Relative Clauses

RELATIVE CLAUSES

1. Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns or relative adverbs.
1. Alexander Fleming, ____ discovered penicillin received the Nobel prize in 1945.
2. The book ____ I need can’t be found in the library.
3. Here is the beech ____ is the safest for swimmers.
4. Do you know the American woman ____ name is Margaret Michell?
5. Jim, ____ I have known for ten years is one of my closest friends.
6. John found a cat ____ leg was broken.
7. This tree, ____ branches are dry should be cut down.
8. The child smiled at the woman ____ he didn’t know.
9. Children enjoy reading the books ____ have coloured pictures.
10. The noise ____ he made woke up everybody.
11. The house ____ walls and roof are made of glass is a green house.
12. Rod lee ____ sister I know is a film actor.
13. We saw many soldiers and tanks ____ were moving to the front.
14. We must find a time ___ we can meet and a place ____ we can talk.
15. I know a place ____ roses grow in abundance.
16. The teacher with ____ we studied last year no longer teaches in our school.
17. This is the house ____ we have lived for five years.
18. Tom has three sister, all of ____ are married.
19. This doctor, ____ you visited yesterday, is very famous.
20. The day ____ she left was rainy.
2. Use a relative pronoun or relative adverb to combine each pair of sentences below:
1. The student is from China. He sits next to me.
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2. I thanked the woman. This woman had helped me.
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3. Jim passed the exam. This surprised everybody.
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4. You sent me a present. Thank you for it.
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5. You didn’t tell us the reason. We have to cut down our daily expenses for that reason.
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6. The reason is not valid. You gave it yesterday.
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7. The day is rainy. She left on that day.
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8. A man brought in a small girl. Her hand had been cut.
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9. Our school has a good laboratory. The students practise chemistry in the laboratory.
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10. My father goes swimming everyday. You met him this morning.
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3. Choose the best word or phrase:
1. The book .......... I need can’t be found in the library.
a. who b. whom c. which d. whose
2. Here is the beach .......... is the safest for swimmer.
a. whom b. which c. who d. whose
3. That women .......... I don’t remember is a doctor.
a. who b. whom c. which d. whose
4. We must find a time .......... we can met and a place .......... we can talk.
a. where/ when b. which / when c. when / where d. when / which
5. Let me see all the letters .......... you have written.
a. that b. which c. whose d. a & b
6. He introduced me to his students , most of .......... were from abroad.
a. who b. that c. whom d. whose
7. A man brought in a small girl .......... hand had been cut.
a. whose b. who c. that d. whom
8. I have not decided the day .......... I’ll go to London.
a. which b. on which c. when d. b & c
9. Many diseases .......... people died years ago are no longer dangerous.
a. of which b. whose c. whom d. of that
10. That is the new teacher about .......... the students are talking.
a. that b. who c. whose d. whom
11. You didn’t tell us the reason .......... we have to cut down our daily expenses.
a. for that b. for which c. why d. b & c
12. The child smiled at the woman .......... he didn’t know.
a. whom b. whose c. which d. who
13. Don’t sit on the chair the leg .......... is broken.
a. which b. of which c. whose d. of whose
14. The noise .......... he made woke everybody up.
a. which b. of which c. that d. a & c
15. I used