relatives.

s. v. o.
In English the phrases are SVO. What’s
SVO?
Subject
Verb
Object
Romeo
kissed
the girl
clauses
An SVO phrase is called CLAUSE
Romeo LOVED the girl
The girl WAS Juliet
Juliet LOVED Romeo
Shakespeare CREATED this story
Two clauses?
We can say or write two Clauses together to create
more complex sentences:
Clause
Romeo loved Juliet and
Clause
Clause
he died for her.
Clause
Shakespeare created this story and he became famous.
Relative Clauses
There are many kinds of clauses. The clauses that are
connected by Relative pronouns are: Relative Clauses:
O autor criou um personagem QUE cativou o público.
Shakespeare viveu em um país ONDE o teatro era
importante
Relative Pronouns
O uso do pronome relativo depende do que você
pretende se referir na segunda frase. Existem pronomes
específicos para se referir a pessoas ou a coisas.
Which
Who
Whose
Where
When
Why
What
That
Referring to objects
O pronome utilizado para se referir a
Objetos é WHICH
These are the cars.
these cars are on sale
These are the cars which are on
sale.
Referring to a person
O pronome utilizado para se referir a
uma pessoa é WHO
The Master is a dwarf
The Master is very intelligent
The Master is a dwarf who is very
intelligent
Referring to Person or Object
Pode-se usar o pronome THAT tanto para referir a pessoas
quanto para objeto
The three men are fighters.
The three men fight martial arts
The three men are fighters that
fight martial arts
Referring to Person or Object
Pode-se usar o pronome THAT tanto para referir
a pessoas quanto para objeto
The rats live in the trash.
The rats are dangerous
The rats that live in the
trash, are dangerous
Referring to Place
Pode-se usar o pronome WHERE tanto para
referir a lugares
This the big city.
I live in the big city
This is the big city where I
live in
Referring to time
Pode-se usar o pronome WHEN tanto para
referir a um período
Spring is a season.
The flowers bloom in Spring
Spring is the season when the flowers
bloom
Exercises
1. Join the sentences using a Relative Pronoun
a) Amy Winehouse was a singer;
b) Amy Winehouse was british.
c) Coldplay is group;
d) Coldplay sings “ Viva la Vida”.
Singer: cantor
e) Wales is a country;
f) Wales is in United Kingdom.
g) Chile is cold in June;
h) In June the snow falls.
i) Argentina is a place;
j) Andes is in Argentina.
Snow: neve
Fall: cair
Cold: frio
Place: lugar
2. Use Which or Who to complete the sentences:
a) Ringo Star is the Beatles ________ played
drums;
b) Drums is the word __________is translated by
“bateria” is portuguese;
c) The Beatles was a band__________was
extremely famous;
d) Paul McCarthney is the Beattle _________ still
works.
e) Abbey Road is a street __________ is very
famous because of Beatles.
3. Correct the wrong uses of the Relatives.
a) Music is an art who is very popular;
b) Albums are CDs who have a group of musics;
c) Internet users are people which prefer MP3
music format;
d) The Tablet is a kind of computer when is very
slim;
e) Download of unauthorized music is a crime
where is very common;
f) Some artists when are sensible permit users to
download MP3 music.
4. Translate:
a) Daniel é um cantor que é muito popular;
b) Brasil é um país onde as pessoas amam a
dança;
c) Em Junho, quando chega São João, as pessoas
fazem fogueiras;
d) Legião Urbana foi uma banda que foi muito
famosa;
e) O vinil era um disco que possuía um grupo de
músicas.
f) As pessoas que gostam de música, preferem
show ao vivo.