Read the following three sentences from
'Mark On Football' and write 'which' or 'whose' in the gaps.
1) I had a friend at school father used to play for Chelsea and England
2) …at work I have to have a special clause in my contract allows me to have time off on Saturdays and in the week to watch Chelsea.
3) …we then went on to win a European trophy I thought was great.
Oraciones de Relativo
Muchas veces unimos frases en ingles con las palabras
who y which. 'Who' y 'which' son pronombres relativos (‘relative pronouns’) y se puede poner en lugar de
he, she, it o they. Usamos who para las personas y
which para las cosas.
I met a girl. She sings in a jazz club. (dos frases) I met a girl who sings in a jazz club. (una frase) Conocí a una chica que canta en un club de jazz.
I bought a digital camera. It cost 400 euros. (dos frases) I bought a digital camera which cost 400
euros. (una frase) Compré una cámara digital que costaba 400 euros.
Join the following
sentences with 'who' or 'which'. Follow the example.
1. I met a
girl 2. What’s the name of the man 3. Where’s the money 4. I don’t like people 5. A CD player is a machine 6. She always wears hats 7. Do you know anyone 8. I went to school with a girl 9. There’s some fish in the fridge
a. they are too big for her b. it plays music c. she can speak Japanese d. it must be eaten today e. she works in your office f. they are always talking g. it was on the table h. he lives in the flat next to you i. He/she wants to buy a bike
1.
I met a girl who can speak Japanese.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Muchas veces
usamos that en lugar de 'which' y 'who' en un estilo informal.
She always wears hats (which)
that are too big for her.
I went to school with a girl (who) that works in your office.
Escríbe de nuevo las frases
del ejercicio anterior usando 'that'.
1.
I met a girl that can speak Japanese.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
En
lugar de him, her, it y them, cuando funcionan en la
oración como objetos directos, podemos usar who, which o that.
This is the dictionary. I
bought it last week.
This is
the dictionary which (that) I bought last week.
These are the photos. We took them
in France.
These are
the photos which (that) we took in France.
- Ojo -
This
is the dictionary which (that) I bought it
last week.
These are the photos
which (that) we took them
in France.
A
veces se
puede prescindir de los pronombres objetos 'who', 'which' y 'that'.
Mira los siguientes ejemplos:
- The girl who (that) lives
with me is my sister.
- Where are the photos which (that) were on the table?
En los ejemplos anteriores, el
'which' y el 'who' son los sujetos de los verbos y no se puede
prescindir de los pronombres sujetos.
- The girl lives with
me. = La chica vive conmigo.
- The photos were on the table = Las fotos estaban sobre la mesa.
Por otra parte, cuando 'which'
o 'who' son los objetos del verbo, sí puede prescindirse de ellos.
These are the
photos
that (which)
we
took in France
objeto
sujeto
The
dress
that (which)
my
sister
bought is very pretty
objeto
sujeto
Se
puede prescindir de los pronombres cuando son los objetos de la oración pero no
cuando son los sujetos.
Write who, which or that only
when necessary. Study the explanations of the following examples.
Is that the CD _ _ _ I bought last week?
Is that the CD I bought last week?
*No es necesario poner el pronombre relativo (which / that) porque el sujeto del verbo
'bought' (I) es diferente.)
Is that the CD _ _ _
cost 22Euros? Is that the CD which cost 22Euros?
*El 'which' es necesario porque el sujeto del verbo 'cost' es el mismo (el CD)
1. That's the car I want to buy. 2. That's the car has an electric sunroof. 3. The woman spoke to me outside is Steve's sister. 4. The woman you spoke to is my sister. 5. A boss is a person is never wrong. 6. A boss is a person you can never win an argument with.
- Ojo - Who
se utiliza para las personas Which se utiliza para animales o cosas. Where se utiliza para lugares Whose = de quién
En inglés normal
es muy común usar 'that' en lugar de 'who' o 'which'
Se puede omitir el who, which y that cuando el verbo
que va después del pronombre relativo tiene un sujeto distinto. - The boy (who) I love drives a Porshe. (El sujeto de 'love' es 'I',
no es 'the boy')