Relative Pronouns: são palavras utilizadas como sujeito ou objeto em relação ao verbo principal. Na frase, eles fazem referência a um termo que já foi citado anteriormente.

Quando exercem a função de sujeito, os pronomes relativos vêm acompanhados por um verbo. Por sua vez, se exercem a função de objeto, são seguidos por um substantivo ou pronome.

Usos:

Alguns pronomes são utilizados para pessoas, coisas ou ambos. Por exemplo, o who e o whom são utilizados para pessoas e o which é para coisas. Já para pessoas e coisas utilizamos o that.

Note que o pronome whose é utilizado para indicar posse, e isso vale tanto para pessoas como coisas.

O pronome where faz referência a lugares, o when ao tempo e o what a algo que é sujeito ou objeto da frase.

Importante destacar que os pronomes relativos são também utilizados como pronomes interrogativos. No entanto, nesse caso, eles são usados em perguntas (Information Questions).

Examples:

The man who lives here is an engineer.

The girl about whom you are talking is my roommate.

He is a writer whose work I admire.

The bride needs to decide which dress to wear.

I know where the books are

I was talking with him when she arrived.

The girl that arrived is beautiful.

I don’t know what happened last week.

Disponível em: https://www.todamateria.com.br/relative-pronouns/  Acesso em 28 de set. de 2020. (Adaptado)

Let’s read some texts and do some exercises!

2- Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences.

2.1. When you leave a room, it is important to _______________ the light.

a) (     ) turn on

b) (     ) recycle

c) (     ) turn off

d) (      ) protect

2.2. _________________________ can save energy and last much longer.

a) (       ) Compact fluorescent light bulbs

b) (       ) Watching TV

c) (       ) Electricity bill

d) (       ) Money and energy

Disponível em: https://www.slideshare.net/ecogreenit/ways-to-protect-your-environment Acesso em 28 de set. de 2020.

3- Answer these questions in English.

a) What may some associations do with the gadgets?

b) What are the recyclable gadget?

c) Will you protect the environment when you recycle your gadget?

d) What can gadgets emit?

Disponível em: https://www.slideshare.net/ecogreenit/ways-to-protect-your-environment Acesso em 28 de set. de 2020.

District 9

Inspired by events that took place in District Six in Cape Town during the Apartheid era, director Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 is a darkly comic sci-fi allegory that addresses racism, ghettoization, and stigmatization. Presented as a mockumentary, it follows an Afrikaner bureaucrat called Wikus (Sharito Copley) as he attempts to relocate an alien refugee camp. Among the film’s subjects are the perpetuation of gang culture and black market economies in camps and ghettos.

Disponível em: https://theculturetrip.com/africa/south-africa/articles/10-south-african-movies-every-film-buff-should-see/ Acesso em 28 de set. de 2020.

4- Decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F) according to the text. Then correct the false ones.

a) (      ) “District 9” is a comedy.

b) (     ) “District 9” was inspired by events that took place in Cape Town during the Apartheid era.

c) (     ) Na frase “Inspired by events that took place in District Six in Cape Town”, a palavra THAT se refere à palavra EVENTS e é um pronome relativo.

d) (     ) Among the film’s subjects are the perpetuation of gang culture and black market economies in camps and ghettos.

5- Complete the sentences with WHO, WHICH, THAT or WHOSE.

a) This is the girl ____________had an accident.

b) Yesterday, José saw a car ____________was old.

c) Mandy is the woman ___________I met on Friday.

d) I haven’t seen Frank, ____________brother is five, for a long time now.

e) This is the man _________ house is on fire.

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