Relative clauses from Pedro José Ortiz Villamor
Exercises for revision Unit 8
Add a relative pronoun and rearrange the words to form sentences.
1. her son / the day / was born / she’ll never forget / .
2. I used to play / has been closed / Hyde Park / .
3. Mr Smith / is 80 years old / lives across the road / .
4. had been delayed / the train / eventually arrived / .
. 5. the haircut / he gave me / too long / is / ?
Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. Do
not change the meaning of the original sentences.
1. You don’t need to send the fax today.
(sent)
2. I
am going to meet my Canadian cousins for the first time. (never)
3. I
want to buy a new motorbike, but I don’t have the money. (If)
4. It’s a pity you
didn’t visit Uncle Charles last Sunday. (should)
5. I
think Mam is at the office now. (might)
6. “Don’t
eat the apple cake!” his mum said. (told)
Combine the
sentences using a non-defining clause. Make any necessary changes.
1. Pizza is one of my
favourite foods. It is quite fattening.
2. Her black shoes
are very uncomfortable. She bought them on sale.
3. Magazine models
are always tall and beautiful. They appear in advertisements.
4. Dr Roth is very
kind. He has a clinic in town.
5. My phone has great
sound. It contains all my favourite music.
Write
sentences with the words below and a relative pronoun. Make any necessary
changes.
1. The train / we /
miss / be / the last one tonight / .
2. Where / be / the
e-mails / Tom / write / ?
3. Miami / be / a
city / have / a warm climate / .
4. I / choose / the
sweater / be / cheap / .
5. you / know / the
girl / make the speech / now / ?
6. He / always
remember / the day / he / meet his wife / .
Complete the
sentences with suitable relative pronouns. There may be more than one possible
answer.
1. The police officer
…………………… gave me the wrong
information didn’t understand my question.
2. The little boy
tore his shirt …………………… he
fell off his bicycle.
3. The teacher …………………… classes are a lot of fun likes to
make jokes in the lesson.
4. We celebrated
Kate’s birthday at this restaurant …………………… she was 16 years old.
5. This is the school
…………………… I studied as a
child.
6. Shelley liked the
song …………………… she heard on
the radio.
Combine
the sentences using a relative clause. Make any necessary changes. Omit the
relative pronoun if it is not needed.
1. Lucía went on
holiday to the Canary Island. We went to the Canary Islands last year.
2. They bought tickets
for the concert. The concert will be held this Friday.
3. Cheryl told me
about her new boyfriend. She loves him very much.
4. The policeman
wanted to talk to the family. Their child was missing.
5. I collect small
cups. I buy them in the countries I visit abroad.
6. Did Samantha find
her purse? She lost it last night.
7. The tallest
building in my city is downtown. It is 35 storeys high.
8. Did the girls go
dancing at the club? My brother is the disc jockey there.
Complete the passage with the correct form of the
verbs in brackets.
Doctors are now discovering what their great-grandparents 1. ……………………
(could tell) them long ago – that
natural medicine is often the best. If you saw a doctor putting honey on a
burn, you 2. …………………… (probably
say) that he was mad. You may not realise that honey 3. ……………………
(use) for its healing powers for
thousands of years. It 4. …………………… (become) less popular during the 20th century, when
antibiotics 5. …………………… (invent).
However, that 6. …………………… (soon
change), thanks to the research of Professor Peter Molan of New Zealand
Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. Do
not change the original meaning of the sentences.
1. Unfortunately, she hasn’t got time to meet us
today. (would)
2. It’s possible that he didn’t recognise you.
(might)
3. “Why are you upset?” I asked him. (he)
4. I don’t believe that they’re telling the
truth. (can’t)
5. We couldn’t concentrate while they were
renovating the building. (being)
6. My neighbours are staying in a shelter. Their
house was destroyed in a fire. (whose)
7. It was inappropriate for me to ask them about
their financial problems. (shouldn’t)
Complete the passage with a suitable relative pronoun. There may be more
than one possible answer.
We don’t usually associate the police with social networking sites, but the police force in Manchester, 1. …………………… is the second largest in England, recently posted all its actions during a single day on Twitter. On the day 2. …………………… the police “tweeted”, there were over 3,000 posts. One post described a man 3. …………………… was holding a baby over a bridge; another post concerned a woman asking the police to come to the place 4. …………………… she had been forced to leave her car. The idea behind the “tweeting”, according to Peter Fahy, 5. …………………… is the chief Constable, was to give the public an idea of the work done by the police. He also hopes that
it will convince the politicians, 6. …………………… support is important, that the police are doing a lot of work 7. …………………… does not always involve catching criminals. However, there has also been some criticism, most of 8. …………………… states that the police shouldn’t be wasting time on social networking sites!
We don’t usually associate the police with social networking sites, but the police force in Manchester, 1. …………………… is the second largest in England, recently posted all its actions during a single day on Twitter. On the day 2. …………………… the police “tweeted”, there were over 3,000 posts. One post described a man 3. …………………… was holding a baby over a bridge; another post concerned a woman asking the police to come to the place 4. …………………… she had been forced to leave her car. The idea behind the “tweeting”, according to Peter Fahy, 5. …………………… is the chief Constable, was to give the public an idea of the work done by the police. He also hopes that
it will convince the politicians, 6. …………………… support is important, that the police are doing a lot of work 7. …………………… does not always involve catching criminals. However, there has also been some criticism, most of 8. …………………… states that the police shouldn’t be wasting time on social networking sites!
Rewrite the
sentences using the words in brackets. Do not change the original meaning of
the sentences.
1. Unfortunately,
she hasn’t got time to meet us today. (would)
.
2. It’s possible
that he didn’t recognise you. (might)
.
3. “Why are you
upset?” I asked him. (he)
.
4. I don’t believe
that they’re telling the truth. (can’t)
.
5. We couldn’t
concentrate while they were renovating the building. (being)
.
6. My neighbours
are staying in a shelter. Their house was destroyed in a fire. (whose)
.
7. It was
inappropriate for me to ask them about their financial problems. (shouldn’t)
.
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