PISANA PROVJERA ZNANJA (UNIT 8)

NAME________________________

1 Complete the sentences with the non-defining relative clauses in

the box.

which is my favourite instrument who was French

where the head office is about which much has been written
when the leaves change colour whose husband is a banker
which everyone raved about who I met at college

1 My grandfather, ___________________________ , lived until he

was 93.
2 Paul, _______________________ , is flying over here for the
wedding.
3 I’ve always wanted to play the guitar, _______________________.
4 She gave a fantastic speech, _____________________________ .
5 The conference was in Geneva, _________________________ .
6 I love autumn, ____________________________ .
7 My sister, _______________________ , loves jewellery.
8 This policy, __________________________ , is still very
unpopular.

2 Choose the correct option.

1 She finds Paris much more interested / interesting than Venice.

2 Keep the water at boiled / boiling point.
3 By the end of his lecture, I was totally bored / boring.
4 We saw a man climbed / climbing over our garden wall.
 5 The tree blown down / blowing down by the storm was used for
firewood.
6 Watching / Having watched the film, we went to bed.
7 Sam stood there, silently stared at / staring at us.
8 Being not / Not being British, I didn't understand the joke.
9 There was a huge explosion, resulted / resulting in considerable
damage.
10 I’d say that it’s probably the best film ever made / making.

3 Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun (for example:

where, whose, who, which…).

1 That is the man______________was looking for you yesterday.

2 Trouble, by____________I mean fighting, often spoils football

matches.

3 Do you know________________trainers these are?

4 The ski resort_____________we stayed was incredibly beautiful.

5 The computer problem,____________was unexpected, is now solved.

4 Choose the correct answer.

1 My sister, who / whose / whoever husband lives in Paris, had a baby

yesterday.

2 I need a car, what / that / who will not break down.

3 Andrew's dog, which / that / who he got from a dogs' home, loves
cats.

4 Didn't he tell you whenever / where / when he was going to get there?
5 My father is a person who / which / what hates to talk about money.

6 That cake which / what / who you made was delicious.

5 Match the beginnings and endings.

1 I spent Saturday with my younger brother,

_________________________________________.

2 You need to ask someone__________________________________.

3 I read Jamie Oliver's biography,_______________________________

4 I prefer biographies_______________________________

5 This is the biography__________________________________.

who knows about computers.

which provide new information.

who lives in London.

that everyone has been waiting for.

which was really interesting.