Pronomi relativi
2 Il pronome di possesso è whose per le persone, gli animali e gli oggetti.
Completa le frasi con i pronomi relativi who / which / where / whose. They’ve got a friend ___________ lives in who New York.
Non può mai essere omesso, ma è piuttosto formale.
1 Is that the boy ___________ called you yesterday?
Nella lingua parlata è spesso sostituito da frasi più semplici.
2 The circus ___________ came to our town was fantastic!
That’s the teacher whose students went to England. Quello/a è l’insegnante i cui studenti sono andati in Inghilterra.
3 The street ___________ I live is very busy. 4 That’s the girl ___________ father is a singer.
Per il complemento di luogo si usa where al posto del pronome relativo (in which).
5 Pass me the book ___________ is on the desk, please.
I love the town where I live! Amo la città in cui vivo!
6 A bakers’ is a place ___________ you can buy bread and cakes.
A park is a place where people go to walk. Un parco è un luogo in cui le persone vanno a passeggiare.
7 That’s the receptionist ___________ gave me the keys. 8 This is the boy ___________ sister is a model.
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Collega le frasi con who / which / where. Scrivi su un foglio e inseriscilo qui. That’s the bus that / which goes to 1 - E ___________________________________ the British Museum. _____________________ E That’s the bus... 1 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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This is the song... I like boys... That’s the girl... He is an actor... This is the Art Gallery... A disco is a place... That’s the house...
A They’ve got long hair. B I live there. C You can go dancing. D It won an important competition. E
It goes to the British Museum.
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She sits next to me at school.
G He worked in Italy last year. H You can see famous paintings there.
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Volgi le frasi nella forma più usata, spostando la preposizione. Who’s the girl to whom you were talking? Who’s the girl you were talking to? ____________________________________ 1 The boy to whom I was talking is Mrs Jenkin’s son. _________________________________________ 2 This is the knife with which you can cut frozen meat. _________________________________________ 3 Those are the people with whom we spent our last holiday. _________________________________________ 4 This is the film about which I talked yesterday. _________________________________________ 5 The sofa on which I’m sitting is really comfortable. _________________________________________ 6 Who’s the girl with whom Jamie is dancing? _________________________________________