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Unit 2 Grammar practice

Relative clauses; relative pronouns and prepositions

1 Rewrite the sentences with relative pronouns and adverbs. If the pronoun / adverb can be omitted, put it in brackets. Add commas where necessary.

That’s the book. I was telling you about it.

That’s 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.

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.

2 Complete the mini-dialogues with suitable relative pronouns or relative pronouns with prepositions.

A Why are you looking at that old house?

B That’s the house in which I was born.

1 A Why is this day circled on your calendar?

B That’s the day I got married.

2 A Do you know anything about those paintings?

B Yes, those are the paintings van de Meer is famous.

3 A That’s the woman son robbed the bank.

B Really? She must be very upset.

4 A Let’s talk about eighteenth-century poetry.

B No thanks. Eighteenth-century poetry, I know nothing, is a

rather boring subject.

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

B Oh, let’s go and talk to her.

6 A What are you studying?

B I’m revising some of the verbs we learnt last week.

3 Complete the second sentence with between two and five words so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence. Use the bold words.

Peter,whodidyousendtheemailto?(to)

Peter, to whom did you send the email?

1 That’smyfather.Iwoulddoanythingforhim.(whom)

That’s my father I would do anything.

2 That’s the hostel owner. I know very little about him. (about)

That’s the hostel owner I know very little.

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

The hall, for the ceremony, was very dirty.

4 Thatmanwaslateforwork.(who)

That was late for work.

5 Ali H is the singer. His song was in the top ten last week. (whose)

Ali H is song was in the top ten last week.

6 Pat’s sculptures are in a museum. He’s famous for them. (which)

Pat’s sculptures, , are in a museum.

7 The people who I went to the festival with are my cousins.(whom)

The people I went to the festival are my cousins.

4 Correct the sentences. Two sentences are correct.

She’s the woman which made my sister’s wedding dress.

She’s the woman who made my sister’s wedding dress.1 The glasses, that I bought yesterday, are very nice.

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

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

4 Those are the presents we bought for her birthday.

5 That’s the country for which we met some nice people.

6 Let’s find a cinema who shows films all night.

7 We didn’t know that to get them for their anniversary.

8 That’s the boy whom I sent the letter to.

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