Colegio San Benito

English Department
III°AB – Extra Practice – Open Cloze (Relative Pronouns, Connecting Devices, Articles and Quantifiers)

Task 1: Complete the text using relative pronouns (whose - where - when - who - which – that)

Dear Sheila,

In your last letter, you asked me to tell you about all the things I did during my summer vacation.

We went to Vancouver (1) __________ I have some old friends (2) __________I haven't seen for about three
years. My friend Tim, (3) __________ mother I wrote about in my last letter to you, came with me and we had a
great time. We flew into Vancouver on Monday 24th, (4) __________ was also my birthday.

The first thing we did was to visit the wonderful aquarium in the city centre (5) __________ there are three killer
whales and a whole crowd of seals, penguins and dolphins. We arrived in the late afternoon (6) __________ all
the animals are fed so it was wonderful to see the dolphins leaping out of the water to get the fish (7)
__________ they love to eat so much.

The following day, (8) __________ was cloudy and rainy unfortunately, we went to a museum (9) __________
they have some dinosaur skeletons (10) __________ local people have found in the area. The horrible weather
never improved all day so we visited a superb seafood restaurant later in the afternoon and had an early dinner.
The waiters, (11) __________ were all dressed in traditional fishermen's clothes, were very friendly and told us
about the history of the restaurant (12) __________ name was The Jolly Whaler. The restaurant, (13)
__________ has been open since 1888, was once visited by the American President J.F. Kennedy and his wife
Jackie.

The skies were blue on Thursday and we spent some time out on the sea in a large boat (14) __________
we hired. I caught a big fish (15) __________ the captain said was the biggest he'd seen this year. I felt very
proud! We left on Thursday evening after a mini-vacation (16) __________ helped me to relax a lot and now I
have returned to work.

The next time (17) __________ you write to me, you must tell me about YOUR last vacation.

Bye for now,

Ben
Task 2: Complete the sentences using the following connecting devices. Don’t repeat any.

IN VIEW OF – UNLESS – IN ORDER TO – OWING TO – INSTEAD OF – DESPITE THE FACT THAT –

WHEREAS – AS LONG AS – IN ADDITION – SO AS (NOT) TO

1) You may leave this classroom ____________________ you finish your worksheet.
2) Nobody paid attention to the sign ____________________ its location: it was hidden behind some trees.
3) ____________________ to all her luggage, Mary was also bringing a surfboard with her.
4) I tried to enter the house very quietly ____________________ wake anybody up. It was quite late when
I arrived.
5) There is nothing that we can do about your grades ____________________ the little effort you have
made during this semester.
6) ____________________ vote this weekend you must bring your ID card with you.
7) I decided to drive to the party ____________________ taking an Uber. It is much safer.
8) My brother is keen on mathematics ____________________ I love languages and theatre. We are very
different.
9) We won’t get there on time ____________________ we wake up early. It’s a 250 kilometer-trip!
10) We weren’t able to buy that house ____________________ we saved for years. Property prices went up
so much these last years.

Task 3: Complete the text with articles, quantifiers and determiners from the list. You may repeat them more
than once.

EVERY - SOME – FEW - THE - A – BOTH - ALL – MOST - TOO

It was ______ cold August afternoon. I had been studying ______ day so I was exhausted when I arrived to my
dorm. My roommate was not there, but there were ______ paper dishes on the floor so he probably had ______
class and had lunch before that. I opened ______ mini fridge, it was empty. I got so mad because I had bought
______ food for me the day before and my roommate ate it all! He is the ______ careless person I have ever
met! We ______ have been living together in the same room for 5 months now and ______ time I buy food he
ends up eating it without my permission. I was ______ tired and ______ hungry to even think about going to
______ store, so I took a ______ carrots and cut them in little pieces for me to munch before taking a nap and
thinking about revenge.