EXAM

Hi girls.

Remember you have an exam about relative clauses with the relative pronouns WHO/THAT/WHICH/ WHOSE. for next class.

Study hard.

Bye

Robinson

RELATIVE CLAUSES HOMEWORK

Exercise on Relative Clauses (Contact clauses)

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Relative Pronouns (who / which / whose)

Choose the correct relative pronoun (who, which, whose).

1.     This is the bank  who which whose  was robbed yesterday.

2.     A boy  who which whose  sister is in my class was in the bank at that time.

3.     The man  who which whose  robbed the bank had two pistols.

4.     He wore a mask  who which whose  made him look like Mickey Mouse.

5.     He came with a friend  who which whose  waited outside in the car.

6.     The woman  who which whose  gave him the money was young.

7.     The bag  who which whose  contained the money was yellow.

8.     The people  who which whose  were in the bank were very frightened.

9.     A man  who which whose  mobile was ringing did not know what to do.

10.  A woman  who which whose  daughter was crying tried to calm her.

11.  The car  who which whose  the bank robbers escaped in was orange.

12.  The robber  who which whose  mask was obviously too big didn't drive.

13.  The man  who which whose  drove the car was nervous.

14.  He didn't wait at the traffic lights  who which whose  were red.

15.  A police officer  who which whose  car was parked at the next corner stopped and arrested them.

Exercise on Relative Clauses (Contact clauses)

Principio del formulario

Relative Adverbs

Choose the correct relative adverb.

1.     This is the station  where when why  Emily met James.

2.     July and August are the months  where when why  most people go on holiday.

3.     Do you know the reason  where when why  so many people in the world learn English?

4.     This is the church  where when why  Sue and Peter got married.

5.     Edinburgh is the town  where when why  Alexander Graham Bell was born.

6.     25 December is the day  where when why  children in Great Britain get their Christmas presents.

7.     A famine was the reason  where when why  so many Irish people emigrated to the USA in the 19th century.

8.     A greengrocer's is a shop  where when why  you can buy vegetables.

9.     The day  where when why  I arrived was very nice.

10.  A horror film was the reason  where when why  I couldn't sleep last night.

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Final del formulario

RELATIVE CLAUSES

We use relative clauses to give additional information about something without starting another sentence. By combining sentences with a relative clause, your text becomes more fluent and you can avoid repeating certain words.

How to Form Relative Clauses 

Imagine, a girl is talking to Tom. You want to know who she is and ask a friend whether he knows her. You could say:

A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know the girl?

That sounds rather complicated, doesn't it? It would be easier with a relative clause: you put both pieces of information into one sentence. Start with the most important thing  – you want to know who the girl is.

Do you know the girl …

As your friend cannot know which girl you are talking about, you need to put in the additional information  – the girl is talking to Tom. Use „the girl“ only in the first part of the sentence, in the second part replace it with the relative pronoun (for people, use the relative pronoun „who“). So the final sentence is:

Do you know the girl who is talking to Tom?

Relative Pronouns 

relative pronoun	use	example
who	subject or object pronoun for people	I told you about the woman who lives next door.
which	subject or object pronoun for animals and things	Do you see the cat which is lying on the roof?
which	referring to a whole sentence	He couldn’t read which surprised me.
whose	possession for people animals and things	Do you know the boy whose mother is a nurse?
whom	object pronoun for people, especially in non-defining relative clauses (in defining relative clauses we colloquially prefer who)	I was invited by the professor whom I met at the conference.
that	subject or object pronoun for people, animals and things in defining relative clauses (who or which are also possible)	I don’t like the table that stands in the kitchen.

Relative Adverbs 

A relative adverb can be used instead of a relative pronoun plus preposition. This often makes the sentence easier to understand.

This is the shop in which I bought my bike.
→ This is the shop where I bought my bike.

relative adverb	meaning	use	example
when	in/on which	refers to a time expression	the day when we met him
where	in/at which	refers to a place	the place where we met him
why	for which	refers to a reason	the reason why we met him