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RELATIVE CLAUSES

1.- COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES USING WHICH / WHO / WHEN / WHERE / WHOSE / THAT / NOTHING:
- Theres the man _________ taught me English. - Do you know a bar _________ sells cheap beer? - Do you know a shop _________ I can buy a laptop computer? - The police havent foun the person _________ kille !ack Dover. - !ohn "kull# _______ book $English ma e simple$ sol a million copies# ie to ay. - The language ________ people speak in %ales is calle %elsh. - Te # _________ fi&es my car# has 'ust won the lottery. - This is !oe (iggs# _________ works in )reenwich. - I like to speak to the person _________ eals with accounts. - I hate it ________ my boss asks me to work overtime. - *ave you got a typewriter _________ I can borrow? - The 'ob ________ he got wasnt very interesting.

2.- PUT ONE SUITABLE WORD IN EACH SPACE


There is a boy to_________ I like to speak more than I can say. Im not sure _________ tol me that# but he was wrong. +y neighbour was the first person_______ og won two pri,es in the same show. +y chil ren play in the same park_______ you playe -. years ago. *er wife was really upset yester ay# ________ was unusual for her. The first time I met you was_____ I opene the oor.

3.- DECIDE WHETHER IT IS POSSIBLE OR NOT TO LEAVE OUT THE UNDERLINED WORD.
The parcel that contains your present is on the table. Do you like the neighbour who lives ne&t oor?

- There is no one whom I woul prefer to you as a school mate. Its the short ark ays that really epress most people. The letter that I receive this morning ha ba news. There is only a book written by /oal Dhal which I havent rea .

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4.- PUNCTUATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES


+y new flat which you visite yester ay is bigger than the ol one. +egan is going to )reece which is her favourite holi ay spot. The member of 2arliament who visite our neighbourhoo is in favour of new measures against violence. 3ast week I visite aunt +ary who invite me to stay with her for sometime. The re book on the shelf which is sai to be really valuable is an ol book.

5.- IDENTIFY THE RELATIVE CLAUSE AND THE NOUN IT DESCRIBES IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES.
The spokesman who tol me this eceive me. That is the woman who wants to speak to you. The book that I lent him is really boring. %here is the new ress that I bought last week ? The village that live in has beautiful lan scapes.

.- COMBINE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING AN APPROPRIATE RELATIVE PRONOUN AND DECIDE IF THEY ARE DEFINING OR NON-DEFINING
!ohn is a member of the team. *er sister is in my class. ____________________________________________________ This is the news. It wasnt printe by the newspaper. ___________________________________________________ The film is about a girl. "he has special powers. ____________________________________________________ I was sitting on a bench. It su enly fell into pieces. ____________________________________________________ I was tol the story by a girl. I visite her in an orphanage. ____________________________________________________ The boy was eating a oughnut. I looke after this boy. ____________________________________________________

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They wante to leave at 5p.m. This i nt suit me at all. ____________________________________________________ The people were very kin . I staye with them. ____________________________________________________ %ho was the girl? 6ou were speaking to her 'ust now. ____________________________________________________ +y sister i nt want to go to the restaurant. "he wasnt feeling very hungry. ____________________________________________________ Ive lost all the money. 6ou gave it to me. ____________________________________________________ (righton is 7. km. from 3on on. It is a tourist centre on the south coast of Englan . ____________________________________________________ "he gave me the car key. I put it in my pocket. ____________________________________________________ The hotel overlooke the sea. %e staye at it. ____________________________________________________ "ues house is over -88 years ol . It is in the centre of town. ____________________________________________________ The film Family Life is showing ne&t week. Ive hear goo reports about it. ____________________________________________________

!. FILL THE BLAN"S WITH A PREPOSITION AND WHICH / WHO I ma e a new rule that everyone is complaining about. I ma e a new rule _____ _______ everyone is complaining. This is a class that we iscuss current events in. This is a class _____ _______ we iscuss current events. "he is the girl who I ha a relationship with a long time ago. "he is the girl _____ _______ I ha a relationship a long time ago. *ea Teacher is the 'ob that I was recommen e for. *ea Teacher is the 'ob _____ _______ I was recommen e . %hich country are we at war with? _____ _______ country are we at war?

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