RELATIVE PRONOUNS [Revision Sheet]

I. Choose the correct Relative Pronoun: 1. _____________does that car belong to? [who/which/whose] 2. Excuse me but shouldnt you say to _____________ does that car belong? [which/that/whom] 3. Thats another way of saying it. Im talking about the car ____________ parked over there. [whos/thats/who] 4. __________ do you think would have a car like that? [whom/that/who] 5. Well, I should say someone for _____________ money is no object. [whom/who/that] 6. The car to __________ you are referring happens to be mine! [that/whom/which] 7. Thats interesting. We are talking about the car _________ has a red roof. [that/who/thats] 8. Yes, its the best car __________ Ive ever had. Why do you ask? [which/that/who] 9. Well, I think you ought to speak to that man _______ standing with a notebook in front of the car. [which/whom/whos] 10. Oh no! Its a traffic warden putting a parking ticket on my car and I havent any money to pay the fine _______ Ill have to pay. [whose/which/who] II. Combine the sentences with relative pronouns. (Decide whether to use commas or not.) 1. A monk is a man. The man has devoted his life to God. 2. I have one black cat. His name is Blacky. 3. A herbivore is an animal. The animal feeds upon vegetation. 4. Carol plays the piano brilliantly. She is only 9 years old. 5. Sydney is the largest Australian city. It is not the capital of Australia. III. Combine the sentences without using relative pronouns but keeping one as main clause and the other as subordinate clause: (Decide whether to use commas or not.) 1. We ordered a book. It was very expensive. 2. You are sitting on a bench. The paint on the bench is still wet. 3. The photographer could not develop the pictures. I had taken them in Australia. 4. One of the bins smells awful. You havent emptied the bin for 3 weeks. 5. They are singing a song. I dont know the song. 6. We bought a car last week. The car is blue. 7. The girl is a singer. We met her at the party. 8. The bananas are on the table. George bought them. 9. We watched a film last night. It was really scary. 10. I have to learn new words. They are very difficult.

IV. Combine the sentences with /without relative pronouns. There should be one main clause and one subordinate clause in the sentence. (Decide whether to use commas or not.) 1.The city seems to be abandoned. It is usually crowded with people. 2.You made an offer. We cannot accept it. 3.A midwife is a woman. She assists other women in childbirth. 4.Three youngsters were arrested by the police. They had committed criminal offences. 5.The World Wide Web has become an essential part of our lives. It was invented by Tim Berners-Lee.

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Choose the correct relative pronoun or relative adverb. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The woman who is sitting at the desk is Mr Winter's secretary. I cannot remember the reason why he wanted us to leave. Jane, whose mother is a physician, is very good at biology. She didnt see the snake which was lying on the ground. Do you know the shop where Andrew picked me up? Combine the sentences with relative clauses. (Decide whether to use commas or not.) 1. A monk is a man. The man has devoted his life to God. A monkis a man who has devoted his life to God. 2. I have one black cat. His name is Blacky. I haveone black cat, whose name is Blacky. 3. A herbivore is an animal. The animal feeds upon vegetation. A herbivoreis an animal that feeds upon vegetation. 4. Carol plays the piano brilliantly. She is only 9 years old. Carol, who is only 9 years old, plays the piano brilliantly. 5. Sydney is the largest Australian city. It is not the capital of Australia. Sydney, which is not the capital of Australia, is the largest Australian city. Combine the sentences with contact clauses. 1. We ordered a book. It was very expensive. The book we ordered was very expensive. 2. You are sitting on a bench. The paint on the bench is still wet. The paint on the bench you are sitting on is still wet. 3. The photographer could not develop the pictures. I had taken them in Australia. The photographer could not develop the pictures I had taken in Australia. 4. One of the bins smells awful. You havent emptied the bin for 3 weeks. The bin you haven't emptied for 3 weeks smells awful. 5. They are singing a song. I dont know the song. They are singing a song I don't know. Combine the sentences with relative clauses or contact clauses. Use contact clauses where possible. (Decide whether to use commas or not.) 1. The city seems to be abandoned. It is usually crowded with people. The city, which is usually crowded with people, seems to be abandoned. 2. You made an offer. We cannot accept it. Wecannot accept the offer you made. 3. A midwife is a woman. She assists other women in childbirth. A womanwho assists other women in childbirth is a midwife. 4. Three youngsters were arrested by the police. They had committed criminal offences. The policearrested three youngsters who had committed criminal offences.

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The World Wide Web has become an essential part of our lives. It was invented by Tim Berners-Lee. Tim Berners-Leeinvented the World Wide Web, which has become an essential part of our lives.

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Choose the correct relative pronoun or relative adverb. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A castle is a place where a king or queen lives. An actress is a woman who plays in films or theatre plays. This is the girl whose mother is from Canada. This is the time of the year when many people suffer from hayfever. The flowers which grow in the garden are beautiful. Decide whether the relative pronoun is necessary or not. 1. This is the picture that Jane painted. relative pronoun is necessary relative pronoun is not necessary 2. Do you know the man who is speaking on the phone? relative pronoun is necessary relative pronoun is not necessary 3. We ate the sweets which my mother had bought. relative pronoun is necessary relative pronoun is not necessary 4. Is this the boy who plays the piano? relative pronoun is necessary relative pronoun is not necessary 5. This is the house that was broken into. relative pronoun is necessary relative pronoun is not necessary Complete the sentences using a relative clause. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Catherine and Sue are two girlswho like dancing. My mobile phone is somethingwhich is very important to me. Antony is a friend of minewho lives in Boston. West Side Story is a musicalwhich is very famous. An airport is a placewhere planes land. Combine the sentences using relative clauses without relative pronouns (contact clauses). 1. We bought a car last week. The car is blue. The carwe bought last week is blue.

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The girl is a singer. We met her at the party. The girlwe met at the party is a singer.

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The bananas are on the table. George bought them. The bananasGeorge bought are on the table.

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We watched a film last night. It was really scary. The filmwe watched last night was really scary.

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I have to learn new words. They are very difficult. The new wordsI have to learn are very difficult.