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Grammar: Relative Clauses

The document provides examples of sentences with missing relative pronouns or possessive words. It asks the reader to complete the sentences by filling in the missing relative pronouns or possessive words in brackets. It provides 23 sentences as examples. The goal is to practice using relative clauses and relative pronouns or possessive words to combine two related clauses into a single sentence.

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Grammar: Relative Clauses

The document provides examples of sentences with missing relative pronouns or possessive words. It asks the reader to complete the sentences by filling in the missing relative pronouns or possessive words in brackets. It provides 23 sentences as examples. The goal is to practice using relative clauses and relative pronouns or possessive words to combine two related clauses into a single sentence.

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Grammar: relative clauses

Complete the sentences with the correct relative pronouns (relative possessive word). Give alternatives
where possible, using a slash. Put the relative pronouns in brackets if they can be left out. Put commas
where necessary.

1. I don't like people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lose their temper easily. 

2. The trumpet is the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . really excites me. 

3. She is the only person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . understands me. 

4. This is the guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wife works for my brother.

5. It seems that the Earth is the only planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . can support life.

6. We stayed at the Grand Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane had recommended to us.

7. We stayed at the hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane had recommended to us.

8. The bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I slept in last night wasn’t very comfortable.

9. Jim passed his driving test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . surprised everybody.

10. An architect is someone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . designs buildings.

11. Colin told me about his new job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . he’s enjoying very much.

12. She told me her address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I wrote down on a piece of paper.

13. Do you know the woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary is talking


to?

14. The sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is one of millions of stars in the universe

15. provides us with heat and light.

16. Sheila couldn’t come to the party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was a pity.

17. Mr Carter to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I spoke on the phone last night

is very interested in our plan.

18. It was a meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . importance I did not realize at the time.

19. It was a meeting the importance of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I did not realize at the time.

20. This is Felicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sister you met last week.

21. He never admits his mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is extremely annoying.

22. The girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I went out with last night stole my


wallet.
23. I have been let down by a person on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I thought I could rely.

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