Tema da aula: Relative Pronouns

semana: 19
Módulo: Is that the girl you like? (11) Data da aula: 04/08/2020

Professor (a): Jéssica Medeiros Disciplina: Inglês

Reading Comprehension
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He said he was in love with her.

Irregular verbs.

He had failed a test and the teacher had shouted at him.

They didn’t give him much attention.

She was blind.

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 Tema da aula: Relative Pronouns
semana: 19
Módulo: Is that the girl you like? (11) Data da aula: 4/08/2020

Professor (a): Jéssica Medeiros Disciplina: Inglês

 Relative Pronouns - Usage
people people people/
things possession
(subject) (object) things

Used to connect two clauses and make reference to

previous terms.
Confusing?

Let's break
things up
 WHO
 Refers to people (subject).

1st sentence: Mark Smith is 76 years old.

2nd sentence: Mark Smith has just retired.

Mark Smith, who is 76, has just retired.

 WHO
More examples:

- We don’t know the person who donated this money.

- The girl who studies with me has asked me out.
- Barack Obama, who was once president of the USA,
discoursed yesterday.
 WHICH
 Refers to things

1st sentence: This is a house.

2nd sentence: Jack built this house.

This is the house which Jack built.

 WHICH
More examples:

- We had fish and chips, which I always enjoy.

- I met Rebecca in town yesterday, which was a nice
surprise.
- This is the game which I’m playing now.
 THAT
 Refers to people and things (can substitute who
and which in some cases)

- It’s the same cooker that my mother has.

- The girl that came here yesterday was very pretty.
- Another activity that I have chosen is photography.
 WHOM
 Refers to people (object)

She smiled as she remembered a friend with

whom she had shared a love of books.

(whom is the object of the verb shared)

 WHOM
More examples:

This is George, whom you met at our house last year.

(whom is the object of met)

This is George’s brother, with whom I went to school.

(whom is the object of with)
 WHOSE
 Possessive form of who:

This is George, whose brother went to school

with me.

The brother belongs to George.

 WHOSE
More examples:

- He’s marrying a girl whose family don’t seem

to like him.
- There was me and there was Kate, whose party
it was, and then there were two other people.
Let's exercise, shall we?
who

which

that

where