Exercise 1: Fill in these sentences with WHO, WHICH, WHERE, WHOM, THAT or WHOSE. At the same time, decide whether the relative pronoun can be omitted. 1. This actor, _____________ films are very bad, is really rich. 2. People ________ the company employs are expected to sign a contract. 3. The house _____________ you saw belongs to my brother. 4. The only thing _____________ matters is to tell the truth. 5. Thats the house _____________ I was born. 6. The girl _____________ phoned to my sister is her best friend. 7. Ann, _____________ children are now grown up, is looking for a job. 8. The man, _____________ is sitting on the chair, is a teacher. 9. The dog, _____________ is eating, belongs to Mike. 10. The books, __________ Id ordered over the internet, took nearly three weeks to arrive. 11. The books __________ Id ordered from a bookshop arrived the following week. 12. My parents, __________ were born in the north of England, moved to London to find work.
RELATIVE PRONOUNS AND RELATIVE CLAUSE Exercise 1: Fill in these sentences with WHO, WHICH, WHERE, WHOM, THAT or WHOSE At the same time, decide whether the relative pronoun can be omitted This actor, _ films are very bad, is really rich People the company employs are expected to sign a contract The house _ you saw belongs to my brother The only thing _ matters is to tell the truth That's the house _ I was born The girl _ phoned to my sister is her best friend Ann, _ children are now grown up, is looking for a job The man, _ is sitting on the chair, is a teacher The dog, _ is eating, belongs to Mike 10 The books, I'd ordered over the internet, took nearly three weeks to arrive 11 The books I'd ordered from a bookshop arrived the following week 12 My parents, were born in the north of England, moved to London to find work 13 The man lives upstairs is always playing music when I'm trying to get to sleep 14 The building I live in was built in the 1920s 15 The building I live was built in the 1920s 16 The employee to you refer is no longer working for this company 17 Do you remember the name of the man car you crashed into? 18 The hotel we stayed was very good for the price Decide whether the relative pronoun is a subject pronoun or an object pronoun 19 Do you know the girl _ I danced with? 20 Do you know the girl _ danced with me? 21 The apples _ are lying on the table are bad 22 The apples _ we bought in the shop are bad 23 We will stay at a hotel _ is not far from the beach 24 We will stay at a hotel _ my friend has recommended to us 25 That is a museum _ I like very much 26 That is a museum _ lies in the heart of the town 27 This is the man _ Barbara visited in Scotland 28 This is the man _ lives in Scotland 29 This is the picture _ Jane painted 30 Do you know the man _ is speaking on the phone? 31 We ate the sweets _ my mother had bought 32 Is this the boy _ plays the piano? 33 This is the house _ was broken into 34 That man is the writer _ wrote a best- selling novel 35 Here is the CD _ you thought you had lost 36 A proffesor is someone teaches in a university 37 The only present _ I didn’t like was the gold belt 38 A meteorologist is someone _ knows about the weather 39 This is the book I wrote to you about 40 Anybody _ wants to join the drama society must sign up now 41 This is the shop is so expensive 42 Ciro´s was the best club _ I have ever been to 43 The tower _ blew down in the storm was over years old 44 The match _ we saw was so boring 45 Did I tell you about the people _ live next door? 46 The horse _ won the race belongs to an Irish woman 47 I love the ice cream they sell in that shop 48 The book I`m reading is about jazz 49 We´ ll go to a restaurant _ has a children´s menu 50 The books, I'd ordered over the internet, took nearly three weeks to arrive 51 The books I'd ordered from a bookshop arrived the following week 52 My parents, were born in the north of England, moved to London to find work 53 The man lives upstairs is always playing music when I'm trying to get to sleep 54 The building _I live in was built in the 9s 55 The building I live was built in the 9s 56 The car's making a funny noise again, _ means we'll have to get someone to look at it 57 The employee to _ you refer is no longer working for this company 58 Do you remember the name of the man car you crashed into? 59 Have you any idea _they were arguing about? 