RELATIVE CLAUSES

Relative clauses: For each of the questions choose the one correct answer.
1. Aberdeen, _______ my brother lives, is a town in Scotland.
a. where
b. which
c. who
d. when

2. Sheila, ________ lives next door, is a dinner-lady in our local school.

a. who
b. that
c. ---
d. which

3. That’s the shop _________ window is really original

a. which
b. where
c. whose

4. I met this woman yesterday _________ husband plays golf with my husband!
a. who
b. whom
c. whose

5. Clowns are people___ makes you laugh.

a. whose
b. who
c. what

6. The plane……………………… has just taken off is an hour late.

a. what
b) which
c) who

7 Martin is someone with ..............................I usually agree.

a that
b) who
c) whom
Join each pair of sentences together to make one sentence, using who or that. Write the
second sentence as a relative clause.
1 This is the woman. She gave me my first job.
This is the woman who Qave me my first job.
2 He picked up the book. It was on the desk.
He picked up the book that was on the desk.
3 The meal was delicious. Ben cooked it.
The meal that Ben oooked was deiicious.
4 She's the woman. She telephoned the police.

5 He's the person. He wanted to buy your house.

6 We threw out the computer. It never worked properly.

7 This is the lion. It's been ill recently.

8 The man was badly injured. He was driving the car.

9 The children broke my window. They live in the next street.

10 They sold the cat. It was afraid of mice.

11 This is the chair. My parents gave it to me.

12 I've applied for the job. You told me about it.

13 We're looking for the ball. We were playing with it.

14 The man was holding the gun. We saw him.

15 I'm going to speak to the mechanic. He repaired my car.

16 The TV programme was very sad. I watched it last night.

17 The girl had red hair. I saw her.

18 That's the woman. I was telling you about her.

Join the two sentences making the second sentence a defining relative clause.
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT WORD.
Example: This is the beach where we used to come every summer.

1 Tim’s the man ______________________ met me at the station.

2 The Mona Lisa, _____________________ was painted in 1503, is worth millions of pounds.
3 The town ___________________________ I grew up has changed a lot since I was young.
4 His grandfather, ____________________________ is eighty-seven, still works as a lawyer.
5 It’s a film _____________________________ is about Che Guevara’s trip in South America.
6 That’s the boy __________________________________ brother is a professional footballer.

COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT RELATIVE

1. The man ………………………………………………car I crashed into is taking me into court.
2. We drove past the house …………………………………………………….... we used to live.
3. The girl …………………………………………. Was talking to you is the boss’ daughter.
4. Look! That’s the man …………………………………………………….. son plays for Chelsea.
5. That’s the restaurant ……………………………………………………….. I told you at about.
6. Is this the shop……………………………………………………... you bought your camera?
7. The woman ………………………………….…. Called this morning didn’t leave a message.
8. This is the book …………………………………………..everybody is reading at the moment.