1. Rewrite the sentences using relative pronouns.

1. She looked for a moment at Adam. He was staring out of the window.
2. The plane was about to land in London. He was travelling in it.
3. Mr. Holmes discovered the stolen money. This pleased the bank.
4. Mr. Holmes’s farm is in Essex. The bandits hid the money there.
5. The farmer went away on holiday. The bandits had spoken to him.
6. Mars is apparently red because it is covered with iron oxide. This means that
there must be oxygen in the soil.
7. My friends have gone on holiday. Some of them have finished at the
University.
8. The competitors were ready for the race. Most of them were quite nervous.
9. James Long was arrested. His fingerprints were found in the farmhouse.
10. In that cell you´ll find Bonny Clyde. The police have just arrested her.
11. The country has now 300 power stations. All of them are part of national
network.
12. Few people attended last night’s meeting. This was a pity.
13. He has taken home a girl. Her car is parked outside.
14. He found a lot of postcards in the drawer. Many of them are from Paris.
15.Where are the papers? My doctor told me to take them.
16. Jane Austen mentions Bath in Northanger Abbey. This shows how she
employed her personal knowledge of places.
17. I can’t remember the name of the person. I gave the money to him.
18. Is this the book? You asked me for it.
19. I met Mary. She asked me to give you this.
20. He kept on talking about many things. None of them interested me.

2. Add relatives pronouns where needed.

1. The book ______ I was reading yesterday was a detective story.
2. People ______ live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
3. Buy it back from the man ______ you sold it to.
4. The people ______ are looking at that house are my parents.
5. And the girl _____ you see at the door is my sister.
6. The knife ______ we cut the bread with is very sharp.
7. The ties ____ Cyril wears are awful.
8. The man ______ is sitting at the desk is the secretary.
9. The girl ______ mother I was talking to has left the room.
10. This is the very room ______ I first met my wife in.
11. All the people ______ ever met him have disliked him.
12. The coat _____ I gave Maisie for her birthday is already wearing out.
13. The girl _____ works in the office is my sister.
14. Here comes the girl ____ I am hiding from.
15.What’s the name of the man ____ wife has run away and left him?
16. The author, _____ has been to Paris, has just returned.
17. Flies, ____ come mostly in the summer, carry disease.
18. Swimming, _____ is a good sport, makes people strong.
19. The Pope, _____ many people had never heard before, spoke on the radio
last night.
20.Beethoven, _____ music you have just been listening to, was one of the
world’s finest composers.
3. Find the right explanation for each of the twelve words below. Write a
sentence with a relative pronoun to explain the meaning. Use w ho, which
or
that , or leave out the pronoun .
Example: A butcher is someone who sells meat.
A stamp is something you put on a letter.
Gloves are things that you wear on your hands.
1. socks He/She sells fruit and vegetables.
2. a briefcase You use them to row a boat.
3. a greengrocer It heats water.
4. a present You wear them on your feet.
5. a kettle You try to hit it.
6. soap You carry papers in it.
7. a target It keeps the rain off you.
8. an artist You give it to someone.
9. a seat You can see yourself in it.
10. an umbrella You sit on it.
11. oars You wash with it.
12. a mirror He /She paints pictures.

4. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH A RELATIVE PRONOUN IF NECESSARY.

1. She had sold everything ________ she could sell.
2. He glanced at the girl ________ hand he was holding.
3. Gretchen, _______ I met, was very interesting.
4. It was the saddest story _______ I had ever heard.
5. She had been on television with her husband, ________ was also her
manager.
6. They believe in ghosts, ________ is ridiculous.
7. Is that the train _______ will take us to Denmark?
8. I’d rather see the face of the person ________ I’m talking to.
9. The girl ________ I shared the apartment with was a music student.
10. The bar ________ I phoned from was very noisy.

5. REWRITE THE SENTENCES BY MEANS OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

OMIT
THE PRONOUN WHEN POSSIBLE.
1. John Grisham’s new novel is brilliant. It was published last week.
2. This is the hospital. Agatha Christie worked here.
3. Have you got the book? I lent it to you last week.
4. Nicole Kidman is a famous actress. Her exhusband was Tom Cruise.
5. The headmaster of your school is an old friend of mine. I am writing a letter to
him.
6. The car runs quite well. Bill sold us it.
7. That is the song. I heard it on the radio this morning.
8. The pyramids of Egypt should not be missed. They have written a lot about
them.
9. She expects me to clean the house. It is impossible.*
10. David has to travel a lot for his job. He works for an Italian company.
11. The eighty-nine passengers escaped without serious injury. They were
British.
12. That’s the girl. Her leg was broken in the car accident.
13. Have you seen the CD? It was in my room.
14. I am glad to hear her answers. This surprises them.*
15. The Star Wars films are really action-packed. George Lucas directed them.
16. My grandfather was a vegetarian. He died at the age of ninety.
17. That’s the man. He rescued a boy from drowning in the river.
18. Have you met the students? They have just joined our class.
19. She was not pretty in any conventional way. This was probably why I found
her so attractive.*
20. Amsterdam is a very friendly city. Her sister lives there.
21. Jason lives in East London. His brother is a musician.
22. They were given a sentence. It was quite harsh.
23. What is the name of the teacher? You are in his class.
24. The singer is in town. Everyone is talking about him.
25. In prison they fed us on dry bread. It was mouldy.
26. He blamed me for his mistakes. This was unfair.*
27. Peter Bailey’s book became a best seller. He wrote it five years ago
28. I’ve got a friend. She is a journalist on a national newspaper.