60 The hotel we stayed was very good for the price 61 The woman _is sitting at the desk is Mr Winter's secretary 62 I cannot remember the reason _ he wanted us to leave 63 Jane, mother is a physician, is very good at biology 64 She didn’t see the snake was lying on the ground 65 Do you know the shop Andrew picked me up? 66 Peter is sick / I met Peter yesterday Peter, _ I met yesterday, is sick 67 These pupils are disruptive / These pupils come into the classroom These pupils, _ come into the classroom, are disruptive 68 My car is broken / I crashed my car in a roundabout My car, _ I crashed in a roundabout, is broken 69 That is my bus / I usually take that bus That is the bus _ I usually take 70 Here is a game / I don't understand the game Here is a game the rules _ I don't understand 71 John is fat / The appetite of John is spectacular John, _ appetite is spectacular, is fat 72 My book has been stained / I put my book into the trash bag My book, _I put into the trash bag,has been stained 73 My father is coming back / My father is in a bad mood My father , _ is coming back, is in a bad mood 74 Maggy is crying / I comfort Maggy I comfort Maggy _ is crying 75 This child, school record book is awful, seems to be sad 76 The woman _ is reading a book is a friend of mine 77 John, _ father is a doctor, wants to be a doctor too 78 the book _ is on the table is not for sale 79 My sister, _ husband is inside the car, can't drive 80 He's the boy _ delivers the newspaper on Sundays 81 My friend Paul lives in London, always takes the bus to go to work 82 The Indian restaurant is in Green street is very expensive 83 Yes, this restaurant is expensive, but the Chef, is a native Indian, is a marvelous cook 84 Who is this man _ wife is looking so sad ? 85 Do you see the dog, _ is over there? 86 Is this the umbrella _ you lost ? 87 The man is sitting by the door takes a break 88 He reminds me of someone _ I used to know 89 The children played in the snow had fallen during the night 90 He is the doctor _ I will see this afternoon 91 John is the boy _ father is a painter 92 She is the girl _ I saw at the party last night 93 The student _ lent you his book, speaks Italian 94 The boy to _ you spoke is my cousin 95 Marco Polo was a young traveler father was a rich man 96 This is the painting _Mr.Cool showed us last week 97 The gloves _ I lost at school yesterday were not my best ones 98 The doctor _she visited is famous 99 The flowers _ my boyfriend gave me have died 100 She doesn't know the person _ they mentioned 101 A chef is a person _cooks food in a restaurant 102 He had to deliver a message to a person _ name was Mrs Smith 103 Luckily he had never met the boy _ had just died 104 He is famous now for a theory _ has changed our ideas of time space and universe 105 Men _ lead are never good followers 106 The women _ I saw in the house, were quiet 107 The book _ I had given to him was well-written 108 The town _ I saw in Italy were beautiful 109 The towns _ I saw in Greece were beautiful 110 The sailors _ were on the ship worked hard 111 The soldier _ son I knew was brave 112 The woman _ house was large lived close by 113 The women _ I saw in town were quite angry 10 I bought bananas this morning I have lost them 11 Could you iron those trousers? They're hanging up behind the door 12 He worked with some people They thought he was stupid 13 When I looked through the window I saw a girl Her beauty took my breath away 14 These are the books I use them in the class 15 That's the name I couldn't remember it yesterday 16 The film is about two people Their plane crashed in the jungle 17 The film is about a king His ambition was to rule the world 18 They are the people I was talking about them 19 That is the tunnel I went through it 20 He's the criminal The police are looking for him 21 My flat is in an old part of the city It was built in the 1920s 22 There are lots of bars and restaurants in the neighborhood I live in the neighborhood 23 My neighbor comes from Ecuador He works on the fruit farms around the city 24 The neighbor makes a lot of noise walking around His flat is above mine 25 The traffic is also very noisy It passes my flat 26 The local market sells excellent local produce It is a two-minute walk from my flat 114 The women _ voices were pleasant sang at the concert 115 Animals _ run wild in the streets are never fun 116 The animals _ I saw in the streets were wild 117 The woman _ I praised was happy 118 The animal _ I saw was tame 119 The man _ I saw was tall 120 Where's that book _ was here a moment ago? 121 Tom, _ sister is a teacher, is in my class 122 The White House, the US president lives, is in Washington 123 My brother, _ works in Warsaw, earns a lot of money 124 Venice, is in Italy, _ is a very old city 125 The Ritz Hotel, _ we stayed last year, is very expensive 126 John Lennon, was born in 1940, was a member of The Beatles 127 My car, _ I bought last month, broke down again 128 Molly, _ father is from Paris, speaks French very well Exercise II Combine the sentences using relative pronouns The pub is opposite the Town Hall I first met my wife there He was sitting on a chair It was