RELATIVE

PRONOUNS
RELATIVE
CLAUSES

COLÉGIO POLITÉCNICO DA UFSM

ENSINO MÉDIO – T:31
LÍNGUA INGLESA – PROF. CLÁUDIA
DO AMARAL
Structure
Outras funções:
• Who is here?
• What is your name?
• Which color do you prefer: red or blue?
• Where do you live?
• When are you born?
• Why is it so important?
• Whose bag is this?
 Pay attention!

• To whom do you talk?

Very formal

• Who do you talk to?

Informal, usual
Usos do “that”

• That man is very smart. - Pronome demonstrativo

• John is not that good. – Advérbio/Ênfase

• She said that she was tired. – Conjunção integrante

• This is the book that I mentioned. – Pronome relativo

• Para pessoas, objetos, animais, lugares

Defining vs. Non-defining The key point is that defining
Restrictive vs. Non-restrictive clauses give required information
whereas non-defining clauses
Identifying vs. Non-identifying give additional information.

1.The woman who arrived at the hotel this evening has gone out.
2. The woman, who arrived at the hotel this evening, has gone out.

3. Margaret, who arrived at the hotel this evening, has gone out.
4. Margaret who arrived at the hotel this evening has gone out.*

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 You can use “that” You cannot use “that”

Defining clause Non-defining clause

• Barbara works for a company • Colin told me about his new job,
which/that makes furniture. which he’s enjoying very much.

• This morning I met somebody • This morning I met Chris, who I

who/that I hadn’t seen for ages. hadn’t seen for ages.
WHO: as a relative pronoun
• We use it when we are talking
about people.
• The woman who lives next door
is a doctor.
• You can use “that” (instead of
“who”) but you can’t use
“which” for people.
• The woman that lives next door
is a doctor.
 WHOM: as relative pronoun
• It is possible instead of “who” • You can also whom with a
when it is the object of the verb preposition
in the relative clause

• The woman whom I wanted to • The people with whom I work

see* was away. are very nice.
 • We use it in relative clauses instead of his/her/their
• We use “whose” mostly for people.
• For possession.

Examples:
A widow is a woman whose husband is dead. (her
husband is dead).
What’s the name of the man whose car you
borrowed? (you borrowed his car)
Compare “who” e “whose”
I met a man who knows
you. (he knows you)

I met a man whose sister

knows you. (his sister
knows you)
I. Use os pronomes who ou which para completar as sentenças abaixo:

1. A place where bread and cakes are baked, or a shop.......... sells these products is called bakery.

2. There is a sign in the window ............................................. says “Donuts – six for five cents”.

3. There are people........................................ don’t look right and after before crossing a street.

4. An aristocrat is a person........................................... belongs to the middle class or bourgeoisie.

5. Bacteria are unicelular organisms.......................................................... appear singly or in chains.