answers with your teacher.

do exercises 6 and 7 on p221 of your book

I feel this confident about using relative pronouns correctly.

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