Herhaling relative clauses

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Herhaling

Relative clauses

Relative Pronouns

Verwijzen naar een mens (who, whom) of dier/ding (which) of bezit (whose)

Worden gebruikt om extra informatie toe te voegen zonder een nieuwe zin te beginnen

The man is blond. He is my brother. 

--> The man who is blond is my brother.

Who en Whom

Who en Whom verwijzen naar mensen. Als je de persoon naar wie je verwijst kunt veranderen in he dan gebruik je who, kun je veranderen in him dan gebruik je whom.

That is the man __ helped me (he helped me) --> who

That is the girl __ I gave flowers (I gave her flowers) --> whom

Whose

Whose verwijst naar bezit. Het is hier niet van belang of je over een mens, dier of ding spreekt.

Do you see that dog whose tail is wagging?

The car whose roof was on fire was pushed into the river.

Gebruik van komma's

Wanneer een zin extra informatie geeft die niet weggelaten kan worden dan gebruik je geen komma's

My brother who works from home is very fat, my other brother isn't.

Dat je broer thuis werkt wordt gebruikt om hem te identificeren en kan dus niet weggelaten worden

Wanneer een zin extra informatie geeft die wel weggelaten kan worden dan gebruik je wel komma's

My only brother, who works from home, is very fat

Dat je broer thuis werkt is niet nodig om hem te identificeren want het is je enige broer en kan dus weggelaten worden

Exercise

Type the entire sentence with the missing relative clause filled in.

Add commas where needed.

I talked to the girl __ car had broken down in front of the shop.

Mr Richards __ is a taxi driver lives on the corner.

I live in a house in Norwich __ is in East Anglia.

This is the girl __ comes from Spain.

That's Peter the boy __ has just arrived at the airport

Thank you very much for your e-mail __was very interesting.

The man __ father is a professor forgot his umbrella.

The children __ shouted in the street are not from our school.

The car __ driver is a young man is from Ireland.

What did you do with the money __ your mother lent you?

Exercise 2

Combine the two sentences into one.

Do not use that

Leave out the relative pronoun where possible

1) The doctor was sick (I wanted to see the doctor)

2) The accountant was arrested (the accountant works for my father's company)

3) I wrote to the friend (you met the friend last week)

4) The mobile phone can't be fixed (the mobile phone is broken)

5) John made a copy of the photo (I took the photo)

6) I met a girl (the girl was a doctor)

7) We called a doctor (the doctor works at a hospital in London)

8) We like the actor (the actor was in a famous film)

9) I went to the restaurant (I read about the restaurant in the newspaper)

10) She bought a car (her sister liked the car)

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