RELATIVE CLAUSES

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Subjects
English
Grades
11
Language
ENG
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1.)Complete with the correct relative adverb (why, where, when) or pronoun (who, which, whose). DON'T USE THAT. 1. This is the bank which was robbed yesterday.2. A boy whose sister is in my class was in the back at that time.3. A greengrocer's is a shop where you can buy vegetables.4. The man who robbed the bank had two pistols.5. He wore a mask which made him look like Mickey Mouse.6. This is the church where Sue and Peter got married.7. He came with a friend who waited outside in the car.8. The woman who gave him the money was young.9. This is the station where Emily met James.10. 25 December is the day when children in the UK get their Christmas presents.11. Do you know the reason why so many people in the world learn English? 2. Combine each pair of sentences with a relative clause. Make any necessary changes. DON'T USE CONTRACTIONS! 1. I bought my first car ten years ago. I was a salesman then. I bought my first car ten years ago, when I was a salesman.2. There is a girl in my class. Her family emigrated from India. There is a girl in my class whose family emigrated from India.3. Mark’s sister is getting married tomorrow. She has just graduated. Mark’s sister, who has just graduated, is getting married tomorrow.4. Lots of people walk in the park. I jog there every morning. Lots of people walk in the park where I jog every morning.5. My uncle’s farm is twenty kilometres from here. We often visit it. My uncle’s farm, which we often visit, is twenty kilometres from here.6. The young boy was given a reward. He had saved the drowning child. The young boy who had saved the drowning child was given a reward. I. Tick off all the relative pronouns that fit in the following sentences. Leave the relative out when it is possible.1. Did the University management, ………………………………….. ruled out smoking on the campus, talk to the students first? zero who which that 2. John Wilkie was one of the students with ……………………………….. I studied when I was at Brunel University. who whom which that 3. He told me all ……………………………… he knew. what zero which that 4. He focused his presentation on ………………………………. he thought would be relevant to the audience. that which what zero 5. One of the PhD students, ……………………………….. did not wish to be named, criticized the organization of the industrial visit to Škoda Transportation. that who whom zero 6. The laboratory was locked as early as 2 p.m., ………………………………… was rather surprising. what that which zero 7. There´s one person here ……………………………… name hasn´t been mentioned yet. who whom whose zero 8. What is the name of the student …………………………………. you share your room with? who that whom zero 9. Was the experiment ………………………………….. cost you so much time and money worth doing? what which zero who 10. ……………………………….. you mustn´t miss at this conference is Professor White´s lecture. which who zero that

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