103 : Relatives : Non-defining and Connective

1 for the present (which/that) you sent.

2 She was dancing with a student who had or The student with whom she was dancing

3 I'm looking after some children who are or The children I'm looking after are

4 The bed I sleep on has

5 Romeo and Juliet were two lovers whose parents

6 There wasn't any directory in the box (which/that) I was phoning from.

7 This is Mrs Jones, whose son

8 The chair (which/that) I was sitting on collapsed or The chair on which I was sitting
collapsed.

9 Mr Smith, whom I had come especially to see, was too busy

10 The man (who(m)/that) I had come to see was

II I missed the train (which/that) I usually catch and had to travel on the next, which was

12 His girlfriend, whom he trusted absolutely, turned out

13 The car (which/that) we were in had bad brakes and the man who was driving didn't
know

14 This is the story of a man whose wife suddenly loses

15 the frontier, which will be

16 a small girl whose hand had been cut

17 into a queue of people, four of whom

18 refugees, many of whom

19 The man who(m)/that) I was waiting for didn't or the man for whom I was

20 in patched jeans, which surprised the guests, most of whom were

21 The firm (which/that) I work for is sending

22 The Smiths, whose house had been destroyed, were given

23 I saw several houses, most of which were

24 at 2 a.m., which didn't suit me

25 a group of boys whose plane

26 The string (that/which) they tie the parcels up with

27 his students, most of whom were

28 for 12 eggs, four of which were

29 The people (who(m)/that) he was speaking to didn't know or The people to whom he was
speaking

30 The boy (who(m)/that) Peter shared a flat with was or Peter shared a flat with a boy who

31 four very bad tyres, one of which burst

32 the wonderful view (which/that) she had been told about

33 by a man (who(m)/that) I met on a train.

34 The bar (which/that) I was telephoning from was or the bar from which I was

telephoning was

35 The man who answered the phone said

36 The horse (which/that) I was on kept stopping to eat grass, which annoyed

104 : Relatives : Non-defining and Connective

1 Tom, who had been driving all day, was tired

2 Ann, who had been sleeping, felt

3 Paul, whose tyres were new, wanted

4 Jack, whose tyres were old, wanted

5 Mary, who didn't know about mountains, thought

6 to his manager, who passed

7 were thieves, which turned out

8 the Chief of Police, who ordered

9 dry bread, most of which was

10 a prisoner, whose handcuffs rattled

II a fire, which soon dried

12 across the Atlantic, which had never

13 a bus-load of children, six of whom were

14 refuses to use machines, which makes

15 I met Mary, who asked

16 prayed aloud all night, which kept

17 and in deep water the next, which makes it unsafe

18 Mary, whose children couldn't swim, said

19 Ann, whose children could swim well, said

20 cleaning ten windows, most of which

21 Jack, whose injuries were very slight, is being allowed to play, which is a good thing

22 Tom, whose leg is still in bandages, will have to

23 didn't get a seat, which put him in a temper and caused him to be rude to his junior
partner, who in turn

24 Tom, who had a hangover, felt

25 His boss, who didn't drink, saw

26 The report, which should have been on his desk by 2.00, still hadn't arrived.

27 Tom, whose headache was now much worse, put down the receiver without answering,
which

28 Ann, who liked Tom, came

29 the report, which should have taken an hour and a half, took

30 to Munich, which 31 The headwaiter, whose name was Tom, said . . . recognition,
whichdisappointed Mr Jones, who liked

32 with Lucy, whom he was particularly anxious to

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