TRAINING FOR EBAU RELATIVE CLAUSES AND I WISH/IF ONLY

1 COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH A RELATIVE PRONOUN.

1. That’s the house …………………….. David Beckham lives.

2. The people ………………………….I met in New York were friendly.
3. Daniel, …………………………….my brother knows, does yoga.
4. The office ………………………she works is in the centre of town.
5. That girl, ………………………….name I don’t know, is good at tennis.
6. I’ll call you later ………………………..you’re at home.
7. I don’t like people …………………………are arrogant.
8. That’s the dress ………………………….I was talking about.
9. My parents decided to sell the car ……………. they bought last year.
10. The trainers ………………she bought cost £100.
11. Is that the woman ……………………..husband is a professional tennis player?
12. I met someone ………………….knew you the other day.
13. August is a month ……………………..a lot of people are on holiday.
14. That’s the tennis racket …………………….. he wants to buy.
15. Sunday is the day …………………..I lie in bed with a cup of coffee and a
magazine.
16. That’s the café ………………you can buy those chocolate biscuits I told you
about.
17. Roger Federer,………………. has won Wimbledon several times, is a fantastic
tennis player.
18. Did you find the ball ………………..you lost?
19. The shirts ……………………….we wear are sponsored by IBM.
20. The goalkeeper, …………………….. name I can’t remember ,played well.
21. The new stadium, …………………… is being built at the moment, will hold
100,000 people.
22. Yesterday I met a girl ………………….. mother knows your mother.
23. Do you remember the match ………………………..we won the league?
24. What’s the name of that shop ………………………… they sell surf boards?
25. Cricket is a sport …………………… is quite popular in England.
26. This is the football shirt …………………….. I bought last week.
27. The girl ……………………… won the skating competition last year came
second this year.
28. Did you see that brilliant goal …………………….. he scored?
29. Yesterday I saw Javier, ……………………… father is a sports journalist.
30. What’s the name of the goalkeeper …………………….. plays for Real Betis?
31. The girl ………………………. he met at the swimming pool is now his
girlfriend.
32. I met a woman ………………………… knows you at the youth club yesterday.
33. I didn’t understand anything ………………………… the teacher said.
34. This is the stadium ……………………….. Real Madrid play.
35. He’s the person ……………………. brother used to play for Arsenal.
 36. My parents used to play tennis with rackets ………………………… were made
of wood.
37. Paloma, ……………….. comes from Cádiz, doesn’t like swimming.
38. He is the basketball player about …………………….. I was telling you.
39. I prefer to go swimming at a time …………………… the pool is not very busy.
40. The player with ……………………….the referee argued got a yellow card.
41. Galileo, Italian astronomer and physicist, improved the telescope and wrote The
Starry Messenger, ………………refuted the prevailing theory of an earth-
centered universe.
42. I spent my summer holidays in the countryside, …………………..turned out to
be a dreadful experience.
43. My friends, some of ………………… are younger than me, like playing video
games.
44. The story in ………………….. I don´t believe seems to have been used as
evidence in a criminal case.
45. Your car, in………………..you commute to work every day, needs cleaning.
46. They decided to resit several exams, …………………left them exhausted.
47. The man with …………….sister I have been going out for two years has just
been arrested.
48. This is the student ……………….uniform is always so clean.
49. I can´t remember the last time ……………..I saw my old uncle Tom.
50. The lady on ………………you rely so much works as a nurse.

2. COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE RIGHT RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

Jay MacArthur is a woman 1. …………….. is accustomed to being noticed. She is a

professional weightlifter 2. ……………….. can lift up to 70 kg at a time. “Weightlifting
is a sport 3. …………………. I´d always wanted to try. My father and grandfather, 4.
………………… were also weightlifters, really encouraged me to take it up. Of course,
it isn´t easy. Training, 5. ……………… can be very intensive, often leaves me
exhausted. But the biggest difficulty for me has been the attitude of other people. Some
people find it strange to see a woman 6. ……………… biceps are bigger than a man´s!
Confidence is something 7. …………………. I´ve had to learn. But over time I´ve
learnt to be strong on the inside as well as the outside, and it´s this strength 8. …………
has helped me to succeed.”

3. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH I WISH/IF ONLY.

1. I wish I ………………………………so shy.(not be)

2. I wish my students ………………………………… (do) their homework on time.
3. I wish people ………………………………… (not feed) the animals.
4. If only people ………………………………… (take) their litter home.
5. I wish I …………………………….(not break) the window. I have to pay for it
now.
6. If only I ………………………….( know) what to say to people.
7. If only hotel guests ………………………………… (clean) the bath after they've
used it.
8. Lucas wishes he …………………………………(not fight) with his best friend
yesterday.
9. I wish I ………………………….(not find) it so difficult to make friends.
10. If only I …………………………..(leave) him a message. He would have known
where I was.
11. I wish people ………………………………… (not pick) the flowers. It´s banned.
12. I wish I ……………………………….(be) good-looking.
13. Adam wishes he ……………………………(prepare) for the test. Now he has to
resit it.
14. If only my ears ……………………………….(not be)so big.
15. Bruce wishes he________(have) more money so he could buy a new sweater.
16. I wish I ________(be) taller so that I could be in the basketball team.
17. I wish you______________ (stop) watching television while I am talking to you.
18. I wish you_______________ (not do) that. It annoys me.
19. Of course Tom wishes he_______________ (can) come with us to Paris, but he
has to stay here.
20. I wish I …………………………(meet) my friends last weekend.
21. I wish we____________ (can) go to the match on Saturday but we're visiting my
uncle.
22. I wish you_________________ (keep) your mouth shut yesterday. Now Mary
knows.
23. If only I____________________(not lose) all my money. Now I'm broke.
24. Peter is always late. If only he______________ (turn up) on time for a change!