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RELATIVE CLAUSES-REVIEW

I. Fill in the blank with relative pronouns or relative adverbs, where necessary.
1. Let me see all the letters..you have written.
2. The teacher with.we studied last year no longer teaches in our school.
3. They showed me the hospitalbuildings had been destroyed by US bombings.
4. We saw many soldiers and tanks..were moving to the front.
5. Love,..is a wonderful, comes to everyone at some time in his life.
6. Freedom is something formillions have given their lives.
7. The really happy people are those enjoy their daily work.
8. We must find a timewe can meet and a place..we can talk.
9. It was the nurse.told me to come in.
10. It is easy to find faults in peoplewe dislike.

II. Use relative pronouns or adverbs to join each pair of sentences below.
1. The professor is excellent. I am taking his course.
...............................................................................................................
2. I saw a lot of people and horses. They went to the market.
..............................................................................................................
3. I recently went back to Paris. I was born there nearly 50 years ago.
..............................................................................................................
4. Do you know the music? It is being played on the radio.
.............................................................................................................
5. You didnt tell us the reason. We have to cut down our daily expenses for that reason.
.............................................................................................................................................
6. The day was rainy. She left on that day.
.............................................................................................................
7. One of the elephants had only one tusk. We saw these elephants at the zoo.
............................................................................................................................................
8. This is Mrs. Jones. Her son won the championship last year.
...........................................................................................................
9. Is this the style of hair? Your wife wants to have it.
..........................................................................................................
10. Max isnt at home yet. That worries me.
..........................................................................................................

III. Reduce relative clauses in these sentences.


1. Do you know the woman who is coming towards us?
2. I come from a city that is located in the southern part of the country.
3. The children who attend that school receive a good education.
4. The fence which surrounds our house is made of wood.
5. Be sure to follow the instructions that are given at the top of the page.
6. They live in the house that was built in 1890.
7. The papers that are on the table belong to Patrica.
8. The man who is talking to the policeman is my uncle.
9. The number of students who have been counted is quite high.
10. George is the man who was chosen to represent the committee at the convention.

IV. Replace the underlined clauses by an infinitive or infinitive phrase.


1. I dont like him playing in the street. I wish we had a garden that he could play in.
2. He simply loves parties. He is always the first who comes and the last who leaves.
3. The last person who leaves the room must turn off the lights.
4. The first man who was interviewed was entirely unsuitable.
5. Ive got a bottle of wine but I havent got anything that I could open with it.

V. Choose the best option (a, b, c, or d) to complete each sentence.

1. The engineers..designed the building received an award.


a. who
b. whose
c. when
d. what
2. It is very difficult to integrate yourself into a community.is quite different from yours.
a. whose culture
b. the culture that
c. which culture
d. that culture
3. He often finds fault with.he describes as having no talent.
a. John Smith, whom
b. John Smith, that
c. John Smith, whose d. John Smith who
4. 1. I liked the friends .. I went on holiday.
a. whom
b. about whom
c. with whom
d. of whom
5. The university scientist . did research in the Amazon River basin found many
previously unknown species of plants.
a. whom
b. which
c. whose
d. who
6. Have you ever met the author .. the teacher mentioned in class this morning?
a. which
b. #
c. whose
d. of which
7. The fans .. crowded the ballpark roared their approval.
a. who
b. whom
c. whose
d. #
8. Have you been to the Clayton Art Gallery? It has a new exhibit .. includes the work of
several local artists.
a. who
b. whom
c. which
d. #
9. The manalong the corridor is our boss.
a. to walk
b. walking
c. who walking
d. walks
10. Tim has passed the exam,.is great news.
a. who
b. that
c. which
d. whom
11. Little Women,.in 1868, is my sisters favorite book.
a. a novel published
b. is a novel published
c. a novel was published
d. was a novel published
12. Florida,the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year.
a. known as
b. is
c. is known as
d. that is known as
13. My mother loves..
a. sushi, who is a Japanese food
b. sushi, that is a Japanese food
c. sushi which is a Japanese food
d. sushi, a Japanese food
14. His carelessness in doing testI am worried may lead to a complete failure.
a. about that
b. which
c. that
d. about which
15. My grandfather,..a wise man, has greatly influenced my life.
a. is
b. that is
c. who is
d. who he is

VI. Find a mistake from the underlined parts in each sentence then correct it.
1. This is my brother, who's wife is French.
2. The Post Office, that is a retail company in the United Kingdom; formerly part of the postal
service Royal Mail, became a separate entity in 1981.
3. At that time, all commercial centers are very crowded with people who comes to buy food and
things to prepare for Tet.
4. Our polluted environment which is the result of the overusing of resources and destroying the
wild.
5. Energy being the power from sources such as electricity and coal that makes machines work or
provides heat.
6. A dam is a wall building across a river to stop the rivers flow and collect the water.
7. Nuclear power stations are costly which to build but they efficiently produce large amounts of
electricity without polluting the atmosphere.
8. We all know which the worlds energy resources are limited.
9. This is the gun with that the murder was committed.
10. Are you usually the first guest coming to a party?
THE END

RELATIVE CLAUSES-REVIEW (DA)


