Relative pronouns

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Welcome

Today's goals

• At the end of today's class you will know what relative pronouns are.
• At the end of today's class you will be able to use the most common relative pronouns.

Turn these two sentences into one:
It's the package.
You sent it to us last week.

Turn these two sentences into one:
This is Kim.
She is taking over my job when I leave.

Relative Pronouns

Betrekkelijke voornaamwoorden: who, which, that, whose

Functie: 

• Zinnen aan elkaar koppelen. 
  
• Je verwijst ermee naar personen, dieren of dingen die al eerder genoemd zijn.
  

Relative Pronouns

• Who/that bij personen.
• Which/that bij dieren en dingen.  
• Whose geeft bezit aan. (van wie)

Examples:

The man whose phone I borrowed is my boyfriend. 

The actor who/that gave the interview told us interesting facts.

The monkey which/that ate the banana fell out of the tree. 

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

Let's practice this!

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

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

The man ___ is wearing a blue sweater is working in the garden

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

This is the action film ___ I like so much!

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

This is the car ... I bought in 2018.

My gym coach, ____ is a good friend of my parents, has worked as a coach for many years.

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

That is the girl __ bag was stolen.

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