Part E: Put a tick if the relative pronoun in the following sentences can be deleted, and put a cross if it is not. 1. We lit a fire, which soon dried out clothes.
2. The report, which should have taken an hour and a half, took three hours.
3. The children who I was looking after were terribly spoilt.
4. She thanked him for the kind help that she received.
5. There wasn’t any directory in the telephone box from which I was phoning.
6. The man who was driving us didn’t know the way.
7. The Smiths, whose house was destroyed in the explosion, were given rooms in the hotel.
8. The car which we hired from the airport broke down on the road.
9. My boss, who I really wanted to see, was too busy to meet anyone.
10. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, who were out playing cards, knew nothing of the burglary.
Part F: Combine the following pairs of sentences, using relative clauses. 1. Mr. Smith said he was too busy to speak to me. I had come specially to see him.
2. I missed the train. I usually catch this train.
3. I saw several houses. Most of them were quite unsuitable.
4. This is a story of a group of boys. Their plane crashed on an uninhabited island.
5. He introduced me to his students. Most of them were from abroad.
6. He expected to pay me $2 for 12 eggs. Four of the eggs were broken.
7. She climbed to the top of the Monument to see the wonderful view. She had been told about the view.
8. I was given this address by a man. I met his man on a train
9. A man answered the phone. He said Tom was out.
10. The bar was so noisy that I couldn’t hear the person at the other end of the line. I was telephoning from this bar.
11. At 6.00 thick fog descended. 6.00 was an hour before the plane was due.
12. I’ve just spoken to Sally. She sends you her love.
13. I waited for him until 4.30. At that point I gave up.
Answer: Ex1: Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun. 1. which/ that 2. which/ that 3. whose 4. who/ whom 5. whom 6. whose 7. whose 8. which 9. which 10. which 11. which/ that 12. who/ whom/ that 13. whom
Ex2: Put a tick if the relative pronoun in the following sentences can be deleted, and put a cross if it is not. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Ex3: Combine the following pairs of sentences, using relative clauses. 1. Mr. Smith, who I had come specially to see, said he too busy to speak to me
2. I missed the train which I usually catch.
3. I saw several houses, most of which were quite unsuitable.
4. This is a story of a group of boys whose plane crashed on an uninhabited island.
5. He introduced me to his student, most of whom were from abroad.
6. He expected to pay me $2 for 12 eggs, four of which were broken.
7. She climbed to the top of the Monument to see the wonderful view which she had been told about.
8. I was given this address by a man who I met on a train.
9. The man who answered the phone said Tom was out.
10. The bar from which I was telephoning was so noisy that I couldn’t hear the person at the other end of the line.
11. At 6.00, which was an hour before the plane was due, thick fog descended.
12. I’ve just spoken to Sally, who sends you her love.
13. I waited for him until 4.30, at which point I gave up.