RELATIVE PRONOUNSSIDUVAD ASESÕNAD

REALTIVE CLAUSESKÕRVALLAUSED

Relative pronouns are:Relative pronouns are:

whowho whichwhich whomwhom whosewhose thatthat whatwhat ..............................

We use We use who – who – for peoplefor peoplewhich – which – for thingsfor things

The book is about a girl The book is about a girl whowho runs away runs away from home.from home.

Where is the cheese Where is the cheese whichwhich was in the was in the fridge?fridge?

In informal language we can use In informal language we can use thatthat instead of instead of whowho//whichwhich

The book is about a girl The book is about a girl that that runs away runs away from home.from home.

Where is the cheese Where is the cheese that that was in the was in the fridge?fridge?

In some cases we can leave out In some cases we can leave out thatthat

The job The job (that)(that) he got wasn`t very he got wasn`t very interesting.interesting.

A woman (A woman (whom/that) whom/that) my sister knows my sister knows has just bought the house next door.has just bought the house next door.

We can`t leave out We can`t leave out whowho, , whichwhich,, whatwhatin relative clauses with extra information in relative clauses with extra information that is importantthat is important

DorothyDorothy, , whowho does my hair, does my hair, has just has just had a baby.had a baby.

I lent him “The Old Man and The I lent him “The Old Man and The Sea”Sea”,,whichwhich is really easy to read. is really easy to read.

NB! NB! Here we can`t useHere we can`t use thatthat..

WHATWHAT

use use thatthat in most casesin most cases