RELATIVE CLAUSES

Relative pronoun – necessary or not?

Decide whether the relative pronouns must be used or not.

1.- A calendar is something which tells you the date.

Relative pronoun is necessary _____Relative pronoun is not necessary _____

2.- Strikers are soccer players who try to store goals for their team.

Relative pronoun is necessary _____Relative pronoun is not necessary _____

3.- Jane is a person who everybody likes.

Relative pronoun is necessary _____Relative pronoun is not necessary _____

4.- A stamp is something which you put on a letter if you want to send it.

Relative pronoun is necessary _____Relative pronoun is not necessary _____

5.- The Thames is a river which runs through London.

Relative pronoun is necessary _____Relative pronoun is not necessary _____

Relative pronouns (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.

Choose the correct relative pronoun or relative adverb.

  1. The woman ______is sitting at the desk is Mr Winter’s secretary.
  2. I cannot remember the reason ______he wanted us to leave.
  3. Jane, ______mother is a physician, is very good at biology.
  4. She didn’t see the snake ______was lying on the ground.
  5. Do you know the shop ______Andrew picked me up?
  6. The letter ______I received yesterday was from my Italian friend.

Join these pairs of sentences using a relative clause.

  1. There’s a woman. She found my wallet.
  1. I saw the film. She recommended it to me.
  1. There are the policemen. They caught the burglars.
  1. That’s the friend. I met him last summer.
  1. This is the park. I used to play here when I was little.
  1. Where is the boy? He was here a minute ago.
  1. That was the day. We had a party.

Combine the sentences using a relative clause. Use relative pronouns only where necessary. Note that have to use commas in some of the sentences.

A holiday in Scotland

1.- We spent our holiday in Scotland last year. Scotland is in the north of Great Britain.

Last year we

2.- People live in Scotland. They are called Scots.

The people

3.- We first went to Edinburgh. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland.

We first

4.- Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh. He wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Arthur Conan Doyle

5.- Then we visited a lake. It is in the Highlands.

The lake

Join the following:

DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES.

The businessman was very rich. I saw him last night.

The hotel we stayed in. The hotel was very expensive.

That's the boy. His mother works in the post office

What's the name of the book? You want me to read it.

That's the building. I work there.

NON DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES.

Samantha is coming to the party. Samantha's mother is mayoress of this town.

The school was built in 1907. The school has about 800 students.

Valencia is a great place. Valencia is due east of Madrid.

Clare is a good teacher. I don't like Clare very much.

My greasy neighbour stinks of after-shave. My greasy neighbour is a bus driver.