Doel
Aan het einde van deze les weet je wat relative clauses zijn en weet je hoe je ze moet gebruiken.
relative clauses
relative clauses are " betrekkelijke bijzinnen".
There are two different kinds of relative clauses:
defining relative clause
non-defining relative clauses
Relative pronouns
Relative clauses
Please combine the following two sentences, using a relative pronoun: The girl found my lost wallet. She returned it to me.
Please combine the following two sentences, using a relative pronoun: We watched a movie last night. The movie was really interesting.
What was the difference between those two example sentences?
RELATIVE CLAUSES
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen
Non-defining / restrictive relative clauses:
They give extra information, which isn’t absolutely necessary.
We use COMMAS to separate them from the rest of the sentence.
My brother, who lives in Amsterdam, is visiting next week.
Defining / restrictive relative clauses:
You need them in the sentence for it to make sense.
They give you essential information.
There are no COMMAS, as the information cannot be left out.
The students who study hard usually get good grades.
Relative clauses
no commas:
Je kunt that weglaten:
als het het voorwerp van de betrekkelijke bijzin is.
als het gevolgd wordt door een voornaamwoord ( naam, of ik, jij, hij....)
This is the house that Jack built.
Defining relative clauses give us...
Extra information
Essential information
Non-defining relative clauses give us...
Extra information
Essential information
Is this sentence correct? This sport, that was invented two years ago, is becoming very popular.
Correct
Incorrect
The village in .........I lived had really changed
that
which
whom
who
Is this sentence correct? Nadal, whose uncle was a football player, won Wimbledon in 2010.
Correct
Incorrect
Sarah's dog,.... is still young, always likes to play with a ball
who
which
whom
whose
Our new table, ... is made of recycled wood, looks great!
that
who
which
whose
Xander's best friend,... is older than he is, works as a teacher
who
that
whom
which
The man ... car was stolen was on the news
which
whose
that
who
She worked for a man ______ used to be an athlete.
We broke the computer ______ belonged to my father.
That fat man is the man for _______ Max works.
He is the one _______ wife ran naked across the football field.
Kurt Vonnegut, _______ was one of America's best writers, was also a very good painter.