Unit 3 H3 can could relative pronouns

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Unit 3 - Relationships

Unit 3 relationships

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1 can go

2 can

3 start

4 could help

5 won’t be able to resist

6 can take care

7 won’t be able to relax

8 can’t have

9 could trust

Examples

I can speak Spanish, but I can't speak Japanese.

You can't park your car here; it's a no-parking zone.

After months of practice, she is able to play the song perfectly.

He wasn't able to finish the report on time because his computer crashed. 

My grandfather could run very fast when he was young.

We could leave early if we finished our work.

I couldn't swim until I was ten years old. 

She could have helped us yesterday, but she wasn't able to get time off work.

Kunnen

• Can --> informele vraag stellen: Can you help me with this?
• Could --> beleefde vraag stellen: Could you please help me with this?
• Can --> zeggen dat je iets kunt (tegenwoordige tijd): I can swim very well
• Could --> zeggen dat je iets kon (verleden tijd): I couldn't swim very well when I was seven.
• Be able to --> zeggen dat je in staat bent om iets te doen (alle tijden)
  I can't make it today, but I will be able to help you next week.
• was/were able to --> zeggen dat je iets in het verleden kon doen
  en ook gedaan hebt
  I was able to get a great deal on my new laptop.

can / could / to be able to
Spiderman ___ climb up walls.

It was really noisy last night so I ________ sleep.

You __ park here, it is forbidden.

Our team ___ win the cup six times.

Sam __ go to the party because he was too busy.

I __ (not / to do) my online test because my WiFi doesn't work.

He does not have a racket so he __ play tennis.

This car __ drive faster than 160km/h. Too bad it can't go on the road.

Walter __ avoid the dog at the last moment.

If you are hungry, you __ eat a banana.

Relative pronouns

Relative pronouns 

When?	People	Things
"normal"	who	which
Possession	whose	whose
Preposition	whom
	that	that

Relative pronouns

• It refers back to something which has been said earlier
• Connect two clauses 

Martin played Tennis with Sophie, who was slightly injured.

relative pronoun

Noa sold her phone, which was old and damaged.

relative pronoun

Is the relative pronoun necessary?

This is the ring that I found yesterday.

1. Yes, it is necessary (that)
2. No, it is not necessary (Ø)

I had a colleague _____ wife was a pilot.

1. whose
2. whom
3. who
4. which

That is the lady ____ I was talking about

1. whom
2. which
3. whose

The car __ caused the accident was blue

1. who
2. whose
3. which
4. that

There's the girl ______ I sold my guitar to!

1. which
2. who
3. whom
4. X (no relative pronoun necessary)

That's the girl ______ had an bicycle accident.

1. which
2. who
3. that

The woman __ I talked to, was very friendly.

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. #

The girl, ___ looks like a popstar, is beautiful.

1. who
2. whose
3. which
4. that

Marie Curie is the woman ____ discovered radium.

1. who
2. that
3. which
4. #

The camera, _____ costs £100, was stolen.

1. what
2. which
3. who
4. whose

This is the cat ______ followed me home

1. who
2. that
3. which
4. #

I want to read the book _______ you gave me.

1. which
2. which, that, #
3. who, which, that
4. which, that

Is that the man _____ scored a number one hit?

1. who, that
2. which
3. who
4. which, that

We had spaghetti .... is my favourite meal, for dinner last night.

1. whom
2. whose
3. which
4. who

The officer, ....... John told his story to, was nice

1. who, that
2. who, that, X
3. who,
4. which, that

He is a famous architect ...
designs won an international award last year.

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. whose