uncomfortable He smokes cigarettes They are very strong Let me see the pictures You took them at Peter's wedding Some people only think about money I don't like them Do you know that lady? I repaired her car That girl is Swedish Tom is in love with her John has bought a house There are ghosts in that house Some people drive drunk I never travel with them A man stole £10,000 from a bank The police have caught him 27 John is speaking to his boss His boss is a famous writer 28 I like the town You live there 29 I like the painting It is in this room 30 The man was sick He looked very pale 31 He was sitting in the emergency room It was very crowded 32 A nurse was nearby He called to her 33 The nurse called a doctor He came quickly 34 She gave the man an injection It made him go to sleep 35 The Olympic snowboarding event was exciting Many people watched it on TV 36 It was the first time snowboarding had been included in the Olympics Snowboarding is a new sport 37 Brenda is a friend I went on holiday with her 38 This is Mr Smith His son Bill plays in our team 39 Her book was published last year It became a best seller 40 This is the bank We borrowed the money from it 41 I told you about a person She is at the door 42 I lent you a book The book was written by one my friends 43 Do you know a restaurant? We can have a good meal there 44 I don’t remember the day I left school on that day 45 This is the man I met him in Paris 46 I wanted the painting You bought it 47 This is the chair My parents gave it to me 48 She’s the woman She telephoned the police He’s the person He wanted to buy your house 49 We threw out the computer It never worked well 50 Are you the man ? The man won the first prize 51 The man was badly injured He was driving the car 52 The children broke the window They live in the next street 53 That’s the woman I was telling you about her 54 Romeo and Juliet were lovers Their parents hated each other 55 This is the story of a man His wife suddenly loses her memory 56 A man brought in a small girl Her hand had been cut by flying glass 57 There’s the lady Her dog was killed 58 He’s the person His car was stolen 59 They’re the people Their shop burned down last week 60 This is Mrs Jones Her son won the championship last year 61 The winner, Ross Rebagliati, lives in Whistler, BC Many young snowboarders admire him 62 John is speaking to his boss His boss is a famous writer 63 I like the town You live there 64 I like the painting It is in this room 65 The girl chatted with him yesterday She arrived here at 5.00 66 The man is talking to my father He spent minutes measuring our kitchen 67 The architect designed these flats He has moved to HCM City 68 The young man lives in the corner He rides an expensive motorbike 69 I’m reading the book I bought it in 70 I will introduce the man to you He is sharing the flat with me 71 The young man is talking to our teacher He is Ba’s brother 72 We visited the monument It was built a hundred years ago 73 The boys are interested in football It is a popular game all over the world 74 The boy gave his parents big hugs before he left He went abroad to study 75 My friends had so much fun at the festival They wanted to go there again 76 Children like to eat ice-cream It can cause toothache 77 We bought a car last week The car is blue The car 78 The girl is a singer We met her at the party The girl 79 The bananas are on the table George bought them The bananas 80 We watched a film last night It was really scary The film 81 I have to learn new words They are very difficult The new words 82 The pen is on the desk It is blue The pen 83 This is the new president We all voted for him This is 84 I met a Finnish tourist He lives in Helsinki The Finnish 85 I know the man He is going to marry my friend I know 86 John bought a new DVD player It was made in Korea The new 87 The palace stands outside the town It was built years ago The palace 88 I have one black cat His name is Blacky I have 89 John didn't study for the exam That was a very stupid thing to 90 We flew to New York in the Concorde It is the fastest passenger plane in the world 91 Smallpox has disappeared It once killed thousand of people every year 92 I passed him a large glass of whisky He drank it immediately 93 The small man was Lisa's husband Nobody recognised him 94 This is Mr Jones He writes poetry 95 This is Felicity You met her sister last week 96 He swam across the English Channel It is hard to believe that 97 Her wife died last year Her name was Angela 98 Borges was a wonderful writer He never won the Nobel Prize 99 A man from our village was on TV last night I teach his children 100 Charlie Chaplin died in 1977 His films amused millions 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 late 