Exercise on Relative Clauses (Contact clauses)

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Relative Pronouns (who / which / whose)

Choose the correct relative pronoun (who, which, whose).

1. This is the bank was robbed yesterday.

2. A boy sister is in my class was in the bank at that time.

3. The man robbed the bank had two pistols.

4. He wore a mask made him look like Mickey Mouse.

5. He came with a friend waited outside in the car.

6. The woman gave him the money was young.

7. The bag contained the money was yellow.

8. The people were in the bank were very frightened.

9. A man mobile was ringing did not know what to do.

10. A woman daughter was crying tried to calm her.

11. The car the bank robbers escaped in was orange.

12. The robber mask was obviously too big didn't drive.

13. The man drove the car was nervous.

14. He didn't wait at the traffic lights were red.

15. A police officer car was parked at the next corner stopped and arrested them.

Relative clauses exercises (intermediate -)

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Join the following sentences to make one sentence using a relative pronoun when necessary.
If the relative pronoun is unnecessary, put it in brackets. You may sometimes have to change the
word order or change 'a' into 'the'.

There's the boy. He broke the window.

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The film star gave a party. It cost $10,000.

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That's the palace. The Queen lives in it.
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You met a man at the party. He is a famous film star. The

man..._______________________

My friend came to the party. He's a policeman.

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There are the policemen. They caught the thief.

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What's the name of the lady? She was wearing the blue dress.
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I gave her a watch. It stopped after two days.

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My car was very expensive. It's a Mercedes.

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You're reading a book. I wanted to read it.

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The Red Lion is a pub. We met in it for a drink.

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There's someone at the door. He wants to speak to George.

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Here are the letters. They arrived this morning.

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I met Mr Da Silva. He is President of Brazil.

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It's very spicy food. I don't like it.

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That's the house. I was born in it.

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That's the dictionary. Bill gave it to me for Christmas.

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Where is the lady? She ordered fish.
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Those are the cars. They only take unleaded petrol.

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The children went to New York. They speak English.

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Do you know the children? They live in that house.

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Do you like the people. Sarah invited them to her party.

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The clothes come from C&A. They are good quality.

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1) The books, I'd ordered over the internet, took nearly three weeks to arrive.

(2) The books I'd ordered from a bookshop arrived the following week.

(3) My parents, were born in the north of England, moved to London to find work.

(4) The man lives upstairs is always playing music when I'm trying to get to sleep.

(5) The building I live in was built in the 1920s.

(6) The building I live was built in the 1920s.

(7) The car's making a funny noise again, means we'll have to get someone to
look at it.

(8) The employee to you refer is no longer working for this company.

(9) Do you remember the name of the man car you crashed into?

(10) Have you any idea they were arguing about?

(11) Have you any idea they were arguing?

(12) The hotel we stayed was very good for the price.

The man was sick. He looked very pale.

2. He was sitting in the emergency room. It was very crowded.

3. A nurse was nearby. He called to her.

4. The nurse called a doctor. He came quickly.

5. The doctor asked him to lie down. She looked very worried.

6. She gave the man an injection. It made him go to sleep.

Adjective Clauses in Object Position

Combine the sentences using an OBJECT adjective clause.

1. The Olympic snowboarding event was exciting. Many people watched it on TV.
 2. It was the first time snowboarding had been included in the Olympics.
Snowboarding is a new sport.

3. The competition was very exciting. A Canadian won it.

4. The winner, Ross Rebagliati, lives in Whistler, BC. Many young snowboarders
admire him.

Exercise 1

Decide whether the following clauses are defining or non-defining clauses. Insert commas where
necessary.

1. The car which was a rare sports coupe was built in 1966.
2. We invited the boy who Tom had met the week before to the party.
3. Our friends who we met at university are coming to visit next week.
4. That is the building where they shot the film 'Vanilla Sky'.
5. Mr Jackson whose son also goes to this school will be attending the party next weekend.
 6. The author's latest book which has become a bestseller is about two children in Jamaica.

Exercise 2

Work together to expand the following story by using as many non-defining relative clauses as you
can. Feel free to make a funny story!

A man called Peter took an airplane to New York to visit his sister. When he arrived at the airport, a
old man asked him a question. Peter gave a short reply and the man invited him for a drink. Peter
accepted, and after he had the drink, caught the airplane to New York. When he got to his sister's
apartment, his sister invited him into the living room. As he entered the room, he was surprised to see
the same man.