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Grammar Exercise

The document provides exercises on relative clauses, modals, and reported speech, including fill-in-the-blank questions and multiple-choice items. It covers the use of relative pronouns, identifying defining and non-defining clauses, and transforming direct speech into reported speech. The exercises aim to enhance understanding of grammatical structures in English.

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Grammar Exercise

The document provides exercises on relative clauses, modals, and reported speech, including fill-in-the-blank questions and multiple-choice items. It covers the use of relative pronouns, identifying defining and non-defining clauses, and transforming direct speech into reported speech. The exercises aim to enhance understanding of grammatical structures in English.

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I.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

A. DIRECTIONS: Complete the following text using the appropriate words given the box. Write your
answers for example, by writing 1. A, 2. B, etc. on the separate answer sheet.

A. which B. when C. who D. whom E. whose F. what G. where

Thomas Edison is a famous American scientist (1) invented many technological


devices. The world was dark (2) he was born in 1847 and the living conditions of
people in the world as well as Milan, Ohio (3) he was born were poor. Though he
attended school for a short period, he read a lot of books and developed considerable knowledge in
order to improve the world’s poor life. He discovered electricity (4) greatly changed
life in the 20th century lighting the darkness. Though he is best known for his invention of electric
power, he invented 1,093 technological devices such as telephone, refrigerator, telegram, cash
register, and type writer. Thomas Edison is a leading scientist (5) inventions have
improved and changed the way we live today. Several machinists, designers, and scientists
(6) he worked with in his laboratory at Menlo Park liked him. Thomas Edison is a
scientist (7) worked diligently in attempt to make one technological device every
two week until he died on October 18, 1931, at the age of 84.

B. Identifying Relative Clauses as Defining and non-defining

DIRECTIONS: Identify whether each of the relative clauses below is a defining or a non-defining
relative clause. Write defining if the relative clause is defining and non-defining if it is non-defining.

8. Kampala, which is the capital of Uganda, is a famous city.

9. This is the shirt that I bought yesterday.

10. The house which she wants to buy costs 2 million.

11. Water, which is liquid, is essential for life.

12. My German teacher, whom I really admired, retired last year.


C. DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer based on the question given in each item.

13. 'The boys who wore red shirts were Manchester United fans.' What does this
mean?

A. Some of the boys were Manchester United fans; others weren't.


B. All of the boys were Manchester United fans.
C. None of the boys was a Manchester United fan.

14. Which is the correct sentence?

A. Russia which is the biggest country in the world is very cold.


B. Russia, which is the biggest country in the world is very cold.
C. Russia, which is the biggest country in the world, is very cold.

15. Which of these sentences is correct?

A. The weather, was unusually hot, started to make people ill.


B. The weather, which was unusually hot, started to make people ill.
C. The weather, that was unusually hot, started to make people ill.

16. 'My friend, what lives in Vietnam, is an English teacher.' What's wrong with this
sentence?

A. There should be no commas.


B. 'what' is not the correct relative pronoun for people.
C. 'what' is not necessary in this sentence.

17. 'My friend, what lives in Vietnam, is an English teacher.' What's wrong with this
sentence?

A. There should be no commas.


B. 'what' is not the correct relative pronoun for people.
C. 'what' is not necessary in this sentence.

18. Which sentence is correct?

A. The mugs, most of were dirty, were left on the counter.


B. The mugs, most of which were dirty, were left on the counter.
C. The mugs most of which were dirty were left on the counter.

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II. MODALS
DIRECTIONS: Complete the following text with modals from the ones given in the box below.

A. must B. can C. need D. should have been E. may F. have G. might

If we are not very careful about our actions, we (19) regret /feel sorry later on about
what we did badly in the past. In reality, we (20) generally learn from our mistakes and
hope to never make them again. For example, if a person failed a test because of a lack of study, the
next test he will hope to pass as a result of hard work. But when some regrets are not reality based,
we (21) waste time thinking about them. For example, when two drivers involved in a
car crash one could regret about not driving more slowly without even considering the other driver
also (22) concentrated instead of playing with his radio. We (23) not
worry so much about things went bad in the past because we cannot control them. We (24)
to be honest with ourselves and try to manage our live at present. In other words, since the only things
we can control are the things happening in this moment, we (25) to focus
on the present.

III. REPORTED SPEECH

DIRECTIONS: Each of the following sentences is given in direct speech. From the choices given
choose one that is the correct the reported speech form for each.

26. The teacher said, “Lema, you are wasting your time.”
A. The teacher told Lema that he was wasting his time.
B. The teacher told Lema that he is wasting his time.
C. The teacher told Lema that he was wasting my time.
D. The teacher told Lema was wasting his time.

27. Ali said to me “You will pass the examination.”


A. Ali told me that I could pass the examination. C. Ali told me that I would pass the examination.
B. Ali told me that he would pass the examination. D. Ali told him that he could pass the examination.

28. “I am happy,” she said.


A. She said that she was happy. C. She said that he was happy.
B. She said that I am happy. D. She told me that she is happy.

29. He said to me, “Honey is sweet.”


A. He told me that honey is sweet. C. He told to me that honey is sweet.
B. He told me that honey was sweet. D. He told me that honey would be sweet.

30. The teacher said to me, “Open the door.”


A. The teacher asked me to open the door. C. The teacher ordered me to open the door.
B. The teacher said to me open the door. D. The teacher said to me to open the door.

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