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Defining clauses gap fill

Fill the sentences with a relative pronoun.


Use WHO/THAT/WHICH/WHEN/WHERE/WHOSE/WHAT or nothing.
There is only one Greek island …………. I have never been.

There is only one Greek island …………. I have never visited.


What was the name of the person …………. bought your old car?
This is the last time ……….. I go to this school.
I didn’t know …………. was so exciting about her.
This is the school …………. I used to go to.
There was nobody in the audience …………. laughed.
This is the street ………….. I live.
There is hardly a moment …………. I can have a rest.
This was the first car ………….. I drove.
He was the first man …………… landed on the moon.
She was the last student ………….. I asked.
In the whole book there was only one chapter ………… I was interested in.

It was 1965 ………… they started to build the new school.


Those are the people …………… dog bit me.
There was only one painting ……….. hadn’t been sold.
Do you know the girl ……….. lives next door?
I can’t believe ………… you told me yesterday.
This is the cottage ………… we slept on our holiday.

Who’s the criminal?

Last night there was a bank robbery in the centre of the city.The police know that the
robber was a man, that he drives a white van and that he doesn’t like playing cardsor
smoking.
The police have five suspects: Jake, John, Jerry, Jude and Justin.
The information below is all they have to work with. Can you work out who the robber
is?
Jake and John are twins. Jerry was at the cinema with his sister who is married to
one of the other men. The man who was at the cinema smokes. John has been
arrested for speeding on his motorbike. One of the twins can’t drive. Neither Jake nor
the married man smoke. The married man was playing cards and rides a motorbike.
Jude is not related to John or his brother. Two of the men ride motorbikes.

Combine the following pairs of sentences by using


relative pronouns, making any changes necessary.
E.g.: The bed has no mattress. I sleep on this bed.
The bed I sleep on has no mattress.
The bed that I sleep on has no mattress.
The bed which I sleep on has no mattress.
1. You sent me a present. Thank you very much for it.
2. Romeo and Juliet were lovers. Their parents hated each other.
3. This is Mrs Jones. His son won the championship last year.
4. I was sitting in a chair. It suddenly collapsed.
5. His girlfriend turned out to be an enemy spy. He trusted her absolutely.
6. This is the story of a man. His wife suddenly loses her memory.
7. The firm is sending me to London. I work for this firm.
8. The horse kept stopping. This annoyed the rider.
9. Tom had been driving all day. He was tired and wanted to stop.
10. This is the story of a group of boys. Their plane crashed on an uninhabited
island.

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