relative A. Relativpronomen im Nominativ, Akkusativ und Dativ. Complete the sentences to form relative clauses. In the first few, you’ll only need to fill in the relative pronoun, but in the later sentences, you will need to write the entire relative clause. Don’t forget to check gender and case, and to move the verb if needed!
1. Hier ist ein Student. Er arbeitet in der Buchhandlung.
-- Hier ist ein Student, ____________ in der Buchhandlung arbeitet.
2. Ich habe eine Katze. Sie schläft immer auf dem Sofa.
-- Ich habe eine Katze, ____________ immer auf dem Sofa schläft.
3. Das Buch handelt of German politics. Hans has read the book.
- The book, Hans ____________ has read, is about the German policy.
4th How do you like the car? I bought it yesterday.
- How do you like the car, ____________ I bought yesterday?
5th Where's the car? I have found yesterday parked near the house.
- Where is the car ____________________________________________________________________________?
6th This is the man he is running naked down the street.
- This is the man ___________________________________________________________________________.
7th The woman lives in Dresden. You helped her.
- The woman, __________________________________________________________________, lives in Dresden.
8th The bag I love it. You gave me the bag.
- The bag, _________________________________________________________________, I love it.
9th That's the nice kid. We gave him some money.
- This is the cute child ______________________________________________________________________.
10th The movie was totally boring. We have seen the film yesterday.
- The film, __________________________________________________________________________________.
as relative pronouns with prepositions. Now try some sentences with prepositions. Remember that you'll always need to state the preposition before the relative pronoun (eg 'the man to whom I'm talking'), Will pronoun and that the case of the relative depend on the preposition.
first Do you like the room? You live in the room.
- Do you like the room ____________ ____________ do you live?
second This is the bus. We always have to wait for the bus.
- This is the bus, ____________ ____________ we have to wait forever.
third I'm waiting for the children. I played with them.
- I'm waiting for the children ____________________________________________________________________.
4th I have the books lost. I can not learn without books.
- I have the books lost _______________________________________________________________,.
5th The baker has very good bread. Anna buys her bread at the bakery.
- The baker, ______________________________________________________________, has very good bread.
6th My friend knows the man has bought a house from him.
- My friend knows the man ______________________________________________________________.
7th The children come from France. You think of the children.
- The children __________________________________________________________, come from France.
8. This is the seller. I was angry at her.
- This is the saleswoman ______________________________________________________________________.
C. Definitions. Relative pronouns are very common in statements by definition (that's a man from whom you buy bread, etc). Try to write your own definitions of the following things below. Remember to check the antecedent for gender, but the case of the relative pronoun will depend on the sentence you write.
first A toothbrush is an object (s) ________________________________________________________________.
second A broker is a man (m) ______________________________________________________________________.
third A Hair dryer is a device (m), _____________________________________________________________________.
4th A pig is an animal (s) ______________________________________________________________________.
5th A doctor is a woman (f) ______________________________________________________________________.
6th A health food store is a store (s) __________________________________________________________________.
D. translations. pronoun in the sentences below to translate, the final sentence will use a relative, while the two sentences that precede it are to help you decide what case and gender to use and how to structure the sentence.
first Do you know the man? He works here. -- ___________________________________________________
Do you know the man who works here? -- ___________________________________________________
2. That’s the man. I saw him yesterday. -- ___________________________________________________
That’s the man whom I saw yesterday. -- ___________________________________________________
3. Who are the people? You were talking to them. -- ___________________________________________________
Who are the people that you were talking to? -- ___________________________________________________
4. The children have gone. You gave the book to them. -- ___________________________________________________
The children that you gave the book to have gone. - ___________________________________________________
5th Is this the dog? You were afraid of him? - ___________________________________________________
Is this the dog that you were afraid of? - ___________________________________________________