I. Fill in the blank with relative pronouns or relative adverbs, where necessary.
1. Let me see all the letters..you have written. that
2. The teacher with.we studied last year no longer teaches in our school. whom
3. They showed me the hospitalbuildings had been destroyed by US bombings. whose
4. We saw many soldiers and tanks..were moving to the front. that
5. Love,..is a wonderful, comes to everyone at some time in his life. which
6. Freedom is something formillions have given their lives. which
7. The really happy people are those enjoy their daily work. who
8. We must find a timewe can meet and a place..we can talk. when / where
9. It was the nurse.told me to come in. that
10. It is easy to find faults in peoplewe dislike. who

II. Use relative pronouns or adverbs to join each pair of sentences below.
1. The professor is excellent. I am taking his course.
..........................whose course I am taking is .....................................................................................
2. I saw a lot of people and horses. They went to the market.
........................................................that......................................................
3. I recently went back to Paris. I was born there nearly 50 years ago.
..................................................where............................................................
4. Do you know the music? It is being played on the radio.
..........................................which...................................................................
5. You didnt tell us the reason. We have to cut down our daily expenses for that reason.
.................................................for which............................................................................................
6. The day was rainy. She left on that day.
................................when.............................................................................
7. One of the elephants had only one tusk. We saw these elephants at the zoo.
...................................which we saw at the zoo..had only...........................................................
8. This is Mrs. Jones. Her son won the championship last year.
...................................whose.......................................................................
9. Is this the style of hair? Your wife wants to have it.
.......................................which...................................................................
10. Max isnt at home yet. That worries me.
..........................................which................................................................

III. Reduce relative clauses in these sentences.


1. Do you know the woman who is coming towards us? (b)
2. I come from a city that is located in the southern part of the country.
3. The children who attend that school receive a good education. attending
4. The fence which surrounds our house is made of wood. surrounding
5. Be sure to follow the instructions that are given at the top of the page.
6. They live in the house that was built in 1890.
7. The papers that are on the table belong to Patrica. being / b
8. The man who is talking to the policeman is my uncle.
9. The number of students who have been counted is quite high.
10. George is the man who was chosen to represent the committee at the convention.

IV. Replace the underlined clauses by an infinitive or infinitive phrase.


1. I dont like him playing in the street. I wish we had a garden that he could play in. for him to
play
2. He simply loves parties. He is always the first who comes and the last who leaves. to come / to
leave
3. The last person who leaves the room must turn off the lights. to leave
4. The first man who was interviewed was entirely unsuitable. to be interviewed

5. Ive got a bottle of wine but I havent got anything that I could open with it. to open it

V. Choose the best option (a, b, c, or d) to complete each sentence.


1. The engineers..designed the building received an award.
a. who
b. whose
c. when
d. what
2. It is very difficult to integrate yourself into a community.is quite different from yours.
a. whose culture
b. the culture that
c. which culture
d. that culture
3. He often finds fault with.he describes as having no talent.
a. John Smith, whom
b. John Smith, that
c. John Smith, whose d. John Smith who
4. 1. I liked the friends .. I went on holiday.
a. whom
b. about whom
c. with whom
d. of whom
5. The university scientist . did research in the Amazon River basin found many
previously unknown species of plants.
a. whom
b. which
c. whose
d. who
6. Have you ever met the author .. the teacher mentioned in class this morning?
a. which
b. #
c. whose
d. of which
7. The fans .. crowded the ballpark roared their approval.
a. who
b. whom
c. whose
d. #
8. Have you been to the Clayton Art Gallery? It has a new exhibit .. includes the work of
several local artists.
a. who
b. whom
c. which
d. #
9. The manalong the corridor is our boss.
a. to walk
b. walking
c. who walking
d. walks
10. Tim has passed the exam,.is great news.
a. who
b. that
c. which
d. whom
11. Little Women,.in 1868, is my sisters favorite book.
a. a novel published
b. is a novel published
c. a novel was published
d. was a novel published
12. Florida,the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year.
a. known as
b. is
c. is known as
d. that is known as
13. My mother loves..
a. sushi, who is a Japanese food
b. sushi, that is a Japanese food
c. sushi which is a Japanese food
d. sushi, a Japanese food
14. His carelessness in doing testI am worried may lead to a complete failure.
a. about that
b. which
c. that
d. about which
15. My grandfather,..a wise man, has greatly influenced my life.
a. is
b. that is
c. who is
d. who he is

VI. Find a mistake from the underlined parts in each sentence then correct it.
1. This is my brother, who's wife is French.
2. The Post Office, that is a retail company in the United Kingdom; formerly part of the postal
service Royal Mail, became a separate entity in 1981.
3. At that time, all commercial centers are very crowded with people who comes to buy food and
things to prepare for Tet.
4. Our polluted environment which is the result of the overusing of resources and destroying the
wild.
5. Energy being the power from sources such as electricity and coal that makes machines work or
provides heat.
6. A dam is a wall building across a river to stop the rivers flow and collect the water.
7. Nuclear power stations are costly which to build but they efficiently produce large amounts of
electricity without polluting the atmosphere.
8. We all know which the worlds energy resources are limited.
9. This is the gun with that the murder was committed.

10. Are you usually the first guest coming to a party?


THE END

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