ARTICLES RELATIVE CLAUSES Fill in the blanks with a, an, the or x (if no article is needed) “Can you recommend me ………… good hotel in …………… city centre?” “I think ………… Plaza is ………… best hotel in ………… New York.” Pam’s really into ………… British literature of ………… 19th century My grandma has been in ……… hospital for three years now We’re going to ………… hospital to visit her this evening There’s ………… exhibition at ………… Tate Gallery ………… exhibition is on ………… cubist painting ………… Prime Minister will appoint ……… new Foreign Secretary ……… next week Dan’s studying ………… medicine at ………… Oxford University Let’s go to ……… pub on ……… corner; it’s really nice Pat’s playing ………… piano; switch ……… TV off, please! Some celebrities are always on ……… media 10 Sally presents ………… talk show on …………… Channel 11 Do you like ………… Mozart’s music? 12 Tony always gets up late, so he’s usually in ……… hurry in ……… morning 13 We had ……… fantastic lunch at ……… Mario’s 14 ……… Martins live in ……… big house at ……… end of ………… Neal Street 15 I’m meeting John at ……… Heathrow Airport at ………… midday 16 They’ve been to ……… lot of countries such as ………… Philippines, ………… India or ………… Netherlands 17 Patrick went on ………… tour of France ……… last summer 18 Which is ………… longest river in ………… world ………Nile or ………… Amazon? 19 ………… older I grow, ………… less I understand the world 20 Can you get ……… dozen eggs when you go to ………… supermarket? 21 ………… junk food isn’t good for ……… health 22 I love ………… food my mum makes on ………… Sundays Join the sentences to make defining or nondefining relative clauses Omit the relative if possible I found a bike yesterday The owner of the bike hasn’t appeared yet I found ……………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………… …………… Peter passed me a magazine It was really boring The magazine ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………………… …………… We bought some apples Some of the apples were too ripe Some of ……………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………… …………… They like the pub They go there at weekends They like …………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………… …………… I used to live in that house The house is going to be demolished The house …………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………… …………… Patrick thanked us It was very kind of him Patrick ……………………………………………………… You should visit the garden in spring Lots of flowers grow there in spring You ……………………………………………………… …… ……………………………………………………… …………… She died her hair red It didn’t suit her She died………………………………………………… …… We phoned lots of classmates Most of the classmates came to our party Most of “Can you recommend me A good hotel in THE city centre?” “I think THE Plaza is THE best hotel in X New York.” Pam’s really into THE British literature of THE 19th century My grandma has been in X hospital for three years now We’re going to THE hospital to visit her this evening There’s AN exhibition at THE Tate Gallery THE exhibition is on X cubist painting THE Prime Minister will appoint A new Foreign Secretary X next week Dan’s studying X medicine at X Oxford University Let’s go to THE pub on THE corner; it’s really nice Pat’s playing THE piano; switch THE TV off, please! Some celebrities are always on THE media 10 Sally presents A talk show on X Channel 11 Do you like X Mozart’s music? 12 Tony always gets up late, so he’s usually in A hurry in THE morning 13 We had A fantastic lunch at X Mario’s 14 THE Martins live in A big house at THE end of X Neal Street 15 I’m meeting John at X Heathrow Airport at X midday 16 They’ve been to A lot of countries such as THE Philippines, X India or THE Netherlands 17 Patrick went on A tour of France X last summer 18 Which is THE longest river in THE world THE Nile or THE Amazon? 19 THE older I grow, THE less I understand the world 20 Can you get A dozen eggs when you go to THE supermarket? 21 X junk food isn’t good for X health 22 I love THE food my mum makes on X Sundays SUGGESTED ANSWERS I found a bike yesterday whose owner hasn’t appeared yet The magazine which/that Peter passed me was really boring Some of the apples (which/that) we bought were too ripe They like the pub where they go at weekends The house where I used to live is going to be demolished Patrick thanked us, which was very kind of him You should visit the garden in spring when lots of flowers grow there She died her hair red, which didn’t suit her Most of the classmates (who/whom) we phoned came to our party 10 These are the letters (which/that) I told you to post 11 Who is the girl (who/whom) Peter is dancing with? 12 I’ll always remember the day (when) I met my favourite actor 13 Sally came round with a boy whose name was Jim 14 Are you the candidate who/that has applied for the job?