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The Clauses: Practice 3

Combine the following sentences together using adjective clauses. (59 marks)

1. Penguins are birds. Penguins cannot fly. (02 marks)

a. Penguins are birds which/that cannot fly.
b. Penguins, which cannot fly, are birds.

2. The girl was waiting outside. She was my sister. (02 marks)
a. The girl who/that was waiting outside was my sister.
b. My sister was the girl who/that was waiting outside.

3. The man was killed last night. He was my roommate. (02 marks)
a. The man who/that was killed last night was my roommate.
b. My roommate was the man who was killed last night.

4. My aunt is coming to visit us. She lives in London. (04 marks)

a. My aunt who/that is coming to visit us lives in London.
b. My aunt, who is coming to visit us, lives in London.
c. My aunt who/that lives in London is coming to visit us.
d. My aunt, who lives in London, is coming to visit us.

5. The professor of French was a tall thin man. I forget his name. (01 mark)
The professor of French whose name I forget was a tall thin man.

6. We visited the farm. Robert Burns once lived there. (04 marks)
a. We visited the farm in which Robert Burns once lived.
b. We visited the farm that/which Robert Burns once lived in.
c. Robert Burns once lived in the farms which/that we visited.
d. We visited the farm where Robert Burns once lived.

7. People need their cars. People live in urban areas. (02 marks)
a. People who live in urban areas need their cars.
b. People who need their cars live in urban areas.

8. Students failed the exams. Students can take supplementary exams. (01 mark)
Students who failed the exams can take supplementary exams.

9. Andrea was a married woman. She lived in Brockbourne. (02 marks)

a. Andrea was a married woman who/that lived in Brockbourne.
b. Andrea, who lived in Brockbourne, was a married woman.
10. Sambath shivered at the snow. The snow was piled in the fields. (01 mark)
Andrea shivered at the snow which was piled in the fields.

11. The radio had been stolen. She missed listening to it. (03 marks)
a. The radio which she missed listening to had been stolen.
b. The radio to which she missed listening had been stolen.
c. She missed listening to the radio which/that had been stolen.

12. An old lady was standing by the road. Lyhour stopped for her. (02 marks)
a. Lyhour stopped for an old lady who/that was standing by the road.
b. The old lady whom Lyhour stopped for was standing by the road.

13. The old lady had a sign. It was handwritten. (01 mark)
The old lady had a sign which/that was handwritten.

14. The lady was very fat. Vannara opened the door for her. (03 marks)
a. The old lady whom/that Vannara opened the door for was very fat.
b. The old lady for whom Vannara opened the door was very fat.
c. Vannara opened the door for the lady who/that was very fat.

15. Sokhong was afraid of the old lady. Her voice sounded strange. (01 mark)
Sokhong was afraid of the old lady whose voice sounded strange.

16. The old lady’s arms were hairy. Niya was terrified when she saw them. (02 marks)
a. Niya was terrified when she saw the old lady’s arms which were hairy.
b. The old lady’s arms which were hairy terrified Niya when she saw them.

17. Jasmine realized it was a man. He was dressed as a woman. (01 mark)
Jasmine realized it was a man who was dressed as a woman.

18. Jasmine discovered an axe in the bag. It was bloodstained. (03 marks)
a. Jasmine discovered an axe which was bloodstained in the bag.
b. An axe which Jasmine discovered in the bag was blood stained.
c. Jasmine discovered an axe in the bag which was bloodstained.

19. The man was sick. He looked very pale. (02 marks)
The man who looked very pale was sick.
The man who was sick looked very pale.

20. The man was sitting in the emergency room. It was very crowded. (02 marks)
a. The man was sitting in the emergency room which/that was very crowded.
b. The emergency room which/that the man was sitting in was very crowded.
 c. The emergency room in which the man was sitting was very crowded.
d. The emergency room where the man was sitting was very crowded.

21. The man was sitting in the emergency room. He was my brother. (02 marks)
a. The man who/that was sitting in the emergency room was my brother.
b. My brother was the man who was sitting the emergency room.

22. A nurse was nearby. He called to her. (03 marks)

a. He called to a nurse who was nearby.
b. A nurse whom/that he called to was nearby.
c. A nurse to whom he called was nearby.

23. The nurse called a doctor. He came quickly. (01 mark)

a. The nurse called a doctor who came quickly.
b. A doctor whom/that the nurse called came quickly.

24. The doctor asked him to lie down. She looked very worried. (02 marks)
The doctor who looked very worried asked him to lie down.
The doctor who asked him to lie down looked very worried.

25. She gave the man an injection. It made him go to sleep. (02 marks)
She gave the man an injection which made him go to sleep.
An injection which she gave the man made him go to sleep.

26. The Olympic snowboarding event was exciting. Many people watched it on TV. (01 mark)
The Olympic snowboarding event which many people watched on TV was exciting.

27. It was the first time snowboarding had been included in the Olympics. Snowboarding is a
new sport. (01 mark)
It was the first time snowboarding, which is a new sport, had been included in the Olympics.

28. The competition was very exciting. A Canadian won it. (02 marks)
a. The competition which a Canadian won was very exciting.
b. A Canadian won the competition, which was very exciting.

29. The winner, Ross Rebagliati, lives in Whistler, BC. Many young snowboarders admire him.
(02 marks)
a. The winner, Ross Rebagliati, whom many young snowboarders admire, lives in Whistler, BC.
b. Many young snowboarders admire the winner, Ross Rebagliati, who lives in Whistler, BC.

30. Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia. Cambodia is a Kingdom of Wonder. (02 marks)
Cambodia, which is a country in Southeast Asia, is a Kingdom of Wonder.
Cambodia, which is a Kingdom of Wonder, is a country in Southeast Asia.