2havo - relative pronouns

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Unit 2 - Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns

Relative pronouns gebruik je als je extra informatie wil geven over iets of iemand.  

Relative pronouns

Relative pronoun verwijst naar:

that

who

whose

which

persoon, dier, ding

persoon

bezit

dier, ding

 

Na een komma gebruik je nooit 'that'

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

Tekst

Non-defining relative clauses

Non-defining relative clauses:  additional information

• In the middle or end of sentence
• Starts and ends with comma
• No use of that
  

The Times ,which is published in London, is a daily newspaper.

The Times is a daily newspaper.

Defining relative clauses

Defining relative clauses:  essential information

• In the middle or end of sentence
• No commas!

He is the doctor   who helped my grandmother.

We are looking for   a pub   that   serves food.

Who

We use this RP to refer to people 

This is the man who always walks around town with a paper bag over his head.

Whose

We use this RP to indicate that someone/something possesses* something else.

Whose money is this? 

* translation verb: bezitten

Which

We use this RP to refer to animals or things.

This is a picture of our dog, which we recently adopted from a shelter.

That

This RP may sometimes be used instead of who (for people) and which (for animals/things). 

I don't like people that / who constantly make fun of others.

I love the speech that / which my classmate gave at the graduation cereony.

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

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.

The dog .... walks over there, isn't mine.

1. who
2. which

who/which/that/O?
She sent me a reply, ... simply said: "OK".

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

who/which/that/O?
She was somebody ... always looked happy.

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

who, which, that or O?
Here are some songs ... my mother taught me.

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. 0

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

I’ve lost the money _______ my mum gave me!

1. which
2. who

That’s the museum _______ has some really old jewellery.

1. which
2. who

Michael’s the person _______ helped me the most at primary school.

1. which
2. who

Sarah’s got a ring _______ was her grandmother’s

1. which
2. who