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 My parents send their best wishes You met them last month The parcel contained a bomb They had opened it carefully The match will be shown on TV tonight They filmed it this afternoon His sisters are identical twins I saw them last The lady is a famous writer You met her at the party last night The child enjoyed the chocolates Her mother bought them from France Dr Oley is our family’s dentist He is a popular dentist in the city They drank a lot of Coke It is diet Coke The river is the Sai Gon River It flows through Ho Chi Minh City The girls are performing the play They rehearsed it yesterday Their parents are anxious about their children The children come back The lecturer is my uncle He gave an interesting talk on TV last night The student kept talking about the project It was done last week Mr Phong hasn’t come yet He is supposed to be at the meeting Lan went back home She forgot to turn off the faucet A woman answered the phone She told me you was busy The bus is always crowded I take it to school every morning They are singing a song I don’t know the song A man spoke to me He was very helpful A midwife is a woman She assists other women in childbirth 121 They are the children Their team won the match 122 The house is for sale It has the green shutters 123 My farther bought a motor bike The motorbike costs thousand dollars 124 They are the postcards I sent them from Australia 125 The house has been built in the forest It doesn’t have electricity 126 I’m reading the book I bought it in London in 127 Trang couldn’t come to the party This was pefectly true 128 Do you know the girl ? Tom is talking to the girl 129 Tuan speaks English very well He comes from Vietnam 130 The man invited me to his party He was really polite 131 A lion is an animal This animal lives in Africa 132 I have a class It begins at a.m 133 A globe is a ball This ball has a map of the world on it 134 The soup was too salty I had it for lunch 135 .We are visiting Ha Long Ha Long is in the north of Vietnam 136 My father is an doctor He has gone to abroad 137 Ms Kim Anh will be our History teacher next semester You talked with her yesterday 138 The watch belongs to Lam It is in the bathroom 139 Do you know the new student ? I can’t remember his name 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 John is one of my closest friends I have known him for a very long time 162 A pacifist is a person He believes that all wars are wrong 163 What is the name of the man ? You borrowed his car 164 This watch costs a lot of money I have lost the watch 165 We were given a lot of information Most of the information was useless 166 Julia has two sisters Both of her sisters are teacher 167 I have sent her two letters She has received neither of these letters 168 Mary has three brothers All of her brothers are married 169 They asked me a lot of questions I couldn’t answer most of them 170 Jill isn’t on the phone This makes it difficult to contact her 171 Mr Carter is very interested in our plan I spoke to him on the phone last night 172 My computer is expensive I bought it in HCM city 173 The man is my father I respect this man most 174 The man is my father I respect his opinion most 175 We spent our holiday in Thailand last year Thailand is in the South East Asia 176 The shirts are too big My sister bought them for me 177 Ho Chi Minh City is in the north of Vietnam HCM city is the most populous city in the country 178 My dictionary is not very good Its cover is blue Mary is a bit deaf She didn’t hear the phone We’ll meet Peter tomorrow He has brother and one sister We are talking to Vietnam Vietnam has a population of million people I should phone the man I borrowed his car yesterday She can’t speak English It is a disadvantage I’m staying with Henry His father works in a bank Do you remember Mrs Lan ? She taught us history The museum was built in Our class visited it last weekend The man works in the hospital I told you about him Do you like the person ? The person sits next to you The house costs a lot of money My father bought it last year We are visiting the children Their parents died in the storm My sister is rather childish She was trained to be a sewer Colin told me about his new job He enjoys it very much We know a lot of people They live in London We know her grandparents They live in London We met some people Their car had broken down We stayed at the Cau Vong hotel Nam recommended it to us Jane works for a company It makes shoes She told me her address I wrote down it on a piece of paper There are some words They are very difficult to translate 179 Linh Giang is my neighbor We met her yesterday 180 Tuan has just won the second prize in the English contest Tuan’s uncle