Unit 2 Grammar practice

3 Complete the second sentence with between two and

Relative clauses; relative

pronouns and prepositions

five words so that it has the same meaning as the first

sentence. Use the bold words.

1 Rewrite the sentences with relative pronouns and

adverbs. If the pronoun / adverb can be omitted, put it

in brackets. Add commas where necessary.
Thats the book. I was telling you about it.

Thats the book (which) I was telling you about.

1 Susan is travelling to Madrid next month. Her son is a
doctor.

2 They are the people. They invited us to their party.

3 These are the diamonds. I bought them in Greece.

Thats my father
I would do
anything.
2 Thats the hostel owner. I know very little about him.
(about)

Thats the hostel owner

I
know very little.
3 The hall we rented for the ceremony was very dirty.
(which)

4 The day was 2 September. Our baby was born.

5 This jumper is too small. It was made by my mother.

6 This is the place. She met her boyfriend here.

The hall,
for the ceremony,
was very dirty.
4 That man was late for work. (who)
That
was late for work.
5 Ali H is the singer. His song was in the top ten last week.
(whose)

2 Complete the mini-dialogues with suitable relative

pronouns or relative pronouns with prepositions.

Ali H is
song was in the top
ten last week.
6 Pats sculptures are in a museum. Hes famous for them.
(which)

A Why are you looking at that old house?

B Thats the house in which I was born.
1 A Why is this day circled on your calendar?
B Thats the day
married.

Peter, who did you send the email to? (to)

Peter, to whom did you send the email?
1 Thats my father. I would do anything for him. (whom)

I got

Pats sculptures,
, are in a
museum.
7 The people who I went to the festival with are my
cousins. (whom)

2 A Do you know anything about those paintings?

B Yes, those are the paintings
van de Meer is famous.
3 A Thats the woman
robbed the bank.

son

The people
festival are my cousins.

I went to the

4 Correct the sentences. Two sentences are correct.

Shes the woman which made my sisters wedding dress.

Shes the woman who made my sisters wedding dress.

1 The glasses, that I bought yesterday, are very nice.

B Really? She must be very upset.

4 A Lets talk about eighteenth-century poetry.

2 Ivan who mother is Polish always visits us at Easter.

B No thanks. Eighteenth-century poetry,

I know nothing, is a
rather boring subject.

3 Do you remember the day when you went to her
wedding?

5 A Mary,
is going to teach
me to speak German, is standing over there.

4 Those are the presents we bought for her birthday.

B Oh, lets go and talk to her.

6 A What are you studying?

B Im revising some of the verbs

we learnt last week.

5 Thats the country for which we met some nice people.

6 Lets find a cinema who shows films all night.

7 We didnt know that to get them for their anniversary.

8 Thats the boy whom I sent the letter to.

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