Combine the sentences using relative clauses.

1. Samuel Johnson was the son of a bookseller. Samuel Johnson was born in 1709.
Samuel Johnson
2. In 1728, he went to Oxford. He studied at Pembroke College in Oxford.
In 1728, he went
3. Johnson had to leave Oxford without a degree. He was too poor to pay the fees.
Johnson
4. In 1737, Johnson moved to London. There he wrote poetry, essays and biographies.
In 1737, Johnson
5. In 1746, Johnson started to write his dictionary. It took him nine years to complete.
In 1746, Johnson started
6. His home at that time was in 17 Gough Square in London. It is a museum now.
17 Gough Square in London
7. In this house, his wife died in 1752. Her name was Elizabeth Porter.
In this house his wife
8. In 1755, the work was published. It was called A Dictionary of the English Language.
In 1755, the work
9. Samuel Johnson died in 1784. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Samuel Johnson

Use strong adjectives to complete the gaps in the exercise below.

Derek invited thirty people to his birthday party so he ordered a really big cake. It was absolutely
_____________________________.
2. When I told mum that John had asked me to marry him, she was really happy. She was
absolutely _____________________________.
3. He told me he didn't do his homework because his dog had eaten his book. That's a really silly
excuse. It's absolutely _____________________________.
4. When Peter left me for another woman, I was very sad. I felt absolutely
_____________________________ for a whole month.
5. I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse! I'm absolutely _____________________________.
6. Jane's stories about her trips to Africa are really interesting. They're absolutely
_____________________________.
7. I've never seen a prettier baby girl in my whole life. She's absolutely
_____________________________.
8. These dumplings are really tasty! They're absolutely _____________________________.
9. When we went inside the museum, we had to take our jumpers off because it was really hot. It
was absolutely _____________________________ in all the rooms.
10. Your homework this week is really bad. In fact, it's absolutely
_____________________________. You must do all the exercises again.
11. We were very excited when we were told about the school trip to Amsterdam. We were all
absolutely _____________________________.
12. When Tom discovered that someone had stolen his jacket, he was very angry. He was
absolutely _____________________________