Grammar for high school students 2022

REVISION ON RELATIVE CLAUSES (2)

Exercise 1. Choose the best answer.
1. Post office is a place ...... you can buy stamps, mail letters and packages, and receive mail.
A. that B. which C. where D. in which
2. Do you know the date ...... we have to hand in the essay?
A. which B. in which C. on that D. when
3. My uncle ...... you met yesterday is a lawyer.
A. which B. who C. whose D. to whom
4. The council is in discussion with Lord Thomas, ...... land most of the village is built on.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that
5. These adults, ...... come to my night class, are very eager to learn.
A. whose B. who C. that D. when
6. Regina, ...... you have never met before, is a genius in painting.
A. that B. whose C. whom D. whoever
7. The paintings Mr Flowers has in his house are worth around $ 100,000.
A. which B. whose C. what D. whom
8. Oxford, ...... attracts many tourists, is often crowded in the summer.
A. that B. which C. whose D. where
9. It's the best film ...... has ever been made about madness.
A. which B. whom C. whose D. that
10. She cycled from London to Glasgow, .... is pretty good for a woman of 75.
A. that B. what C. which D. where
11. Most folk songs are ballads ...... have simple words and tell simple stories.
A. what B. when C. where D. that
12. ...... wins will go on to play Barcelona in the final.
A. Who B. Whoever C. Which D. Whichever
13. I think the reason ...... we get on so well is that we both enjoy talking.
A. why B. which C. that D. what
14. Children ... diets contain high levels of protein do better in examination.
A. who B. who C. whose D. Ø
15. I'm sure that Keith will do well at university, ...... one he goes to.
A. which B. whichever C. where D. wherever
Exercise 2. Join the sentence halves using which or whom after an appropriate preposition.
the furniture is to be delivered. you should be aware.
I had great respect. I look up.
most world trade was conducted. the printer was supplied.
she was divorced in 1995. it was named.
we went on holiday. it was primarily written.
1. My English teacher, Mrs. Brookes, was someone ...............
2. Until 1914 the pound sterling was the currency .............
3. They have changed the date .........
4. Pasteurisation was discovered by the French chemist Louis Pasteur, ........
5. There are a number of safety procedures .....................

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6. Details are in the instruction manual .........................

7. Ms. Peters was left the money by her former husband ...........
8. She is one of the few people ...............................
9. This is a photograph of our friends ...........................
10. The book is enjoyed by adults as well as children .............
Exercise 3. Combine the following pairs or groups of sentences by means of relative pronouns,
making any changes necessary.
1. Her many friends gave her encouragement. I like to be considered among them.
Her many friends .......................................
2. Her father died last year. She looked after him for over twenty years.
Her father .............................................
3. The bed has no mattress. I sleep on this bed.
The bed ...............................................
4. There wasn't any directory in the telephone box. I was phoning from this box.
There wasn't ...........................................
5. I was sitting on a chair. It suddenly collapsed.
The chair ..............................................
6. Mr Smith said he was too busy to speak to me. I had come specially to see him.
Mr Smith ...............................................
7. I saw several houses. Most of them were quite unsuitable.
I ......................................................
8. Graham took us to his office. It was filled with books.
The office ...............................................
9. Mr Marks is unhappy about the plans for the new dam. The stream flows across his farm.
Mr Marks ...............................................
10. They picked up five boat-loads of refugees. Some of them had been at sea for several months.
They ...................................................
11. Tom came to the party in patched jeans. This surprised the other guests. Most of the other guests were
wearing evening dress.
Tom ....................................................
12. The people didn't know French. He was speaking to these people.
The people ...............................................
13. Mr Jones was very generous about overtime payments. I was working for him.
Mr Jones ................................................
14. The Roman coins are now on display in the National Museum. A local farmer came across them in a
field.
The Roman coins ..........................................
15. Professor Johnson is to visit the University next week. I have long looked up to him
Professor Johnson .........................................
Exercise 4. Suggest corrections or improvements to these sentences or write () if they are already
correct.
1. The playground wasn't used by the children for who it was built.
2. The house into which the thieves broke is owned by Peter Brown.

