V5 - Recap Relative Pronouns

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Grammar recap

Relative pronouns

In short:

1. Who is used to refer to people -> use whom after prepositions

2. Which is used to refer to animals / things / parts of a sentence
3. That can sometimes -but not always!- be used to replace who or which

4. Whose indicates possession of either a person or a thing

Watch out!

'waar’ is only translated with ‘where’ if you're actually talking about a place

• He told me where he was born.

But not:

• Dat was het moment waar ik op had gewacht.
• that was the moment which/that I had been waiting for.

Relative pronouns

Voorzetsel + whom / which 

woorden zoals waarmee/met wie, waarover/over wie, waarop/op wie etc. 

Kun je me iets vertellen over de mensen waarmee ik moet werken?

1) Can you tell me something about the people (that) I have to work with?

2) Can you tell me something about the people with whom I have to work?

De tweede zinsconstructie is formeler!

Relative pronouns

Voorzetsel + whom / which 

woorden zoals waarmee/met wie, waarover/over wie, waarop/op wie etc. 

Dat is de Bugatti Veyron waarop ik al zo lang moet wachten.

1) That is the B.V. (that) I have waited so long for.

2) That is the B.V. for which I have waited so long.

De tweede zinsconstructie is formeler!

Let's practice!

Write down the words that are missing. You will sometimes need to use a preposition and you may need to use other words to complete the sentence.

The student, _______ handwriting was hardly legible, still scored a sufficient on his literature test.

The neighbours, ______ she had a fight, have enlisted a lawyer.

The house ______ Shakespeare was born is now a museum.

The CIA, _______ employees are called agents, are responsible for inland security.

The tree ______ they had their picnic was the largest in the garden.

The dog, _____ was wagging its tail, was very cheerful.

My classmate's sister, _____ I had to cooperate, kept moaning about Black Pink... ugh

Watch out!

You can also run into something like this...

The audience, _______ (most) were excited to be there, were not happy the show was cancelled.

The animals, _____ (majority) were healthy, still ran the risk of contagion.

The research, _____ (result) was not what was expected, led to a change in policy.

Please do ...

Unit 3.1 ex. 19

-> about relative as well as demonstrative pronouns

Finished: §3.2 exs 1-11