Who or which? A person or a thing?Who ou which ? Une personne ou une chose ?
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- The man lives next door is a pilot.Une personne, sujet : who.
- I've lost the keys were on the table.Une chose : which.
- She's the teacher helped me most.
- This is the song I told you about.
- Do you know anyone speaks Spanish?
- The bus goes to the station is late.
- The dog bit me belongs to my neighbour.Un animal : which (ou that).
- The girls won the match are in my class.
- My grandmother, is 90, still drives.Entre virgules : pas de that. Une personne : who.
- The Eiffel Tower, was built in 1889, is 330 metres high.Entre virgules : which, jamais that.
Whose, where or when?Whose, where ou when ?
- That's the boy mother is a famous actress.« dont la mère » : whose.
- This is the house I grew up.Un lieu : where.
- I'll never forget the day we met.Un moment : when.
- He's the singer songs I love.« dont j'adore les chansons » : whose.
- Paris is the city she was born.
- 2020 was the year everything stopped.
- The company CEO resigned is in trouble.« dont le PDG » : whose.
- That's the café we had breakfast.
Join the two sentences: write the missing relative pronoun.Relie les deux phrases : écris le pronom relatif qui manque.
I have a friend. She lives in Rome. → I have a friend lives in Rome.
This is the film. Everybody is talking about it. → This is the film everybody is talking about.
That's the man. His car was stolen. → That's the man car was stolen.
This is the restaurant. We had dinner there. → This is the restaurant we had dinner.
Mark Twain wrote Tom Sawyer. He was born in Missouri. → Mark Twain, was born in Missouri, wrote Tom Sawyer.
I remember the summer. We went to Ireland that summer. → I remember the summer we went to Ireland.
The phone is broken. I bought it last week. → The phone I bought last week is broken.
The students passed the exam. They had worked hard. → The students had worked hard passed the exam.
This is the film. Everybody is talking about it. → This is the film everybody is talking about.
That's the man. His car was stolen. → That's the man car was stolen.
This is the restaurant. We had dinner there. → This is the restaurant we had dinner.
Mark Twain wrote Tom Sawyer. He was born in Missouri. → Mark Twain, was born in Missouri, wrote Tom Sawyer.
I remember the summer. We went to Ireland that summer. → I remember the summer we went to Ireland.
The phone is broken. I bought it last week. → The phone I bought last week is broken.
The students passed the exam. They had worked hard. → The students had worked hard passed the exam.
In the news: these sentences come from real newspaper articles. Write the missing relative pronouns.Dans la presse : ces phrases viennent de vrais articles. Écris les pronoms relatifs qui manquent.
A tap dancerMs Sullivan, 25, is based in Los Angeles, grew up in both schools. There is no dialogue or singing, but there is a recorded piano-and-string score by the young composer Nikos Syropoulos mixes jazz with chamber music.
Andy Warhol's graveWarhol, died in 1987, would have been 85 on Tuesday. The grave has become a place of pilgrimage for Warhol fans, often leave pop art souvenirs like Campbell's soup cans. It is also the centre of a long-running project by the artist Madelyn Roehrig, in she films visitors to the grave and the notes and objects they leave there.
George Duke, a jazz musicianGeorge Duke, began his career as a jazz pianist in the 1960s, died on Monday in Santa Monica, California. He was 67, said his manager, Darryl Porter, confirmed the death. Mr Duke began playing professionally at a time many musicians were interested in mixing genres. He wrote and sang "Sweet Baby", a ballad became his first pop hit. He also worked with the drummer Billy Cobham, with he led a band in the 1970s. Among the singers records he produced was the jazz singer Dianne Reeves, his cousin.
The Lincoln MemorialWorkers were removing green paint on Friday had been thrown on the white marble statue of Abraham Lincoln.
Andy Warhol's graveWarhol, died in 1987, would have been 85 on Tuesday. The grave has become a place of pilgrimage for Warhol fans, often leave pop art souvenirs like Campbell's soup cans. It is also the centre of a long-running project by the artist Madelyn Roehrig, in she films visitors to the grave and the notes and objects they leave there.
George Duke, a jazz musicianGeorge Duke, began his career as a jazz pianist in the 1960s, died on Monday in Santa Monica, California. He was 67, said his manager, Darryl Porter, confirmed the death. Mr Duke began playing professionally at a time many musicians were interested in mixing genres. He wrote and sang "Sweet Baby", a ballad became his first pop hit. He also worked with the drummer Billy Cobham, with he led a band in the 1970s. Among the singers records he produced was the jazz singer Dianne Reeves, his cousin.
The Lincoln MemorialWorkers were removing green paint on Friday had been thrown on the white marble statue of Abraham Lincoln.
Final test: move the right word into each gap. Only one try!Test final : place le bon mot dans chaque trou. Un seul essai !
- The girl sits next to me is from Spain.whichwhosewho
- I like films make me laugh.whosewhichwho
- That's the man dog barks all night.whowhosewho's
- This is the town my parents met.whichwherewhen
- London, is the capital of England, is very expensive.thatwhichwho
- Do you remember the day you started school?whenwhichwhere
- The people live upstairs are very noisy.whowhosewhich
- Is this the book you were looking for?thatwhowhose
- My uncle, lives in Canada, is coming next week.whowhichthat
- She's the friend with I went to New York.whowhichwhom
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