Choose the correct relative pronoun 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 man _______________ robbed the bank had two pistols. pistols. 4. He wore wore a mask mask _______________ made him look like Mickey 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. 8. The people ________________ were in the bank were very frightened. 9. A man _____________ mobile was ringing did not know what to do. 10. A woman ________________ daughter was crying tried to calm her. 11. The car _______________ the bank robbers escaped in was orange. 12. The robber robber ______________ mask was obviously obviously too big didn't drive. 13. The man _______________ drove the car was nervous. 14. He didn't wait at the traffic lights _________________ were red. 15. A police officer _________________ car was parked at the next corner stopped and arrested them. Combine the sentences using non-defining relative clauses. 1. Samuel Johnson was the son of a bookseller. Samuel Johnson was born in 1709. Samuel Johnson 2. In 1728, he went to Oxford. He studied at Pembroke College in Oxford. In 1728, he went 3. Johnson had to leave Oxford without a degree. He was too poor to pay the fees. Johnson 4. In 1737, Johnson moved to London. There he wrote poetry, essays and biographies. In 1737, Johnson 5. In 1746, Johnson started to write his dictionary. It took him nine years to complete. In 1746, Johnson started 6. His home at that time was in 17 Gough Square in London. It is a museum now. 17 Gough Square in London 7. In this house, his wife died in 1752. Her name was Elizabeth Porter. In this house his wife 8. In 1755, the work was published. It was called A Dictionary of the English Language. In 1755, the work 9. Samuel Johnson died in 1784. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. Samuel Johnson
Write a definition with Relative Clauses 1. A library is 2. A butterfly is 3. A waiter is 4. A night is 5. A bricklayer is 6. A dictionary is 7. A pickpocket is 8. A carnivore is 9. A synonym is 10. Spring is
Combine the sentences using a defining or non-defining relative clause. 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 6. Loch Ness is 37 km long. People know it for its friendly monster. Loch Ness 7. There we met an old man. He told us that he had seen Nessie. An old man 8. We then travelled to a mountain. The mountain is near the town of Fort William. We then 9. The mountain is the highest mountain in Great Britain. It is called Ben Nevis. The mountain 10. I sent you a postcard. It was written on the summit of Ben Nevis. The postcard Rephrase these sentences using a relative pronoun. 1. I bought a house. It was advertised in the local paper. 2. Mary works in our office. Her husband is a plastic surgeon. 3. Venice is a wonderful place. We spent our last holiday there. 4. He showed us how to create a computer-based game. It was very interesting. 5. I've just finished reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. It is an amazing book. 6. That's the boy. I told you about him last night. 7. They've sold the house. I wanted to buy it. 8. Helen has just arrived. She had a car accident. 9. They've sold the grocery. I used to go shopping there. 10. My sister has won a DVD player. Her children love watching films. 11. There's the boy. He broke the window. 12. Where is the lady? She ordered fish. 13. The film star gave a party. It cost $10,000. 14. What's the name of the lady? She was wearing the blue dress.
Rephrase these sentences using a relative pronoun. That's the palace. The Queen lives in it. You met a man at the party. He is a famous film star. My friend came to the party. He's a policeman. There are the policemen. They caught the thief. I gave her a watch. It stopped after two days. My car was very expensive. It's a Mercedes. You're reading a book. I wanted to read it. The Red Lion is a pub. We met in it for a drink. There's someone at the door. He wants t o speak to George. Here are the letters. They arrived this morning. I met Mr Da Silva. He is President of Brazil. It's very spicy food. I don't like it. That's the house. I was born in it. That's the dictionary. Bill gave it to me for Christmas. Those are the cars. They only take unleaded petrol. The children went to New York. They speak English. Do you know the children? They live in that house. Do you like the people? Sarah invited them to her party. The clothes come from C&A. They are good quality.
