EXERCISES – RELATIVE CLAUSE I Fill in each gap with a suitable relative pronoun The bus leaves at 5:30 doesn’t stop at Cornwall These students, were late, waited in the playground My dog, was lying on the sofa, had long pointed ears The typhoon may damage the pipes supply our home Vietnam is a country exports a lot of rice Do you know the children live in that house? Easter is a joyful festival is celebrated in many countries Tomorrow we’ll go to the airport to meet David, comes from France The man to my sister is talking is my headmaster 10 Antarctic, about we know very little, is covered with thick ice all the year round 11 I gave her all the money I had 12 Do you hear I said? 13 I won’t tell anyone happened 14 Jack has three brothers, all of are married 15 He tried on jackets, none of fitted him 16 Why you blame me for everything goes wrong? 17 She gives her children everything they want 18 This is the child parents died in the accident last week 19 I like the house front door opens to the sea 20 The hotel we stayed last month was comfortable 21 The house my children are living in is near the center park 22 Tell me you want and I’ll try to help you 23 Jim passed his final exam, made his friend very happy 24 She couldn’t come to the party, is a pity 25 The reason I phoned you today is to invite you to my party 26 1945 was the year the second world-war ended 27 He talked about the people and the places he had visited 28 I don’t agree with you’ve just said 29 Anyone wants to the exam must enter before next Friday II Combine each pair of the following sentences using a suitable relative pronoun John is one of my closest friends I’ve known him for a very long time Sheila is away from home very often Her job involves a lot of travelling The new stadium will be opened next month It can hold 9,000 people We often go to visit our friends in Canada It’s only 300 miles away Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland My brother lives there I was looking for a book this morning I’ve found it now My office is very small It is on the second floor of the building Jane works for a company It makes shoes What’s the nationality of the girl? Her eyes are brown 10 Jack is my friend His parents come from China 11 Ann and her husband are working in Angola The death rate of this country is quite high 12 We want to visit a museum It opens at am 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 A boy’s bike was stolen He came to the police station Tom cooked a meal It was delicious I found a man’s wallet He gave me a reward What’s the name of the woman? You borrowed her car Jane offered to let me stay in her house This was very nice Our car has broken down This means we can’t go away tomorrow The street is very noisy at night I live in the street Da Lat is one of the most beautiful places in Vietnam I spent my summer holiday there last year Ten people applied for the job None of these people were suitable Kate has got cars She hardly ever uses one of them Noria has sisters Both of her sisters are teachers There were a lot of people at the party I had met only a few of these people before The building is the church Its tower can be seen from a far I was sitting in a chair It suddenly collapsed You sent me a present Thank you very much for it I found this book last week The book contains some useful information That is the shop I bought a radio from it The students are from China They sit next to me The book is a telephone directory We can look up telephone number in this book He was born on the day His father was away on that day The restaurant is the most expensive one We are going to have party in this restaurant Do you know the woman? She spoke to me on the phone this morning This doctor gave me some medicine for my sore throat He was my family doctor That chair is hard My father is sitting on it The market has fresh vegetables I usually go to it We went to the Riverside Restaurant I once had lunch with Mary there John Graham’s latest film is his first for more than five years The film is set in the north of Australia 40 The Roman coins are now on display in the National Museum A local farmer came across them in a field III Combine the following sentences, using preposition + “who” or “which” There are a number of safety procedures You should be aware of them There is a photograph of our friends We went on holiday with them The bed has no mattress I slept on this bed There wasn’t any directory in the telephone box I was phoning from this box I saw several houses Most of them were quite unsuitable The people don’t know French He was speaking to these people Professor Johnson is to visit the University next week I have looking for him That’s the house I lived in it when I was young The music sounds really interesting You are listening to it