relative pronouns

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Relative pronouns

use the relative pronouns correctly

Lesson aims

You know what a relative pronoun is. 

You know which relative pronoun to use. 

Relative pronouns

Use: We use Relative pronouns (betrekkelijke voornaamwoorden)

--> to refer to people, things and animals, places 

-->and to indicate that someone or something possesses something 

Who

We use this Relative pronoun to refer to people 

This is the man who always walks around town with a paper bag over his head.

Whose

We use this Relative pronoun to indicate that someone/something possesses* something else.

Whose money is this? 

* translation verb: bezitten

Which

We use this Relative pronoun to refer to animals or things.

This is a picture of our dog, which we recently adopted from a shelter.

That

This Relative pronoun may sometimes be used instead of who (for people) and which (for animals/things). 

I loathe people that / who constantly make fun of others.

The speech that / which my classmate gave at the graduation ceremony was brilliant.

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

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.

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

1. who
2. which

who/which/that/O?
She sent me a reply, ... simply said: "OK".

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

who/which/that/O?
She was somebody ... always looked happy.

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

who, which, that or O?
Here are some songs ... my mother taught me.

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. 0

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

I’ve lost the money _______ my mum gave me!

1. which
2. who

That’s the museum _______ has some really old jewellery.

1. which
2. who

Michael’s the person _______ helped me the most at primary school.

1. which
2. who

Sarah’s got a ring _______ was her grandmother’s

1. which
2. who

Recap

What is a relative pronoun?

When do you use who?

When do you use which?