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EXERCISES 91
In this exercise you have to explain what some words mean. Choose the right meaning from the
box and then write a sentence with who. Use a dictionary if necessary.
steals from a shop buys something from a shop
pays rent to live in a house or flat
DefShe vistenat lieve ai’ Godlee et basal | ho ceotealings
is not brave no longer works and gets money from the state
1 (anarchitect) .. Anarchitect ie eomeone who designe buildings.
2 (aburglar) A burglar is someone
3 (a customer)
4 (a shoplifter)
5 (a coward)
6 (an atheist)
7 (a pensioner)
8 (a tenant)
Make one sentence from two. Use wholthat/which.
1A girl was injured in the accident. She is now in hospital.
The girl who was injured in the accident is now in hospital.
2. Aman answered the phone. He told me you were away.
The man
3. Awaitress served us. She was very impolite and impatient.
The
4 A building was destroyed in the fire. It has now been rebuilt.
5 Some people were arrested. They have now been released.
The
6 A bus goes to the airport. It runs every half hour.
Complete the sentences. Choose the most suitable ending from the box and make it into a
relative clause.
he invented the telephone Temekerwashing machines
she runs away from home it gives you the meaning of words
they are never on time it won the race
they stole my car it can support life
they were on the wall it cannot be explained
1 Barbara works for a company ...that. makes washing machines.
2 The book is about a girl
3 What was the name of the horse
4 The police have caught the men
5 Alexander Bell was the man wa a :
6 What's happened to the pictures eee 2
7 A mystery is something .
8 A dictionary is a book.
9 Tdon’t like people .. :
10 It seems that Earth is the only planet
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In some of these sentences you don't need who or that. If you don’t need these words, put them
in brackets like this: (who) (that).
‘The woman who lives next door is a doctor. (‘who is necessary in this sentence)
Have you found the keys Ghat)you lost. (in this sentence you don’t need ‘that”)
The people who we met at the party were very friendly.
The people who work in the office are very friendly.
The people who I talked to were very friendly.
What have you done with the money that I gave you?
What happened to the money that was on the table? Did you take it?
It was an awful film. It was the worst film that I've ever seen.
It was an awful experience. It was the worst thing that has ever happened to me.
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Complete these sentences with a relative clause. Use the sentences in the box to make your
relative clauses.
wwe hired a car you're going to sea film I invited some people to the party
‘Ann is wearing a dress you had to do some work ‘Tom recommended a hotel to us
yorlosesomekeys we wanted to visit a museum
Have you found the keys .. you lost?
like the dress i
‘The museum was shut when we got there.
What's the name of the film 2
Some of the people couldn’t come.
Have you finished the work >
The car broke down after a few miles.
We stayed at a hotel
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Complete these sentences using a relative clause with a preposition.
‘we went to a party last night you can rely on George we were invited to a wedding
Twork with a number of people I applied for a job you told me about a hotel
youwerclooking-forsomekeys — [saw you with a man
Are these the keys ...you.were looking for?
Unfortunately we couldn't go to the wedding
Lenjoy my job. I like the people .
What's the name of that hotel ?
The party wasn’t very enjoyable.
Ididn’t get the job
George is a good person to know. He’s somebody
‘Who was that man in the restaurant?
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Put in that or what. If the sentence is complete with or without that, write (that) ~ in brackets.
Igave her all the money ..(that)... Thad.
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2 They give their children everything they want.
3 Tell me you want and I'll try to get it for you.
4 Why do you blame me for everything goes wrong?
5 [won't be able to do much but I'll do the best Tcan.
6 Ican only lend you ten pounds. It’s all Pve got.
7 Idon’t agree with you've just said.
8 Idon’t trust him, I don’t believe anything he says,
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You met these people at a party:
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Later you tell a friend about the people you met. Complete the sentences using who... or
whose...
I met somebody ... whose mother writes detective stories.
I met a man
I met a woman
I met somebody
I met a couple
I met somebody
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Complete the sentences. Use the sentences in the box to make relative clauses with where.
Tecan buy some postcards there Hwes-horr-there
Ann bought a dress there wwe can have a really good meal there
John is staying there we had the car repaired there
1 T recently went back to the town ...where | was born.
2. Do you know a restaurant ?
3 Is there a shop near here
4 can’t remember the name of the garage .
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Do you know the name of the hotel
Ann bought a dress which didn’t fit her, so she took it back to the shop ;
Complete each sentence using wholwhom/whose/where.
1 What's the name of the man ..whose.. car you borrowed?
2 Acemetery is a place people are buried.
3A pacifist is a person believes that all wars are wrong.
