Relative Pronouns

Remember! People: that / who
Things/ Animals: that / which
Places: where


1. Complete the sentences with the correct relative pronoun. Remember that you can omit the relative pronoun if the antecedent is different from the subject of the second sentence:

1) That is the girl _______ gave me a surprise.
2) Yesterday I saw a train _______ was really fast.
3) Lewis is the man _______ I met the last week.
4) The robber stole the car _______ the mayor parked in front of the Post Office.
5) That is the office _______ my father works.
6) Can I talk to the boy _______ is sitting on the bench?
7) The book _______ he gave me is great.
8) I like hamburgers _______ are hot.
9) The man, _______ smoked forty cigarettes a day, died of lung cancer.
10)My family went to a restaurant _______ you could eat everything you wanted.


2. Combine the sentences with who, which or where:

1)This is the town. I was born there.
2)Yesterday I watched a film. It was very boring.
3)You are sitting on a bench. The paint on the bench is still wet.
4)Do you know that man? He is speaking on the phone.
5)An alarm clock is a clock. It wakes you up in the morning.


LAST DAY LESSON

A) Choose the correct relative pronoun or relative adverb.
1.A castle is a place a king or queen lives.
2.An actress is a woman plays in films or theatre plays.
3.The flowers grow in the garden are beautiful.

B) Decide whether the relative pronoun is necessary or not.
1.This is the picture that Jane painted.

2.We ate the sweets which my mother had bought.

3.Is this the boy who plays the piano?

4.This is the house that was broken into.

C) Complete the sentences using a relative clause.
1.Catherine and Sue are two girls (like dancing)
2.My mobile phone is something (be very important to me)
3.Antony is a friend of mine (live in Boston)
4.West Side Story is a musical (be very famous)
5.An airport is a place (planes land)


D) Choose the correct relative pronoun or relative adverb.
1.The woman is sitting at the desk is Mr Winter's secretary.
2.She didn’t see the snake was lying on the ground.
3.Do you know the shop Andrew picked me up?

E) Combine the sentences.
1.We ordered a book. It was very expensive.

2.The photographer could not develop the pictures. I had taken them in Australia.

3.One of the bins smells awful. You haven’t emptied the bin for 3 weeks.

4.They are singing a song. I don’t know the song.