Y2V Relative pronouns - who, whose, whom, which, that

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Goal

By the end of the lesson you can give extra information about someone or something

What do words like: who, whose, which and that do?

They connect two pieces of information about somebody, something or

somewhere in one sentence

Relative pronouns

• Betrekkelijk voornaamwoord
  
  
• Relative pronouns are used to give extra information using a relative clause (bijzin)

1. The man who stole my guitar
   
2. The man whose guitar was stolen
3. The man to whom I was speaking to had a guitar
   
   

• Who is for people
• Whose is for possession
  
• Whom same as who but with a prepostion in front
• Preposition = voorzetsel

Who, which, that

1. My friend Tom, who has a cat, prefers dogs
2. This the cat which Tom has
3. This is the cat that Tom has

• who = people
• which = animals or things
• that = both
• Watch out!
• You can replace who/which with that IF  there is no comma in front of it
• Comma(s) = non-vital information

Who, whom, that

1. The woman to whom Kimberly is talking is a producer
2. The woman who(m) Kimberly is talking to is a writer
3. The woman that Kimberly is talking to is a producer

• When the preposition has moved you have some options as illustrated
  
  
• Watch out!
• Preposition + which is also possible  
• Again when the preposition has moved you have some options

Overview

Who

Which

That

Whose

Whom

• Who = people
• Which = animals + things
• That = replacable for who or which
• Whose = possession 
• Whom = same as who but with a preposition

I don't know _____ did it.

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

He bought all the tools ____
are required to fix his old car.

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

This is the doctor ____
helped Sara recover from her illness.

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

The criminals, two of _____ managed to escape, broke into a bank downtown.

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

She managed to pass the exam in spite of all the difficulties, ____
didn't surprise people who knew her

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

These are the kids _____ parents were arrested.

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

This is the girl _____ he fell in love with in Madrid

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

The police identified the murderer _____ fingerprints were on the knife.

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