4. An orphan isa child parents are dead.
5 The place we spent our holidays was really beautiful.
6 This school is only for children first language is not English.
7 Idon’t know the name of the woman to I spoke on the phone.
Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. They are like the ones in Sections D and E.
1 T'll always remember the day _. | first. met you.
2 [ill never forget the time .
3. The reason was that I didn’t know your address.
4. Unfortunately I wasn’t at home the evening :
5. The reason is that they don’t need one.
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1989 was the year
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Make one sentence from two. Use the sentence in brackets to make a relative clause (Type 2).
Sometimes the clause goes in the middle of the sentence, sometimes at the end. You will need to
use who(m)/whose/which/where.
1 Ann is very friendly. (She lives next door.) ... Ann, whe lives. next. door, is very friendly.
2. We stayed at the Grand Hotel. (Ann recommended it to us.)
We stayed at the Grand Hotel, which Ann recommended to us.
3 We went to Sandra’s party. (We enjoyed it very much.)
‘We went to Sandra’s party,
4 I went to see the doctor. (He told me to rest for a few days.)
5 John is one of my closest friends. (I have known him for a very long time.)
John
6 Sheila is away from home a lot. (Her job involves a lot of travelling.)
7 The new stadium will be opened next month. (It can hold 90,000 people.)
The
8 We often go to visit our friends in Bristol. (It is only 30 miles away.)
9 Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, (My brother lives there.)
Read the information and complete the sentences. Use a relative clause. Sometimes the clause
tells us which thing or person (Type 1); sometimes it only gives us extra information (Type 2).
Use commas where necessary.
1 There’s a woman living next door. She’s a doctor.
The woman ..whg lives next door ie.a doctor,
2 P've got a brother called Jim. He lives in London. He’s a doctor.
My brother Jim ».who lives in Londons is.a doctor.
3. There was a strike at the car factory. It lasted ten days. It is now over.
‘The strike at the car factory
4 Lwas looking for a book this morning. I've found it now.
ve found
5 London was once the largest city in the world, but the population is now fling
‘The population of London
6 A job was advertised. A lot of people applied for it. Few of them had the necessary
qualifications. Few of
7 Margaret has a son, She showed me a photograph of him. He’s a policeman.
Margaret showed me
In some of these sentences you can use which or that; in others, only which is possible, Cross
out that if only which is possible. Also, put commas (,) where necessary.
Jane works for a company idlchd san gnlouiae du possible, no commas)
Colin told me about his new job , which / that he’s enjoying very much. (only which is
possible; comma necessary)
My office which / that is on the second floor of the building is very small.
The office which /that I'm using at the moment is very small.
She told me her address which / that I wrote down on a piece of paper.
There are some words which / that are very difficult to translate.
The sun which / that is one of millions of stars in the universe _ provides us with heat and
light.
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Make two sentences from one using a relative clause. Use the sentence in brackets to make the
relative clause.
1 Mr Carter is very interested in our plan. (I spoke to him on the phone last night.)
Mr Carter, to whom | spoke on the phone last night, is very interested in our plan.
2. This is a photograph of our friends. (We went on holiday with these friends.)
Thi
is a photograph
3. The wedding took place last Friday. (Only members of the family were invited to it.)
The wedding
4 Sheila finally arrived. (We had been waiting for her.)
5S We climbed to the top of the tower. (We had a beautiful view from thet
Write sentences with all of / most of etc. + whom/which.
1 Mary has three brothers. (Alll of her brothers are married.)
Mary has three brothers, all of whom are married,
2. We were given a lot of information. (Most of the information was useless.)
We were given
3. There were a lot of people at the party. (I had met only a few of these people before.)
4 Thave sent her two letters. (She has received neither of these letters.)
5 Ten people applied for the job. (None of these people were suitable.)
6 Kate has got two cars. (She hardly ever uses one of them.)
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Norman won £50,000. (He gave half of this to his parents.)
8 Julia has two sisters. (Both of her sisters are teachers.)
Join a sentence from Box A with a sentence from Box B to make a new sentence. Use which.
1 Shelecouldnecometothepary: A
2 Jill isn’t on the phone.
3 Neil has passed his examinations.
4 Our flight was delayed.
5 Ann offered to let me stay in her house.
6 The street I live in is very noisy at night.
7 Our car has broken down.
This was very nice of her. B
This means we can’t go away tomorrow.
This makes it difficult to contact her.
This makes it difficult to sleep.
Phen pie
This is good news.
This meant we had to wait four hours at the
airport.
1 Sheila couldn’t come to the party, ..whigh.was.a pity.
2 Jillisn’t
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