Relative Clauses

1.- Complete the sentences with relative pronouns.
1. The cook ____________ made the pasta was Italian.

2. I read a book ______________ explained how to make films.
3. This is the hospital _______________ I was born.
4. Summer is the season _______________ I go on holiday.
5. He is the boy _______________ I told you about!
2.- Join each sentence to the correct ending, using who, which, where
and whose.
1) He’s the player ____________ a) ____ I saw the dress.
2) Apollo was the spaceship _____________ b) ____ took man to the moon.
3) We went to the shop _____________ c) ____ was Number One, was a really slow song.
4) The girl ______________ d) ____ scored the goal.
5) Her last single, ______________ e) ____ arm was broken is a friend of mine.
3.- Fill in: who’s or whose.

1) Sarah is the woman _______________ moved next door.
2) Rita is the girl _______________ father won the lottery.
3) Helen is the person _______________ car was stolen.
4) Ann’s the one _______________ lost a lot of weight.
5) Massimo is the man ______________ going to help me.
6) That’s the man _____________ son was killed in an accident.
4.- Join the sentences. use relative pronouns.

1. I know a chef. He makes 100 types of pasta.
2. I read a book. It explained how to make films.
3. This is the garden. He usually walks his dog here.
4. Here is the boy. The teacher was looking for him.
5. I remember the day. You had a surprise party then.
5.- Delete the relative pronoun where possible.

1) People who like playing tennis often like playing badminton too.
2) The children that you saw outside came yesterday too.
3) The thing which really annoys me about him is his attitude.
4) That room where I slept last night was really warm.
5) The film which we saw yesterday was quite interesting.
6) It’s the same film as the one that we saw last week.
7) Is cricket the game that takes a long time to play?
8) Is she the one whose money was stolen?
9) “Herbivore” is the name that we give to animals that only eat plants.
6.- Join each pair of sentences using a non-defining relative clause –between commas-.
1) Sam Smith won the lottery last night. He is an electrician.
2) The book is a best-seller. It is about communist Russia.
3) The attic is very bright. I work there.
4) My father taught me to play chess. He loved the game.
6. – Write 1 sentence using which, who, that, where, when, whose.
8.- Match the sentences with the relative clauses.
1) Stephen, __________, helps me with all of my computer problems. a) which he loved

2) He is very happy _________. He loves doing this. b) which I will buy next month
3) The university _________ is one of the best technical universities in c) whose company is paying for his
Europe. degree
4) Stephen has recommended a new computer, ______ d) who is my neighbour
5) Stephen, ________, works very hard at university. e) where he studies
6) I bought him a web cam, _________, to say thanks. f) when he is solving
computer problems
9.- Complete the text using the relative pronouns – that, when, where, which, who, whose - if necessary.
My great-aunt Dorothy is a woman 1 _______________ doesn’t seem to realize how old she is. In fact, she’s eighty-one. She’s
up-to-date on all the news and trends, and she reads science books 2 ______________ are too complicated for most people to
understand.
Dorothy also loves computer games, 3 _______________ some people think is really funny at her age. I think it’s great and
I’ve given her some of mine, but she said the last one 4 _______________ I gave her was too violent. She doesn’t like
anything 5 ________________ has guns in it.
Dorothy says good food is the secret to a long healthy life. She says someone 6 _______________ meals are healthy, but
delicious will always love being alive! She is sure that if you don’t eat healthy food 7
_______________ you are
young, you won’t want to later, either. She thinks the places _______________ I sometimes go to eat with my friends are
8
terrible. I know she is right, but I love

burgers!
Dorothy has a part-time job at the local library, 9 _____________ she teaches retired
people to use the internet. She’s somebody 10 ___________ everyone likes, especially
me!

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1.- Complete the sentences with relative pronouns.

1. The cook ____________ made the pasta was Italian.

3.- Fill in: who’s or whose.

4.- Join the sentences. use relative pronouns.

2. I read a book. It explained how to make films.

3. This is the garden. He usually walks his dog here.

4. Here is the boy. The teacher was looking for him.

5. I remember the day. You had a surprise party then.

5.- Delete the relative pronoun where possible.

2) The book is a best-seller. It is about communist Russia.

3) The attic is very bright. I work there.

4) My father taught me to play chess. He loved the game.

6. – Write 1 sentence using which, who, that, where, when, whose.

8.- Match the sentences with the relative clauses.

1) Stephen, __________, helps me with all of my computer problems. a) which he loved

terrible. I know she is right, but I love

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