Relative pronouns

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Relative pronouns

Goal: use the relative pronouns correctly

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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 

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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.

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

Whose money is this? 

* translation verb: bezitten

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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.

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That
Never use "that" after a comma!
only in defining clause
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.


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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

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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.

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Relative pronouns
Relative pronoun verwijst naar:
that
who
whose
which
where
persoon, dier, ding
persoon
bezit
dier, ding
plaats
Na een komma gebruik je nooit 'that'

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relative clauses
defining clause = Important information > don't use commas > who of which kan vervangen worden door that

This is the place where he asked her to marry him.

The man who/that knew all the answers


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relative clauses
non-defining clause = Additional/extra information (you don't need it to understand the sentence > use commas > who of which kun je NIET vervangen door that

The house, which was extremely expensive, was built in 1874.
My neighbour, who is single, is a very nice man.

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in het kort
relative pronouns;                      defining clause -> 
who -> personen                         informatie is van belang voor de 
which -> dieren/dingen            zin. That kan gebruikt worden i.p.v.
whose -> bezit                              who of which
where -> plaats                            non-defining clause ->  extra      
that -> personen/dieren/         informatie die niet van belang is,
 dingen (defining clause)         te herkennen aan komma's
                                                         
                                                                            

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The dog .... walks over there isn't mine.
A
who
B
which

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who/which/that/O?
She sent me a reply ... simply said: "OK".
A
who
B
which
C
that / which
D
O

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who/which/that/O?
She was somebody ... always looked happy.
A
who
B
which
C
that
D
O

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who, which, that or O?
Here are some songs ... my mother taught me.
A
who
B
which
C
that
D
0

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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

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I’ve lost the money _______ my mum gave me!
A
which
B
who

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That’s the museum _______ has some really old jewellery.
A
which
B
who

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Michael’s the person _______ helped me the most at primary school.
A
which
B
who

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Sarah’s got a ring _______ was her grandmother’s
A
which
B
who

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We had spaghetti, .... is my favourite meal, for dinner last night.
A
that
B
whose
C
which
D
where

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Welke woorden horen bij personen?
A
who and that
B
who and which
C
which and whom
D
whose, who en whom

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The boy ………... cat just died will stay at home today.
A
whom
B
which
C
whose
D
that

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Wanneer kun je een betrekkelijk voornaamwoord weglaten uit de zin?
A
Als er een voornaamwoord achter staat
B
Dit kan alleen bij who, which, that
C
Niet
D
A en B zijn juist

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This is the woman who
asked Tim for money yesterday.

kun je who vervangen door that?
A
ja
B
nee

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Do you like the dog .....
is under the table?
A
Who
B
Which

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Wel of geen "that" ?
The only Bond film ... I like is Skyfall.
A
Wel
B
Geen

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Wel of geen "that" ?
Thom, .... is in my class, is 15 years old.
A
Wel
B
Geen

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What to do now:
Homework next time:
uit je werkboek maakt je op bladzijde 46 en 47 opdracht 1,2,3,4,5

bij opdracht 1 markeer je de antwoorden die je zou kunnen vervangen door THAT en omcirkel het nummer van de zin als je het relative pronoun ook weg kunt laten.

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