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3. The building from that Mr Marcus emerged was little more than a ruin.
4. The party, to which I've been looking forward all week, is at Mary's house.
5. The water that she fell into was freezing cold.
6. The college is home to 30 students from Nepal, almost all of who are studying economics.
7. I have heard her on the violin and clarinet, both which she plays extremely well.
8. It was the perfect tree under that to sit on a hot, sunny day.
9. The film was made at Tulloch Castle, part of it dates back to 1466.
10. A huge amount of oil was spilled, the effects of which are still being felt.
Exercise 5. Change the adjective clauses to adjective phrases.
1. We visited Madrid, which is the capital of Spain.
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2. Astronomy, which is the study of planets and stars, is one of the world's oldest sciences.
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3. Jasmine, which is a viny plant with fragrant flowers, grows only in warm places.
_____________________________________________________
4. Arizona, which was once thought to be a useless desert, is today a rapid growing industrial and
agricultural state.
_____________________________________________________
5. Simon Bolivar, who was a great South American general, led the fight for independence early in the 19th
century.
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6. Few tourists ever see a jaguar, which is a spotted wild cat that is native to tropical America.
_____________________________________________________
7. Nero, who was Emperor of Rome from AD 54 to 68, is believed to have murdered both his mother and
his wife.
_____________________________________________________
8. In hot weather, many people enjoy lemonade, which is a drink that is made from lemon juice, water, and
sugar.
_____________________________________________________
9. My uncle Elias, who is a restaurant owner, often buy fish and shellfish from boats that are docked at the
local pier.
_____________________________________________________
10. Honolulu, which is best known to the travelers for Waikiki Beach, has consistently pleasant weather.
_____________________________________________________
Exercie 6. Complete each of the sentences with who, whom, which, that, whose, where, when, why,
what, whoever, whatever, wherever, whenever, whichever.
1. He didn't believe___________ I said,_____________ annoyed me very much.
2. Two men, neither of____________ I had seen before, came into the office.
3. He's got a job in a new firm____________they don't work such long hours.
4. Have you got something___________ will get ink out of a carpet?
5. He was respected by the people with_____________ he worked.
6. He didn't know the foreign language,____________ made it difficult for him to get a job.
7. Micheal Croz, with______________help Whymper climbed the Matterhorn, was one of the first
professional guides.
8. This is a letter from my father, _______________we hope will be out of hospital soon.

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9. _______________one of you broke the window will have to pay for it.
10. During the performance there were moments_____________ she found it difficult not to laugh.
11. I hope that______________ left this rubbish here is going to clear it away.
12. ________________my neighbour is cooking there is a smell of burning.
13. I think the government should improve the health service,_______________the cost.
14. The reason ______________I didn’t write to you was that I didn’t know your address.
15. He said he was calling from Landsford Park,_______________ that it
Exercise 7. Put brackets around the underlined relative pronoun if it can be omitted from these
sentences.
1. We talked about the party which Sarah wants to organize for my birthday.
2. To get to Frank's house, take the main road that bypasses the village.
3. The paintings which, Mr Flowers has in his house are worth around £100,000.
4. Let's go through the main points that he made in his lecture.
5. He received a low mark for his essay, which was only one page long.
6. Mrs Richmond, who you met at the meeting yesterday, works in television.
7. Don is a friend who we stayed with in Australia.
8. In the shop window there's a sign that says 'Ten per cent off.
9. The couple who live next to us have sixteen grandchildren.
10. There was little that we could do to help her.
Exercise 8: Complete the sentences with -ing, -ed, being + -ed or to-infinitive form of these verbs.
build drive educate elect flow travel introduce need
print say ten off give write win appear
1. The man ______ the bus is my brother.
2. I went to a reunion for students ______ in the physics department during the 1980s.
3. As my aunt told me what she thought, I felt like a schoolboy ______ by his headmaster.
4. There is a sign on the gate ______ 'Entry forbidden'.
5. Emma Thompson is the most famous actress ______ on stage here,
6. Across the river were some of the deer ______ into the park in the 19th century.
7. Rivers ______ into Baltic Sea are much cleaner now than ten years ago.
8. New Zealand was the first country ______ women the vote.
9. The booklets ______ as we speak will be on sale later this afternoon,
10. Anyone ______ further information can see me in my office.
11. The guest on our show is the youngest golfer ______ the Open.
12. Mary O'Brien, the Democrat ______ to the council only last week, has resigned.
13. We live in a house ______ in 1906.
14. Any passengers ______ to Cambridge should sit in the first two carriages of the train.
15. Melanie was the only person ______ a letter of thanks.

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