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REPRHRASING: RELATIVE CLAUSES 3

1. She hasn't got anything to do. This makes her angry.


2. Pete has become a singer. You met him last year.
3. Terenci Moix didn't like publicity. His novels were best-sellers.
4. The mountain is 3000 metres high. They climbed it.
5. I was happy to see my friend. He has been living in London for three years.
6. We have visited Tarragona. There are many Roman remains there.
7. He has lost the ring. Everyone admired it.
8. She finally passed the driving test. It made her very happy
9. Do you know the exact date? We are going to meet then.
10. He's the man. They were talking about him.
11. He broke a cup. It was made of Bohemian glass.
12. Jane has been sacked. You met her last Sunday.
13. Michael has been promoted. This made him very happy.
14. The school bell went off unexpectedly. It was repaired last week.
15. She doesn't know the man. We are talking about him.
16. We went to a restaurant. They serve excellent fish there.
17. Mary forgot to post the letters. She's my secretary.
18. Elizabeth George is an excellent writer. Her novels are best-sellers.
19. I forgot to print the article. I wrote it last night.
20. I refused to say anything about it. It was quite sensible.

KEY: REPHRASING RELATIVE CLAUSES 3


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3.
4.

She hasn't got anything to do, which makes her angry.


Pete, who you met last year, has become a singer.
Terenci Moix, whose novels were best-sellers, didn't like publicity.
The mountain they climbed is 3000 metres high.
The mountain which they climbed is 3000 metres high.
The mountain that they climbed is 3000 metres high.

5. I was happy to see my friend, who has been living in London for three years.
6. We have visited Tarragona, where there are many Roman remains.
7. He has lost the ring everyone admired.
He has lost the ring which everyone admired.
He has lost the ring that everyone admired.
8. She finally passed the driving test, which made her very happy
9. Do you know the exact date when we are going to meet?
Do you know the exact date we are going to meet?
10. He's the man they were talking about.
He's the man who they were talking about.
He's the man that they were talking about.
11. He broke a cup which was made of Bohemian glass.
He broke a cup that was made of Bohemian glass.
12. Jane, who you met last Sunday, has been sacked.
13. Michael has been promoted, which made him very happy
14. The school bell, which was repaired last week, went off unexpectedly.
15. She doesn't know the man we are talking about.
She doesn't know the man who we are talking about.
She doesn't know the man that we are talking about.
16. We went to a restaurant where they serve excellent fish.
17. Mary, who is my secretary, forgot to post the letters.
18. Elizabeth George is an excellent writer whose novels are best-sellers.
Elizabeth George, whose novels are best-sellers, is an excellent writer.
19. I forgot to print the article I wrote last night.
I forgot to print the article which wrote last night.
I forgot to print the article that I wrote last night.
20. I refused to say anything about it, which was quite sensible.

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