Mag. Jessica Ros Sosa

INGLES IX

Review: Relative

Pronouns

ORIENTACIONES

Review your guide

Review your book carefully

Listen to the cd.

CONTENIDOS TEMTICOS

Who

Where

RELATIVE PRONOUNS Whose

That

Which

APRENDIZAJE ESPERADO

Expresses sentences giving specific

information about people, things, places

and people and things relationship,

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

- WHAT IS A RELATIVE PRONOUN?

- HOW TO MAKE A RELATIVE

PRONOUN?

- EXERCISES

WHAT IS A RELATIVE PRONOUN?

A relative pronoun is a pronoun that marks a relative

clause within a larger sentence.

A relative pronoun provides more nformation about

antecedent

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

WHO

WHICH

WHOM

WHOSE

THAT

WHO

SUBJECT OR OBJETC PRONOUN FOR PEOPLE

EXAMPLE

I told you about the woman WHO lives next door.

The usage of Relative Pronouns

Who: who can be used as a subject or an

object for people.

The girl who is talking to the teacher is my

cousin.

The girl who you talked with is my nephew.

WHICH

SUBJECT OR OBJECT PRONOUN FOR ANIMALS AND THINGS.

EXAMPLE

Do you see the cat WHICH is lying on the roof.

Which: which can be used as a subject or an

object pronoun for animals and things.

The dog which is barking at the stranger

belongs to Mr. Smith.

The book which you bought was interesting.

WHOSE

GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE.

RELATION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND

THINGS.

EXAMPLE:

Do you know the girl WHOSE mother is a nurse?

This is the boy WHOSE story won a prize

Whose: whose is used as possession for

people and things.

Do you know the girl whose hair is long and

wavy?

Look at that house whose roof was painted red.

THAT

SUBJECT OR OBJECT PRONOUN USUALLY FOR ANIMALS AND THINGS.

EXAMPLE:

I dont like the table THAT stands in the kitchen.

STUDY THIS EXAMPLE:

A relative pronoun links two clauses into a single complex clause.

(1)This is a house. Jack built this house.

(2) This is the house that Jack built.

Sentence (2) consists of two clauses:

a main clause (This is the house) and

a relative clause (that Jack built).

The word that is a relative pronoun.

WHERE

WHERE GIVES SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT PLACES.

EXAMPLE:

Weve found a house WHERE Eloisa can stay.

Exercise Fill in the blank with a correct relative

pronoun 1. This is the building ___________ was on

fire last week. 2. Those men ______________ robbed the

bank were caught. 3. The car ______________ doors are red

belongs to my teacher.

4. The book __________ I bought for my

son has a lot of pictures in it.

5. The house __________ they live in is not

very large.

6. The man ___________ you met at the

party is a famous singer.

7. That is the restaurant _______ steak is

the most famous in town.

Thank you