is a pilot 181 He failed the exam This made his parents disappointed 182 Manchester is the largest city in USA My brother lives there 183 I’ve recently gone back to the town I was born in the town 184 Do you know the name of the hotel ? John is staying at the hotel 185 We enjoy the city We spent our vacation there 186 We enjoy this city It has been renewed a lot after the war 187 15th June is the day I was born on that day 188 This is the house The house has a big garden 189 This is the house I was born in the house 190 May Day is the day People hold a meeting on that day 191 Ha Noi is the place I’d like to come to Ha Noi 192 Summer is the time The weather is very hot then 193 I don’t like Summer It’s often hot then 194 The bed was comfortable I slept in it last night 195 I never forget the park We met each other for the first time at this park 196 I not know the reason She left school for it 197 We have not decided the day I’ll go to London on that day 198 Our school has a good laboratory The students practice chemistry in the laboratory 199 Our school has a good laboratory Mr John designed it in 200 : is the time My plane will arrive then Combine sentence using : preposition + whom/which The movie was interesting We went to it I couldn’t understand the woman I talked to her on the phone I want to tell you about the party I went to it last night The music was gentle We listened to it last night Alice likes the foreign family She is living with them The market has refresh vegetables I usually go to it The man is over there I told you about him The film is fantastic They are talking about it She’s the nurse We gave the flowers to her 10 We are speaking to the man The man was our new history teacher 11 The teacher is Mr Pike We studied with him last year 12 We are very interested in the problem It has been discussed in class 13 Lung cancer is very dangerous Million of people died of it 14 I like standing at the window I can see the park from the window 15 The woman lives next door to me You gave place to her on the bus 16 The examination lasted days I was successful in this exams 17 This is the result of our work I’m pleased with it 18 Mr Brown is the man I’m responsible to him for my work 19 This snake is dangerous I’m afraid of it 20 There are a number of factors We have no control over them 21 The picture was beautiful She was looking at it 22 That’s the woman John used to be married to her 23 My sister has daughters I often have to look after them 24 This is the book I’m looking for it 25 The boy fell in love with the girl She left him after a few week Relatives: defining, non-defining, and connective Read the following passage and then the exercise on it In answers to questions, use a relative clause Mr Black usually catches the 8.30 train This is the fast train Today he missed it This annoyed him very much He caught the 8.40 train This is a slow train and doesn’t reach London till 9.40 Mr White usually travels up with Mr Black Today he caught 8.10 as usual Mr White normally borrows Mr Black’s paper to read on the train As Mr Black was not there today he borrowed a paper from another passenger, Mr Brown • What is the 8.10? • What is the 8.40? • Who is Mr Brown? (Connect him with Mr White.) • Who is Mr White? Combine the following pairs of sentences into one sentence (one for each pair) using relative pronouns: • Mr Black usually catches the 8.10 train This is a fast train • Today he missed the 8.10 train This annoyed him very much • He caught the 8.40 This doesn’t get in till 9.40 Mr Penn has two umbrellas, a brown one and a black one Today he took the black one left it in the bus on his way to work When he was putting on his coat after his day’s work, he saw the dark blue umbrella hanging on the next hook and took it, thinking it was his • What was the brown umbrella? • What was the black umbrella? • What was the blue umbrella? • Who was Mr Count? (Relate all your answers to Mr Penn) Jack and Tom both wanted to go to Malta for their holidays Tom liked flying so he went to the Blue Skies Agency They looked him a seat on the tourist flight Jack hated flying He went to the Blue Seas Agency They looked him a berth on the MS Banana Jack enjoyed his voyage on the MS Banana, especially as he met a very pretty girl on board She called Julia Actually it belonged to Mr Count • What is Malta? (from the point of view of Jack and Tom) • What is the Blue Skies Agency? • What is the Blue Seas Agency? • What is the MS Banana? • Who is Julia? (Relate all your answers to Jack or Tom or both) • Combine the second and third sentences in the passage into one sentence (Tom… flight) • Combine the next three sentences into one sentence George and Paul were working on Mr Jones’ roof When they stopped