RELATIVE CLAUSES c.

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A)Join these sentences by using “who”or “which”. 4. He’s the boy. I bought this toy for him.
1. He’s the accountant. He does my accounts. a.____________________________________________
He’s the accountant who does my accounts. b.____________________________________________
2. She’s the nurse. She looked after me. c. ____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ 5. That’s the building. I passed by it.
3. They’re the postcards. They arrived yesterday. a.____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ b.____________________________________________
4. They are the secretaries. They work in our office. c. ____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ 6. They’re the shops. I got these from them.
5. That’s the magazine. It arrived this morning. a.____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ b.____________________________________________
6. They are the workmen. They repaired our roof. c. ____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ D)Join these sentences using “whose”
B)Join these sentences with “who(m)” “which” or nothing. 1. He’s the customer. I lost his address yesterday.
1. He’s the accountant. You recommend him to me. He’s the customer whose address I lost.
He’s the accountant you recommend. 2. She’s the novelist. Her book won first prize.
2. She’s the nurse. I saw her at the hospital. _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ 3. They are the children. Their team won the match.
3. They are the postcards. I sent them from Spain. _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ 4. You are the expert. We want your advice.
4. They are the secretaries. Mr. Pym employed them. _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ 5. I am the witness. My evidence led to his arrest.
5. That’s the magazine. I got it for you yesterday. _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ 6. She’s the woman. The film was made in her house.
6. They are the workmen. I paid them for the job. _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ E) Join each pair of sentences together to make one sentence, using who or that.
7. That’s the dog! I saw it at the dog show last night. Write the second sentence as a relative clause.
_____________________________________________ 1 This is the woman. She gave me my first job.
8. They’re the birds. I fed them this morning. This is the woman who gave me my first job.
_____________________________________________ 2 He picked up the book. It was on the desk.
C)Join each pair of sentences in three different ways. He picked up the book that was on the desk.
1. He’s the man. I sent money to him. 3 The meal was delicious. Ben cooked it.
a. He’s the man to whom I sent the money. _____________________________________
b. He’s the man who(m) I sent the money to. 4 She's the woman. She telephoned the police.
c. He’s the man I sent the money to _____________________________________
2. She’s the nurse. I gave the flowers to her. 5 He's the person. He wanted to buy your house.
a.____________________________________________ _____________________________________
b.____________________________________________ 6 We threw out the computer. It never worked properly.
c. ____________________________________________ _____________________________________
3. That’s the chair. I sat on it. 7 This is the lion. It's been ill recently.
a.____________________________________________ _____________________________________
b.____________________________________________ 8 The man was badly injured. He was driving the car.
_____________________________________ H)Complete the blanks with appropriate relative adverb.
9 The children broke my window. They live in the next street. 1. This is the station________Emily met James.
_____________________________________ 2. July and August are the months________most people go on holiday.
10 They sold the cat. It was afraid of mice. 3. Do you know the reason________so many people in the world learn English?
_____________________________________ 4. This is the church_______Sue and Peter got married.
11 This is the chair. My parents gave it to me. 5. Edinburgh is the town_______Alexander Graham Bell was born.
_____________________________________ 6. 25 December is the day_______children in Great Britain get their Christmas
12 I've applied for the job. You told me about it. presents.
_____________________________________ 9. A famine was the reason_______so many Irish people emigrated to the USA in
13 We're looking for the ball. We were playing with it. the 19th century.
_____________________________________ 10. A greengrocer's is a shop_______you can buy vegetables.
14 The man was holding the gun. We saw him. 11. The day_______I arrived was very nice.
_____________________________________ 12. A horror film was the reason_______I couldn't sleep last night.
15 I'm going to speak to the mechanic. He repaired my car. I)Study the situations and then decide whether the following relative clauses are
_____________________________________ defining or non-defining.
16 The TV programme was very sad. I watched it last night. 1. I have three brothers.
_____________________________________ a. My brother who lives in Sidney came to see me last month.
17 The girl had red hair. I saw her. b. My brother, who lives in Sidney, came to see me last month.
_____________________________________ 2. I have one sister.
18 That's the woman. I was telling you about her. a. My sister who is 25 years old spent her holiday in France.
_____________________________________ b. My sister, who is 25 years old, spent her holiday in France.
F)Decide whether the relative pronoun is a subject pronoun or an object 3. Bob's mum has lost her keys.
pronoun. a. Bob's mum who is a musician has lost her car keys.
1. Do you know the girl who I danced with? b. Bob's mum, who is a musician, has lost her car keys.
2. Do you know the girl who danced with me? 4. My friend Jane moved to Canada.
3. The apples that are lying on the table are bad. a. My friend Jane whose husband is Canadian moved to Canada last week.
4. The apples that we bought in the shop are bad. b. My friend Jane, whose husband is Canadian, moved to Canada last week
5. We will stay at a hotel which is not far from the beach. 5. Mr Robinson is very famous.
6. We will stay at a hotel which my friend has recommended to us. Mr Robinson whom I met at the trade fair is a famous inventor.
7. This is the man who Barbara visited in Scotland. Mr Robinson, whom I met at the trade fair, is a famous inventor.
8. This is the man who lives in Scotland. 6. Tamara has two cats. Both of them are black.
G)Decide whether the relative pronouns must be used or not. Tamara's two cats which can play outside are black.
1. A calendar is something which tells you the date. Tamara's two cats, which can play outside, are black.
2. Strikers are soccer players who try to score goals for their team. 7. We are on holiday. Yesterday we visited a church.
3. Jane is a person who everybody likes. The church which we visited yesterday is very old.
4. A stamp is something which you put on a letter if you want to send it. The church, which we visited yesterday, is very old.
5. The Thames is a river which runs through London. 8. We are on holiday. Yesterday we visited a church.
6. Cheese is food which mice like eating. St. Mary's Church which we visited yesterday is very old.
7. A racket ist something which you use to hit a ball when you play tennis or St. Mary's Church, which we visited yesterday, is very old.
badminton.
8. Socks are things which you wear on your feet.
9. A guide is a person who shows tourists around around a place.
10. Love is a feeling which nobody can describe.