Relative Clauses
A Complete the sentences with who or which.
1 The policeman ............................... gave us directions was very helpful.
2 The advice ............................... you gave me was useful.
3 Where is the bus ............................... goes to town?
4 Do you know the people ............................... live in the new house?
5 Do you remember the name of the book ............................... Mary told us about?
6 Here’s the boy ............................... broke your window.
B Choose the correct answer.
1 This is the house where / that Jack built for his family.
2 That is the river that / where they caught the poisoned fish.
3 This is the camera that / whose I borrowed from George.
4 That is the man which / whose car is parked in our drive.
5 Football is a game which / where people play all over the world.
6 Have you seen the place which / where the accident happened?
C Match A to B to make sentences.1 A biography is a book ..... a whose paintings are very famous.
2 A vegetarian is someone ..... b which is about someone’s life.
3 A museum is a place ..... c that tells us the temperature of a person or place.
4 Vincent Van Gogh was a painter ..... d who doesn’t eat meat.
5 A thermometer is an instrument ..... e whose CDs are sold all over the world.
6 Crete is a mountainous island ..... f where exhibitions are held.
7 Madonna is a singer ..... g whose ancient civilization is of great interest.
8 The Tower of London was a prison ..... h where many people were held and later killed.
D Complete the sentences using relative pronouns.
Titanic is one of my favourite films. It is about a young man named Jack
Dawson, 1 ............................... was on the ship Titanic when it sank. In
the film, Jack is sailing to America, 2 ............................... he plans to start
a new life. On the ship he meets Rose, 3 ............................... is very
beautiful. She is unhappy because her mother wants her to marry a man
4 ............................... she doesn’t love. Jack and Rose fall in love. In the
middle of the ocean, the ship hits an iceberg 5 ............................... makes
a hole in its side. Jack and Rose fight for their lives as the ship begins to
sink. Jack died, but Rose survives.
Relative Clauses – Answers
A 1 who 4 who
2 which 5 which
3 which 6 who
B 1 that 4 whose
2 where 5 which
3 that 6 where
C 1 b 5 c
2 d 6 g
3 f 7 e
4 a 8 h
D 1 who 4 who / that
2 where 5 which / that
3 who
Defining and non-defining relative clauses
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Non-defining relative clauses
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Use
We use non-defining
relative clauses to give extra information about the person or thing in the
main clause. The extra information is not essential.
Robbie
Williams’ Millennium, which is one of
his most successful singles, was released in 1999.
Form
In non-defining relative
clauses we put a comma before and after the main clause.
We use the relative
pronouns who, which, whose, where and when in non-defining relative clauses. The relative pronoun
cannot be omitted.
Mark Smith, who
lives next door to us, plays in a rock band.
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1 Combine the sentences. Use who, which,
whose, where or when.
Ivan is very good-looking.
(He’s Helen’s brother.)
Ivan, who is Helen’s
brother, is very good-looking.
1 The book is about a murder on the Nile.
(It
was written by Agatha Christie.)
…………………………………………………
2 The diamond necklace has been found by the
police. (It was stolen last week.)
…………………………………………………
3 Steven Spielberg lives in Hollywood. (He is a
famous film director.)
…………………………………………………
4 My friend Isabel wants to do media studies.
(Her
father is a TV presenter.)
…………………………………………………
5 The new club plays great music. (Jamie works
there.)
…………………………………………………
6 My holiday in Ibiza was wonderful. (I first
met Jenny then.)
…………………………………………………
7 The new band is very good. (It was formed
last year.)
…………………………………………………
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Defining
relative clauses
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Use
We use defining relative
clauses to give essential information about the person or thing in the main
clause. It tells us which person or thing we are talking about.
This
is the CD which everyone is talking
about.
Form
There are no commas in
defining relative clauses. We can replace who
or which with that in defining relative clauses.
She’s
the woman that works with my
mother.
This
is the book that I told you about.
Who, which, that and when can be
omitted when they are the object of the verb in the second clause, e.g. There’s the man that the police
have been looking for. Whose
and where can’t be omitted.
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2 Combine
the sentences. Use who, which, that, where or when.
That’s the school. I used to go to it.
That’s
the school that I used to go to.
1 There’s the girl. I was telling you
about
her.
…………………………………………………
2 That was the day.
They got married then.
…………………………………………………
3 She’s the girl. Her brother plays in the
football team.
…………………………………………………
4 That’s the café. I meet my friends there.
…………………………………………………
5 This is the film. I’ve been waiting to see it
for
ages.
…………………………………………………
6 Have you met the girl? She’s going out
with
Ted.
…………………………………………………
7 These are the trainers. I bought them yesterday.
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