work at 6.00 the left their ladder leaning against the house At 7.00 Bill, a burglar, passed and saw the ladder The house was now empty Mr and Mrs Jones were out playing cards with Mr and Mrs Smith Bill climb up the ladder, got in through a first-floor window and went straight to the main bedroom, where he opened a locked drawer with the help of a screwdriver and pocketed Mrs Jones’s jewelry Just then Tom returned Tom was a student He lodged with Mr and Mrs Jones Bill heard him coming He climbed quickly out of the window, leaving his screwdriver on the floor • Who was Bill? • Who were George and Paul? • Who was Tom? • Who was Mrs Jones? (Mention jewellery.) • Who were Mr and Mrs Jones? • Who were Mr and Mrs Smith? • What ladder are we taking about? • What window are we taking about? • What was the screwdriver found on the floor? (Connect it with Bill.) • Combine into one sentence: George and Paul were working on the roof They left the ladder leaning against the house • Combine: Mr and Mrs Jones were out playing cards They knew nothing of the burglary till they arrived home at 11.30 • Combine: Bill’s fingerprints were on the screwdriver He was later caught by the police Ann is an au pair girl She works for Mr and Mrs Green, in Tunbridge Well One day Mrs Green unexpectedly gave her the day off (She thought that Ann was looking rather tired.) So Ann rang up her boyfriend, Tom, and said ‘I’m coming up to London by the 12.10 from Tunbridge Wells It gets into Charing Cross at 13.10 Could meet me for lunch?’ ‘Yes, of course,’ said Tom, ‘I’ll meet you at the station under the clock We’ll have lunch at the Intrepid Fox.’ Tom usually goes to the Intrepid Fox for lunch On the 12.10 Ann met a boyfriend called Peter Peter was attracted by Ann and asked her to have lunch with him Ann explained that she was having lunch with Tom ‘Well, I’ll wait till the he turns up,’ said Peter So Peter and Ann waited under a clock, with another passenger, Mary, who had come up to meet a boyfriend called Paul Meanwhile Tom was waiting under the clock When Ann didn’t turn up he thought she’d she missed the train, and asked a porter about the next train from Tunbridge Wells ‘The next train leaves Tunbridge Wells at 12.30,’ he said, ‘and gets in at 13.40 The next one gets in at 14.30.’ Tom met the 12.30 but Ann wasn’t on it He couldn’t meet next train because he had to be back at work by 14.00 So he walked slowly towards the exit was almost directly under the other clock so he met Ann after all • Who are the Greens? • What was the 12.10 from Tunbridge Wells? 10 • What was the 12.30? (Connect it with Tom.) • Who was Peter? (Connect him with Ann.) • Who was Paul? • What is the Intrepid Fox? (Connect it with Tom.) • Combine: Tom had only an hour for lunch He couldn’t wait any longer • Combine: Mrs Green thought Ann looked tired She gave her the day off • Combine: Peter hated eating by himself He hoped to have lunch with Ann • Combine: Mary’s boyfriend didn’t turn up She ended by having lunch with Peter • Combine: Tom and Ann wasted half an hour at the station This meant that they hadn’t time for a proper lunch • Combine: Tom and Ann very nearly missed one another This shows that you should never arrange to meet under a clock Relatives: defining, non-defining and connective Combine the following pairs or groups of sentences by means of relative pronouns, making any changes necessary You sent me a present Thank you very much for it (Thank you very much for…) She was dancing with a student He had a slight limp (two ways) I am looking after some children They are terribly spoilt (two ways) The bed has no mattresses I sleep on this bed (The bed I …) Romeo and Juliet were lovers Their parents hated each other There wasn’t any directory in the telephone box I was phoning from this box This is Mrs Jones Her son won the championship last year I was sitting in a chair It suddenly collapsed (The chair…) Mr Smith said he was too busy to speak to me I had come especially to see him 10 The man was sitting at the desk I had come to see this man 11 I missed the train I usually catch this train And I had to travel on the next This was a slow train (Make into one sentence.) 12 His girl friend turned out to be an enemy spy He trusted her absolutely 13 The car had bad brakes We were in this car And the man didn’t know the way This man was driving (Make into one sentence.) 