relative pronouns.exercise
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RELATIVE PRONOUN I
1. I don’t like the people. The people work with me.
2. Thank you for your letter. I was very happy to get your letter.
3. Who was that girl? You talk with her in the party last night.
4. Her son was very intelligent. He went to the same school with me.
5. I want to see the man. The man went away.
6. Our teacher naturally speaks English perfectly. She is an American.
7. The car belongs to his uncle. John used the car.
8. This machine is still working perfectly. I have looked after it for 20 years.
9. The boy is with him. The boy is his son.
10. This is the kind of exercise. I like it best.
11. They are good friends. I can play with them.
12. I keep having a dream in which there is a woman. The woman has with smile eyes.
13. Do you know a shop? It sells good coffee.
14. I know somebody. She could mend that chair.
15. I want some plates. They can go in the microwave.
16. I was at school with the man. He is driving that taxi.
17. I’d like to speak to the person. He deals with exports.
18. The police haven’t found the man. He stole my car.
19. There’s some cheese in the fridge. It needs to be eaten.
20. We’ve got some light bulbs. They last for years.
21. This is the switch. It’s not working.
22. I must thank the people. I got a present from them.
23. The man is my father. I respect his opinion most.
24. The town is small. I grew up there.
25. I haven’t seen them since the year. They got married in that year.
26. The reason is to invite you to my birthday party. I am phoning you for that reason.
27. Martin speaks both Spanish and English fluently. Her mother is Spanish.
28. John is one of my close friends. I have known him for years.
29. They asked me a lot of questions. I couldn’t answer most of the questions.
30. I have sent her two letters. She has received neither of these letters.
31. Jim passed his driving test. This surprised everybody.
32. The school has been rebuilt for 5 months. We are studying in that school.
33. Police arrested the thief. They had looked for him for 2 weeks.
34. Newton was a well-known scientist. He discovered the law of gravity.
35. She met him yesterday morning. I went shopping during yesterday morning.
36. I will meet her at that time. She told me that time.
37. We always remember the beautiful Sunday morning. We met each other then.
38. He has passed the university entrance examination. This makes his parents very happy.
39. We didn’t know the reason. She cried for that reason.
40. He knew the reason. She had told me the reason 3 days before.
41. He will get storms. He sows wind.
42. *Algebra problems contain letter numbers. They stand for unknown numbers.
43. The taxi driver was friendly. He took me to the airport.
44. I like the woman. I met her at the party last night.
45. Is that the composition? You wrote it three days ago.
46. The man is standing over there. I told you about him yesterday.
47. The man called the police. His wallet was stolen.
48. I have to call the man. I accidentally picked up his umbrella after the meeting.
49. The city is beautiful. We spent our holiday in that city.
50. June is the month. It usually rains every afternoon in that month.
51. *You sent me a present. Thank you very much for it.
52. This is Mrs Jones. Her son won the championship last year.
53. Please post these letters. I wrote them this morning.
54. Julia Robert has won many Oscars. I know his brother.
55. This is the house. We often stay in this house in the summer.
56. That was the time. He managed the enterprise in that time.
57. She doesn’t want to speak of the reason. She divorced her husband for this reason.
58. The teacher is Mr Pie. We studied with him last year.
59. Do you see my pen? I’ve just written the lesson with it.
60. I don’t know the reason. She left school for it.
61. The car crashed into a queue of people. 4 of them were killed.
62. He wanted to come at 2 a.m. This didn’t suit me at all.
63. All the poetry was destroyed in a fire. He wrote it.
64. At school I learnt nothing. It was useful to me.
65. I’ve told you everything. It happened.
66. Nothing made any difference. She said it.
67. It’s the best western film. It was ever made.
68. The most useful thing is leave now. You can do it.
69. This is the only hire car. I could get it.
70. You can have everything. You want everything.
71. *You asked me to give you a paper. Here’s the paper. (Here’s…)
72. You recommended a film. We went to see the film, but we didn’t think much of it.(We went…)
73. My sister bought a new car last month. The car has broken down 4 times already.(The car…)
74. The actor was Brad Pitt. You didn’t recognize the actor on television last night.
75. Only a very few of the friends went on to university. I had some friends at school.
76. The operation was only a partial success. My father had an operation for his heart.
77. The essay has won a prize in the school competition. Mark wrote an essay while we were on holiday.
78. Some of the friends look as though they never wash. My daughter brings friendshome.
79. The man was sitting at the desk. I had come to see this man.
80. Tom had been driving all day. He was tired and wanted to stop.
81. A man answered the phone. He said Tom was out.
82. I met Mary. She asked me to give you this.
83. My father is always willing to help you. You can rely on his words.
84. The only thing is how to make more money. He’s getting interested in it.
85. The young man has just graduated from college. He’ll work with you.
86. That road is lined with bamboo trees. It leads to my village.
87. The boy and the dog have just been found by the police. They were lost in a forest.
88. He is the most naughty boy. I have ever met the boy.
89. They can’t tell us the reason. They don’t work at the company.
90. The captain left the ship. He was the last man.
91. This is the uniform. Pupils should wear it at school.
92. This is the room. We often gather in it for dinner.
93. They are good friends. You can play with them.
94. The story is interesting. I will tell the children about it.
95. Have you got anything? We can eat anything right now.
96. There are two important things. You should bear them in your mind today.
97. The place is the English speaking club. Pupils can practise English in it.
98. Have you got a dictionary? I can use it to look up this difficult word.
99. There is an old house in this district. We can buy it.
100. The mistakes are very important. You have to correct them..
RELATIVE PRONOUN II (cont.)
Rewrite the sentences using Past Participle (PII) or Present Participle (PI):
1. Do you know the woman? She is talking to Tom.
2. The boy was taken to hospital. He was injured in the accident.
3. Who were those people? They were waiting outside.
4. The road is narrow. It joins two villages.
5. Some people can’t come. They have been invited to the party.
6. The police never found the money. The money was stolen in the robbery.
7. Can you think of the name of a flower? The name begins with “V”.
8. Most of the goods are cheap. They are made in China.
9. A window has now been repaired. It was broken in the storm last night.
10. I didn’t talk much to the man. The man was sitting next to me on the plane.
11. A man was arrested by the police. What was his name?
→ What was the name
12. A new factory has just opened in the town. The factory employs 1000 workers.
13. Some paintings haven’t been found yet. They were stolen from the museum.
14. At the end of the street there is a path. The path leads to a river.
15. A number of suggestions were not practical. They were made at the meeting.