BÀI TẬP BỔ SUNG RELATIVE CLAUSE

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with an –ing, -ed, or being + -ed form of these verbs.
Then rewrite the sentence using the relative clause instead of the participle clause.

Instructions:

B1: Với dạng bài này, bạn xác định động từ mang nghĩa phù hợp để điền vào chỗ
trống
B2: Xác định từ/cụm từ cần bổ nghĩa.
B3: Xác định dạng chủ động (-ing) hoặc bị động (-ed / being + -ed) cho động từ cần
điền
B4: Với phần viết lại câu sử dụng mệnh đề quan hệ, xác định loại từ (chỉ người/
vật/sự việc) để sử dụng đại từ quan hệ phù hợp.

E.g.: The man …………………… the bus is my brother. (drive)

B1: Xác động từ cần điền: drive

B2: Xác định từ/cụm từ cần bổ nghĩa: the man
B3: Xác định dạng động từ cần điền: chủ động (hành động lái xe là chủ động)
🡪 Đáp án điền vào chỗ trống: driving
B4: Viết lại câu sử dụng mệnh đề quan hệ: The man who is driving the bus is my
brother.

Complete the sentences with an –ing, -ed, or being + -ed form of these verbs. Then rewrite
the sentence using the relative clause instead of the participle clause.

Build educate elect flow hold

introduce need print say tell off

1. I went to a reunion for students ……………. in the physics department during the 1980s.
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2. As my aunt told me what she thought, I felt like a schoolboy …………… by his headmaster.
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3. There is a sign on the gate …………… ‘Entry forbidden’.
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4. Across the river were some of the deer …………… into the park in the 19 th century.
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5. Rivers …………… into the Baltic Sea are much cleaner now than ten years ago.
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6. The booklets …………… as we speak will be on sale later this afternoon.
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7. Anyone …………… further information can see me in my office.
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8. Mary O’Brien, the Democrat …………… to the council only last week, has resigned.
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9. We live in a house …………… in 1906.
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10. The protest march …………… next week is expected to attract over 10,000 people.

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Exercise 2: Rewrite the sentences below as single sentences using non-defining relative
clause.

Instructions:

B1: Với dạng bài này, bạn xác định phần nội dung làm mệnh đề chính, mệnh đề phụ
của từ gợi ý cho sẵn.
B2: Xác định từ/cụm từ/câu cần bổ nghĩa.
B3: Xác định thì để chia động từ phù hợp.
B4: Xác định loại từ (chỉ người/ vật/sự việc) để sử dụng đại từ quan hệ phù hợp.

E.g.: My father lives in a small house full of ornaments. That makes it really difficult to
clean.

B1: Xác phần mệnh đề chính, mệnh đề phụ:

My father lives in a small house full of ornaments makes it difficult to clean

Mệnh đề chính Mệnh đề phụ

B2: Thì cần dùng là thì hiện tại đơn

B3: Mệnh đề cần bổ nghĩa: My father lives in a small house full of ornaments
=> My father lives in a small house full of ornaments which makes it difficult to
clean.

Rewrite the sentences below as single sentences using non-defining relative clause.

1. Some students take a year out before university. This allows them to work or travel.

 Some students ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. The Guggenheim Museum is in Bilbao. It only displays contemporary art.

 The Guggenheim Museum, ……………………………………………………………………………………..

3. My English teacher is leaving. His lectures are very interesting.

 My English teacher, ………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. The lecture was about politics. It was not very easy to understand.

 The lecture ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

5. In 1951 my parents arrived in New York. They stayed there for the rest of their lives.

 My parents arrived in New York ……………………………………………………………………………….

6. I gave my assignment to the faculty secretary. She was not very friendly.

 I gave my assignment ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

 MODEL ANSWERS

Exercise 1:

1. educated – I went to a reunion for students who were educated in the physics department
during the 1980s.

2. being told off – As my aunt told me what she thought, I felt like a schoolboy who was being
told off by his headmaster.

3. saying – There is a sign on the gate which says ‘Entry forbidden’.

4. introduced – Across the river were some of the deer which were introduced into the park in
the 19th century.

5. flowing – Rivers which flow into the Baltic Sea are much cleaner now than ten years ago.

6. being printed – The booklets which are being printed as we speak will be on sale later this
afternoon.

7. needing – Anyone who needs further information can see me in the office.

8. elected – Mary O’Brien, the Democrat who was elected to the council only last week, has
resigned.

9. built - We live in a house which was built in 1906.

10. being held – The protest march which is being held next week is expected to attract over
10,000 people.

Exercise 2:

1. Some students take a year out before university, which allows them to work or travel.
2. The Guggenheim Museum, which is in Bilbao, only displays contemporary art. / The
Guggenheim Museum, which only displays contemporary art, is in Bilbao.

3. My English teacher, whose lectures are very interesting, is leaving.

4. The lecture, which was about politics, was not very easy to understand. / The lecture, which
was not very easy to understand, was about politics.

5. My parents arrived in New York in 1951, where they stayed for the rest of their lives.

6. I gave my assignment to the faculty secretary, who was not very friendly.