RELATIVE SENTENCES
1.- COMPLETE NEXT SENTENCES WITH RELATIVE PRONOUNS
1) The sports centre ____________________ I play basketball and
tennis is the largest in the area
2) Roger, ____________________ is a doctor, works very long hours.
3) On Wednesday the boy ____________________ room I share had a party
4) Is she the person ____________________ gave you this record?
5) My pen, ____________________ I left on that table, has disappeared
6) The day ____________________ I arrived I felt very lonely
7) Mrs. Webb, ____________________ teaches us History, comes from Australia
8) The vase ____________________ my mother gave me got broken
9) We met the people ____________________ back garden is just
behind ours.
10) The restaurant ____________________ we celebrated my
birthday was closed
11) Our guest, ____________________ we had been waiting for, finally arrived.
12) He was born in Aix-en-Provence, ____________________ he lived most of his life.
13) Cezanne, ____________________ paintings greatly influenced modern art, is
noted for the way ____________________ he used colour
14) Jean, ____________________ slim figure and fashionable hairstyle make her look younger, first
attended a keep-fit class 45 year ago ____________________ she was a student
15) I’ll never forget ____________________ I first saw the Alps
from a plane
16) That’s the palace ____________________ interior is being decorated.
17) The hotel ____________________ we stay
only one night was very expensive
18) Neville,
____________________family are rich has just bought a Mercedes
19) The farmhouse ___________________ she lives has been
in her family
for generations.
20) I worried about you last night
__________________ you finally called
2.- COMBINE THE SENTENCES USING RELATIVE PRONOUNS
1) Here are some photos of our town. We have lived there
all our lives
2) Miss Hunter has been promoted. She works at the bank.
3) I’m reading a book. It’s about China.
4) Fred has gone to Ireland. His mother lives in Belfast.
5) A dog has had six puppies. It lives next door.
6) Roger bought a dog. It has just had six puppies
7) She has got four aunts. One of them works for the BBC
8) We stayed at the Hilton Hotel. The service there was
excellent
9) Sue is my best friend. She writes children’s books.
10) Emma is going on holiday to Hollywood. Her sister is
an actress
11) I bought this jumper in Ireland. It’s pure wool.
12) We should go skiing next month. There will be more
snow then
13) I have a large collection. Some of them are quite
valuable
14) This is the new CD. I’d like to borrow it
15) I want to introduce you to Lucy. Her life story is
very interesting
16) His uncle is a millionaire. He owns a house in the
Bahamas.
17) This restaurant has closed. I celebrated my birthday
in it.
18)I don’t know the man. He spoke to me at the bus stop.
19)My mother invited many relatives. Only a few of them
showed up
20)This is Jenny. You’ll be working with her on the
project.
21)We went to a film last night. It was fantastic.
22)They visited the palace. The royal family lives there.
23)California has several amusement parks. One of them is
Disneyland
24)I went to the cinema last Monday. It was my birthday
then.
25) We stayed at a hotel. My friends recommended it
26) Tom is a professional athlete. I sometimes
play tennis with him
27) J.K. Rowling is very rich. Her books have sold
millions of copies.
28) We stayed on a beautiful island. A film was being made
there.
29) We’re leaving for our trip at the end of June. School
finishes then
30) Last year I went to Paris. I stayed there for a week.
31) California has lots of visitors. Many of them go to
Disneyland
32) That’s the beach. I used to go swimming
there.
33) In my opinion the new restaurant isn’t all that great. Everyone is
eating at it.
34) The story is about a woman. She escaped from
prison.
35) New Year is the time. The families often get
together then.
36) Mike is
very worried. His father is in hospital
37) I stayed
in a good hotel. The facilities of it are fabulous.
38) The children are twins. I baby-sit for
them.
39) The film was directed by
Orson Welles. You have just seen it.
