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Relative Clauses

The document provides exercises on using relative clauses to combine sentences. Exercise A asks to complete sentences with relative pronouns like who, whom, that, which. Exercise B asks to rewrite pairs of sentences into single sentences using relative pronouns, omitting the pronoun if possible. The exercises focus on using relative clauses to concisely bring together information from multiple sentences.

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Relative Clauses

The document provides exercises on using relative clauses to combine sentences. Exercise A asks to complete sentences with relative pronouns like who, whom, that, which. Exercise B asks to rewrite pairs of sentences into single sentences using relative pronouns, omitting the pronoun if possible. The exercises focus on using relative clauses to concisely bring together information from multiple sentences.

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RELATIVE CLAUSES.

EXERCISES

A- Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun, if necessary:

1- Is this the cupboard ________ you keep the linen in?


2- That is the hotel in ________ we stayed last summer.
3- Is that the man to ________ you lent the money?
4- Mr Jones, _______ is sitting in that corner, is our managing director.
5- The car ________ you can see over there is very expensive.
6- Give me all the money _______ you have.
7- Where is the man _______ did that?
8- Bring me the tools _______ I shall need for the job.
9- The worst _______ can happen is already passed.
10 Only I, _______ have seen it with my own eyes, can judge.
11- Put them down on any chair _______ is unoccupied.
12- The place _______ we are going is not very far away.
13- The dish _______ you have just eaten contained garlic.
14- Find me the man ________ said that I was a fool.
15- The noise _______ the children made was intolerable.

B- Rewrite these pairs of sentences by means of a relative pronoun


in order to make a relative clause. If the pronoun can be omitted, put
it between brackets:

1- This is the student. She came top in the exam.


2- Chris is my best friend. I’ve known him for a long time.
3- I picked up the money. It was lying on the floor.
4- My grandparents still live in the village. I was born there.
5- Mr Bentley is away from school now. His wife is having a baby.
6- The café is open all night. We had lunch there.
7- Caroline is staying with me. She is my best friend.
8- What’s the name of the man? You are getting married to him.
9- Is this the house? You were born in it.
10- The firm is sending him to New York. He works for this firm.
(The firm …)
11- John is Mary’s husband. I met John in town yesterday.
12- There’s the lady. Her dog was killed.
13- The man was badly injured. He was driving the car.
14- The woman was very polite. I spoke to her yesterday.
15- I’d love to visit Australia. I went there for the first time in 1987.
16- Have you got the money? I lent it to you last week.
17- She came to my house last month. I met her then.
18- My mother looked surprised. She hadn’t been expecting visitors.
19- Those are the children. Their mother took them to the park.
20- I saw Alan in town yesterday. You have just met his father.
21- The bed was uncomfortable. I was sleeping on that bed.

NEUS FERRÍS & PATRICIO GARCÍA

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