Students name: ___________________________________________ Date: _________________

Portfolio Unit 4
I. Put in the relative who, which, whose or when where necessary.
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An aeroplane is a machine _____________ flies.

That is the place _____________ Max works.
The people _____________ work in the house are very friendly.
A salesman is a man _____________ works in a shop.
I love these hats! _____________ one do you prefer?
I don't like the town _____________ you work.
He is the only American _____________ has swum.
The girl _____________ lives next door is very boring.
It can be difficult to find a good place_____________ to park your car.
This is the lady _____________ husband died last year.
Peter is the boy _____________ rides the blue bike.
_____________ cars are better, German ones or Japanese ones?
The computer _____________ I bought last week is already broken.
Tell me a nice restaurant _____________ to have an Italian dinner.
He is the one _____________ wife ran across the football field.
The boy _____________ dog chased the cat has gone home.
That is the t-shirt _____________ I want to buy.
Is there anybody here _____________ name is James ?
I hate coffee shops _____________ they play loud music.
It's the guy _____________ car was stolen.

II. Form negative adjectives from the words in parenthesis.

1. It is an _____________ (logical) statement, because if one part is true, then the other
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2. It was _____________ (possible) to sleep because of the noise.
3. The benefits from pure research are often _____________ (direct).
4. She's _____________ (certain) whether to go to Australia or not.
5. It's totally _____________ (rational), but I'm frightened of mice.
6. We're living in an _____________ (perfect) world.
7. He's been _____________ (honest) in his dealings with us.
8. Prostitution is _____________ (legal) in some countries.
9. He's a good teacher, but inclined to be a bit _____________ (patient) with slow learners.
10. His sisters thought that his autobiography was _____________ (loyal) to the family.

III. Complete the relative clauses with the correct relative pronoun. Which relative clauses are
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Scot is a person _____________ lives in Scotland.

My wife _____________ lives in New York has just written me a letter.
My sister _____________ is 25 years old spent her holiday in France.
The church _____________ we visited yesterday is very old.
Kevin's two cats _____________ are black can play outside.
The shoes which I bought yesterday are very comfortable.
Bob's mum _____________ is a musician has lost her car keys.
Kurt Vonnegut_____________ is one of America's best writers is also a very good painter.

IV. Put the adjectives in the correct order.

1. a Spanish, beautiful, old city
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2. my old, maths, smelly teacher
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3. a new, perfect system
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4. our arts, nice, French teacher
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5. a big, old, brown bear
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6. a wooden, dark, long table
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7. a 18th century, Scottish, fantastic castle
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8. a fat, friendly, young man
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9. a black, small, Turkish, old box
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10. a horrible, greedy businessman
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V. Fill in the gaps with could , can , may , must , might , should"
1. _____________ you please tell me how to get to Almond Street?
2. _____________ I have some more soup?
3. They _____________ work harder if they are to succeed.

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He says I _____________ take the day off.

When she was young, she _____________ swim across the lake.
You _____________ provide proper identification in order to cash a check.
You _____________ take an umbrella with you, in case it starts to rain.