14 This is the story of a man His wife suddenly loses her memory 15 We’ll have to get across the frontier This will be difficult 16 A man brought in a small girl Her hand had been cut by flying glass 17 The car crashed into a queue of people Four of them were killed 18 The roads were crowded with refugees Many of them were wounded 19 I was waiting for a man He didn’t turn up (The man…) 20 Tom came to the party in parched jeans This surprised the other guests Most of the other guests were wearing evening dress 21 The firm is sending me to York I work for this firm (The firm…) 22 The Smiths were given rooms in the hotel Their house had been destroyed in an explosion 23 I saw several houses Most of them were quite unsuitable 24 He wanted to come at 2.a.m This didn’t suit me at all 25 This is a story of a group of boys Their plane crashed on an uninhabited island 26 They tie up parcels with string This is so weak that the parcel usual comes to pieces before you get it home (The string…) 27 He introduced me to his students Most of them were from abroad 28 He expected me to pay 2$ for 12 eggs Four of the eggs were broken 29 He spoke in French But the people didn’t know French He was speaking to these people (Combine these last two sentences only.) 30 The boy was a philosophy student and wanted to sit up a half the night discussing philosophy Peter shared a flat with this boy (Combine these last two sentences only one.) 31 They gave me four very bad tyres One of them burst before I had driven four miles 32 She climbed to the top of the mountain to see the wonderful view She had been told about this view 33 I was given this address by a man I met this man on a train 34 The bar was so noisy that I couldn’t hear the person at the other end of line I was telephoning from this bar 35 A man answered the phone He said Tom was out 36 The horse kept stopping to eat grass I was on the horse This (his continual stopping) annoyed the riding instructor Relatives: non-defining and connective Combine the following pairs or groups of sentences, using relative pronouns Tom had been driving all day He was tired and wanted to stop Ann had been sleeping in the back of the car She felt quite fresh and wanted to go on Paul wanted to take the mountain road His tyres were nearly new Jack’s tyres were very old He wanted to stick the starred road 11 Mary didn’t know anything about mountains She thought it would be quite safe to climb alone He gave orders to the manager The manager passed them on to the foreman She said that the men were thieves This turned out to be true The matter was reported to the Chief of Police He ordered us all to be arrested In prison they fed us on dry bread Most of it was mouldy 10 We slept in the same room as a handcuffed prisoner His handcuffs rattled every time he moved 11 We lit the fir It soon dried out our clothes 12 They rowed across the Atlantic This had never been done before 13 The lorry crashed into a bus-load of schoolchildren Six of them were slightly injured 14 She refused to use machines This makes her work more arduous 15 I met Mary She asked me to give you this 16 The women prayed aloud all night This kept us awake 17 The river bed is uneven and you may be in shallow water one moment and in deep water the next This makes it unsafe for nonswimmers 18 Mary said that there should be a notice up warning people Mary’s children couldn’t swim 19 Ann said that there were far too many notices Ann’s children could swim very well 20 He paid me 5$ for cleaning ten windows Most of them hadn’t been cleaned for at least a year 21 Jack, the goalkeeper, and Tom, one of the backs, were injured in allowed to play in today’s match This is a good thing because the team hasn’t got another goalkeeper (Combine the last three sentences only.) 22 But Tom’s leg is still in bandages He will have to watch the match from the stand 23 Mr White didn’t get a seat on his train this morning This put him in a bad temper, and caused him to be very rude to his junior partner The junior partner in turn was rude to the thief clerk; and so on all the way down to the office boy 24 On Monday Tom’s boss suddenly asked for a report on the previous week’s figures Tom had a hangover He felt too sick to work fast (Combine the last two sentences only.) 25 His boss didn’t drink He saw what was the matter and wasn’t sympathetic 26 In the afternoon he rang Tom and asked why the report still hadn’t arrived The report should have been on his desk by o’clock 27 Tom’s headache was now much worse He just put as well, as if he’d said anything he would have been very rude 28 Fortunately Ann, the typist, came to Tom’s assistance Ann rather liked Tom 29 Even so the report took three hours It should have taken an hour and a half 30 I went to Munich I had always wanted to visit Munich 31 ‘Hello, Paul,’ said Mrs Jones to the headwaiter The headwaiter’s name was Tom He said ‘good evening, sir,’ without any sign of recognition This disappointed Mrs Jones Mrs Jones liked to be recognized by headwaiters (Omit the first sentence.) And this time he was with Lucy He was particularly anxious to impress Lucy 12 13