Relatifs

Relatifs

                                                                WHO    WHICH

On utilise who quand l'antécédent est une personne  

                  which quand l'antécédent est un animal ou une chose

                                                              sujet                   complément du verbe                complément de nom

                                  personne            who                    whom                                             whose

                                  animal /chose      which                 which                                            of which     

The people who called last week want to buy the house     (sujet de called)

Freddy is the friend whom I met yesterday      (complément d'objet de met)

Stuart is the man whose house stands by the river   (complément du nom house)

              remarque: whose est le possessif de who, c'est who's déformé en whose

It is a job which demands a lot of patience             (sujet de demands,  qui exige beaucoup de patience)

The book which he wrote was a best seller             (complément d'objet de wrote)

It's the house the door of which is painted purple   (complément du nom door)

            Quand on ne peut utiliser ni who ni which on les remplacera par that

             cela se produit s'il y a deux sujets de nature différente ( homme + animal  par exemple)

Look at my husband and the elephant that are on this photography!

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Exercice d'anglais 'Relatifs' créé le 28-08-2007 par lili73 avec Le générateur de tests - créez votre propre test!
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1. The houses whichwhowhom overlook the lake are very expensive.
2. The woman of whichwhosewho brother I married is a teacher.
3. I know the people whichwhomwho live in this big house.
4. Don't take the chair one leg of whichwhichwho is broken.
5. Our doctor whichwhomwhose we all liked very much retired last week.
6. Is that the film in whowhichwhom there are so many monsters ?
7. My neighbour whoseof whichwhom car has been stolen is very angry.
8. Can you hear the boy and the dog whothatwhich are playing in the garden ?
9. I enjoyed the book whomwhowhich my cousin recommended.
10. Julius Caesar, whichwhowhose was murdered in 44 BC, was considered to be a great orator.