A. Underline the correct option.
1 Mario Testino has taken some great photos, some of which / that are in this book.
2 Toby, whose / who his parents wanted him to be a doctor, became a musician instead.
3 I missed the game on Saturday, what / which was a shame.
4 They had four children, the eldest of who / whom was just ten years old.
5 They called their daughter Emiko, which / that means ‘smiling child’.
6 Everyone came except for Cameron, who / which was not very well.
7 Most people had not heard of Usain Bolt before the Beijing Olympics, where / which he won three gold medals.
8 I med Dale last year, when / who he was working at the holiday centre.
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2 whose 3 which 4 whom 5 which
6 who 7 where 8 when
B. Complete the sentences with the correct relative pronouns.
1 The actor, ……who…… is now only 26, has already starred in a number of well-known films.
2 The city centre hospital, ………………… my mum worked, is closing at the end of the year.
3 In the summer, ………………… the tourists are here, there are lots of jobs in bars and restaurants.
4 The dog, ………………… had followed her along the road, didn’t seem to have a home.
5 At this hotel, ………………… he often came to stay, Proust wrote his most famous book.
6 The team, ………………… manager left last January, have not been playing well.
7 He has never spoken to me about it, ………………… I think is really strange.
8 The money was won by a couple, ………………… later gave it away.
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2 where 3 when 4 which 5 where
6 whose 7 which 8 who
C. Complete these sentences with the correct relative pronouns and prepositions.
1 The running club is going to several races this year including the New York Marathon, ……which…… I’m taking part ……in…… .
2 I was so embarrassed in the restaurant yesterday! My uncle didn’t like the food, ………………… he kept complaining ………………… .
3 There was a bad accident here yesterday. The old woman, ………………… house the car crashed …………………, was later taken to hospital.
4 There are many hotels in the city, the best ………………… ………………… is probably the Victoria.
5 I can’t work at the cinema on Saturday. They will need someone to collect the tickets at the door, ………………… I’m usually responsible ………………… .
6 Tomorrow my mum is going to stay with my aunt, ………………… she is always worrying ………………… .
7 Thankfully the neighbours, ………………… dog we’ve been looking …………………, are coming back from holiday tomorrow.
8 The pop band sang in front of around 20,000 people, most ………………… seemed to be young girls.
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2 which … about 3 whose … into 4 of which
5 which … for 6 who … about
7 whose … after 8 of whom
D. Rewrite each sentence to include the information in brackets.
1 The Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife. (It is in northern India.)
The Taj Mahal, which is in northern India, was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife.
2 There are 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms in the White House. (The President of the United States lives there.)
………………………………………………………………………..
3 Vincent Van Gosh was born in the Netherlands in 1853. (His most famous work is probably Sunflowers.)
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4 Landing on the planet Mars was finally achieved in 1976. (Scientists had always dreamed of this.)
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5 The Sydney Opera House was designed by Danish architect, Jorn Utzon. (Its roof looks like the sails of many boats.)
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6 Che Guevara fought in the Cuban Revolution. (He died in 1967)
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7 The idea of using sound waves to find illness was put forward in the middle of the 20th century. (We now know this as ultrasound.)
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8 The Russian winter lasts from late October to April. (Temperatures typically drop to –25°C.)
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2 There are 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms in the White House, where the President of the United States lives.
3 Vincent Van Gogh, whose most famous work in probably Sunflowers, was born in the Netherlands in 1853.
4 Landing on the planet Mars, which scientists had always dreamed of, was finally achieved in 1976.
5 The Sydney Opera House, whose roof looks like the sails of many boats, was designed by Danish architect, Jorn Utzon.
6 Che Guevara, who died in 1967, fought in the Cuban Revolution.
7 The idea of using sound waves, which we now know as ultrasound, to find illness was put forward in the middle of the 20th century.
8 The Russian winter, when temperatures typically drop to –25°C, lasts from late October to April.
E. Rewrite this story, changing the underlined sentences into relative clauses.
I love his story. I think about it when things are difficult. It is a true story. The beginning of the film Good Will Hunting is based on it. The story is about a young maths student, George Dantzig. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley, in the USA. One day Dantzig arrived late for a class and copied down two maths problems from the board. He thought these were for homework. The problems took him longer than usual to solve. Dantzig found both of them difficult. A few weeks later he was woken early by someone at the front door. Dantzig had forgotten all about the homework now. He opened the door to find his teacher with the homework in his hand. His teacher was very excited. The homework had in fact been two examples of famous unsolved maths problems and Dantzig had just solved them! Dantzig believed this was an example of positive thinking. Dantzig’s father was a mathematician. If he had known these were unsolved problems, he would never have been able to do them!
I love this story, which I think about when things are difficult.
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It is a true story, which the beginning of the film Good Will Hunting is based on.
The story is about a young maths student, George Dantzig, who studied at the University of California, Berkeley, in the USA.
One day Dantzig arrived late for a class and copied down two maths problems from the board, which he thought were for homework.
The problems, both of which Dantzig found difficult, took him longer than usual to solve.
A few weeks later, when Dantzig had forgotten all about the homework, he was woken early by someone at the front door.
He opened the door to find his teacher, who was very excited, with the homework in his hand.
Dantzig, whose father was a mathematician, believed this was an example of positive thinking.
F. Add more information to this story using relative clauses.
One day a man was taking some apples to the town, 1……which was several kilometres away…… . He put all the apples into bags on his donkey, 2…………………………………… . On the way he met a boy, 3……………………………………, and his donkey. ‘How long will it take to get to the town?’ asked the man, 4…………………………………… .
‘If you go quickly, it will take you a long time,’ said the boy.
‘But if you go slowly, you will get there quicker.’
The man thought the boy was being silly, 5…………………………………… .
‘I’ll get there before you!’ he said.
The man and his donkey went very quickly along the road. They went so fast that the apples started to fall out of the bags. The man, 6……………………………………, stopped for a rest. Suddenly he saw the bags, 7…………………………………… .
‘Where are all the apples?’ he cried.
The man went back to pick up all the apples. It took a long time. Night fell and it was dark when the man finally got to the town. He saw a hotel, 8……………………………………, and went in.
The boy, 9……………………………………, was staying there too.
‘Ah,’ said the boy. ‘I told you to go slowly!’
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Possible answers
2 whose name was Alfred
3 who was also going to the town
4 who was in a hurry
5 which made him angry
6 who was getting tired
7 which were now empty
8 where he could stay
9 who had arrived earlier
G. Write a simple sentence about each of the topics below.
1 A friend: …………………………………………………………..
2 Your school: …………………………………………………………..
3 Your favourite thing: …………………………………………………………..
4 Someone in your family: …………………………………………………………..
5 Your hometown: …………………………………………………………..
6 The month you were born: …………………………………………………………..
7 Somewhere you went on holiday: …………………………………………………………..
8 Your favourite subject: …………………………………………………………..
Example: 1 Charlie lives in my street.
Now add one more piece of information in a relative clause to each sentence and write it in your notebook.
Example: Charlie, who I’ve known for years, lives in my street.
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your own answers
H. Circle the correct option.
1 The hotel is on fantastic beach, …………… the sand is almost black.
a where b which c that
2 They had three sons, all of …………… became lawyers.
a which b whom c who
3 The teacher did not give me a very good mark, …………… I did not understand.
a that b what c which
4 Mike Hayes, …………… idea it was, raised $28,000.
a whom b who c whose
5 The club meetings, ……………, are on Tuesday evenings.
a I look forward to which
b which I look forward to
c that I look forward to
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1 a 2 b 3 c 4 c 5 b
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