Grammar recap Relative Pronouns & comparisons

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Recap grammar

relative pronouns and comparisons

Relative Pronouns 

Relative pronouns

• refer back to something mentioned earlier
• connect two sentences

Martin played Tennis with Sophie, who was slightly injured.

relative pronoun

Noa sold her phone, which was old and damaged.

relative pronoun

relative pronouns 

1. ‘who’ refers to

2. ‘which’ refers to

3. 'that’ refers to

4. 'whose' refers to

5. 'whom' refers to 

people after a preposition

animals and things 

possession/property

 (bezit)

people 

people and things without a komma. 

Is the relative pronoun necessary?

Is this the woman that lost her purse?

1. Yes, it is necessary (that)
2. No, it is not necessary (Ø)

Is the relative pronoun necessary?

This is the ring that I found yesterday.

1. Yes, it is necessary (that)
2. No, it is not necessary (Ø)

The car __ caused the accident was blue

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

I had a colleague ......... wife was a pilot.

1. whose
2. whom
3. who
4. which

That's the girl ______ bike was stolen

1. which
2. who
3. whom
4. whose

That is the lady ...... I was talking about

1. whom
2. which
3. whose

There's the girl ______ I sold my guitar to!

1. which
2. who
3. whom
4. X (no relative pronoun necessary)

This is the cat ______ followed me home

1. who
2. that
3. which
4. X (no relative pronoun necessary)

I can use the different relative pronouns properly.

😒🙁😐🙂😃

Comparisons

Ricardo's big brother is ___ (tall) him.

My teacher is ...... (tall) man of our school

My sister is ... (thin) girl of her class.

That girl is ...... (smart) her sister.

My mother is ....... (intelligent) woman I know!

I am able to use the comparisons

😒🙁😐🙂😃