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    The document provides examples of sentences containing relative clauses and instructions to identify and modify relative pronouns within those sentences. It contains exercises asking the reader to identify, replace, underline or add appropriate relative pronouns. The exercises focus on identifying and modifying relative clauses within example sentences.

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    The document provides examples of sentences containing relative clauses and instructions to identify and modify relative pronouns within those sentences. It contains exercises asking the reader to identify, replace, underline or add appropriate relative pronouns. The exercises focus on identifying and modifying relative clauses within example sentences.

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    The document provides examples of sentences containing relative clauses and instructions to identify and modify relative pronouns within those sentences. It contains exercises asking the reader to identify, replace, underline or add appropriate relative pronouns. The exercises focus on identifying and modifying relative clauses within example sentences.

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    Relative clauses

    Underline any relative pronouns that can be left out in these sentences.
    a) I think that my boss is the person who I admire most.
    b) Harry, who was tired, went to bed very early.
    c) We're taking the train that leaves at 6.00.
    d) Have you seen the book that I left here on the desk?
    e) The film which we liked most was the French one.
    f) My radio, which isn't very old, has suddenly stopped working.
    g) The clothes which you left behind are at the reception desk.
    h) The couple who met me at the station took me out to dinner.
    i) Last week I ran into an old friend who I hadn't seen for ages.
    j) Don't cook the meat that I put in the freezer - it's for the dog.
    2 Replace the relative pronouns in italics with that, where possible.
    a) This is the magazine which I told you about. .This is the magazine that I told you about.
    b) John's flat, which is in the same block as mine, is much larger.
    c) The girl whose bag I offered to carry turned out to be an old friend.
    d) The policeman who arrested her had recognised her car.
    e) I work with someone who knows you.
    f) We don't sell goods which have been damaged.
    g) Brighton, which is on the south coast, is a popular holiday resort.
    h) I don't know anyone whose clothes would fit you.
    i) There's a cafe near here which serves very good meals.
    j) People who park outside get given parking tickets.
    3 Underline the most suitable word in each sentence.
    a) My friend Jack, that/who/ whose parents live in Glasgow, invited me to spend Christmas in
    Scotland.
    b) Here's the computer program that/whom/whose I told you about.
    c) I don't believe the story that/who/whom she told us.
    d) Peter comes from Witney, that/who/which is near Oxford.
    e) This is the gun with that/whom/which the murder was committed.

    f) Have you received the parcel whom/whose/which we sent you?


    g) Is this the person who/which/whose you asked me about?
    h) That's the girl that/who/whose brother sits next to me at school.
    i) The meal, that/which/whose wasn't very tasty, was quite expensive.
    j) We didn't enjoy the play that/who/whose we went to see.
    4 Put a suitable relative pronoun in each space, or leave the space blank where
    possible.
    a) My bike, which.... I had left at the gate, had disappeared.
    b) The shoes I bought were the ones I tried on first.
    c) The bag in the robbers put the money was found later.
    d) The medicine the doctor gave me had no effect at all.
    e) Peter, couldn't see the screen, decided to change his seat.
    f) I really liked that tea you made me this morning.
    g) What was the name of your friend tent we borrowed?
    h) The flight Joe was leaving on was cancelled.
    5 Make one new sentence from each pair of sentences. Begin as shown, and use the
    word given in capitals.
    a) Brenda is a friend. I went on holiday with her. WHO Brenda is the friend who I went on holiday
    with.
    b) This is Mr Smith. His son Bill plays in our team. WHOSE This is Mr Smith
    c) Her book was published last year. It became a best seller. WHICH Her book
    d) This is the bank. We borrowed the money from it. WHICH This is the bank from
    e) I told you about a person. She is at the door. WHO The person
    f) Jack's car had broken down. He had to take a bus. WHOSE Jack,
    6 Put one suitable word in each space, or leave the space blank where possible.
    Murder At The Station by Lorraine Small. Episode 5. Trouble on the 6.15. The story so far: Jane
    Platt, (1) who is travelling to London because of a mysterious letter, is the only person (2)
    witnesses a murder at Victoria Station. The detective to (3) .she gives her statement then
    disappears. Jane goes to an office in Soho to answer the letter (4).. she had received. There
    she discovers that her uncle Gordon, (5) lives in South America, has sent her a small
    box (6.) she is only to open if in trouble. Jane, (7) parents have never
    mentioned an Uncle Gordon, is suspicious of the box, (8). she gives to her friend
    Tony. They go to Scotland Yard and see Inspector Groves, (9) has not heard of the
    Victoria Station murder, (10). was not reported to the police. Jane gives Inspector

    Groves the murdered man's ticket (11).. she found beside his body. Then Jane and Tony
    decide to go to Redhill, (12) ..was the town (13).. the murdered man had come
    from. On the train they meet a man, (14) ..face is somehow familiar to Jane, (15)
    ..says he knows her Uncle Gordon...
    Exercise 2:
    Read the sentence and choose the one option a-d which best fits the space.
    1. I ... that I fell asleep on the bus. a. was such tired b. was tired c. was so tired d. so tired 2.
    2. It was ... it broke down every few weeks.
    a. such an old that b. such an old car so c. so an old car that d. such an old car that
    3. We were ... that we ate the food before it was properly cooked.
    a. such hungry b. so hungry c. such hunger d. so a hungry
    4. 4. He was ... that he hardly had any friends at all.
    a. so shy b. such a shy c. such shy d. shy so
    5. 5. They were ... that they were invited to parties every weekend.
    a. so a popular couple b. so popular couple c. such popular d. such a popular couple
    6. The music was ... that I could hardly hear myself think.
    a. so loudly b. such loudly c. such loud d. so loud

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