Relative Clauses SFL – ENGLISH PREPARATORY PROGRAM

A. Complete the sentences with the appropriate relative pronouns (who / which / that).
1. The camera __________ costs £100 is over there.
2. The bike __________ I bought last week was stolen.
3. The man__________is sitting next to John is a very successful businessman.
4. I met a girl __________ was from England.
B. Join the phrases to make one sentence. Use Relative Clause.
Example: I have a friend. He speaks four languages.
I have a friend who speaks four languages.
1. An American girl is staying with us. We met her last year.
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2. We have a teacher. She comes from Australia.
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3. A girl lent me a book. I sat next to her in the meeting.
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4. There were three people at the party. They knew me.
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5. Has anyone seen the paper? I had it a minute ago.
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6. I didn’t accept the money. He offered it to me.
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C. Join the following phrases to make one sentence containing a Non-Defining Relative Clause. Use
“which and who”. Use commas appropriately. The first one has been done as an example.

Example: Aristotle wrote books on many subjects. He studied under Plato.

Aristotle, who studied under Plato, wrote books on many subjects.

1. There are over 39,000 students at the University of Manchester. It’s the biggest university in the
UK.
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2. The Prime Minister is going to make a visit here next month. He was a student at this university.
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3. Maria Montessori developed the Montessori Method. She was an Italian educationalist.
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4. Jean-Jacques Rousseau set out his views on education in his book “Emile”. He was born in 1712.
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D. Fill in the gaps with “who, which, whose, or where”.

One of the most famous buildings in the world is the White House, 1 which is the official home of the

US president. The White House is in Washington DC. 2_________ there are many other important

buildings and monuments. The city, 3_________ was founded in 1790, was deliberately planned as a

national capital. George Washington, 4__________ was the first US president and 5 _________ name

was given to the city, wanted it to be the place 6__________the nation’s government would

permanently reside.

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The White House, __________ was originally named Executive Mansion, was built in pale grey

sandstone. The colour of the stone, 8 __________ was so different from the surrounding red brick

buildings, was the reason why the mansion became known as the White House. The main building,

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_________ many presidents have lived, is part of a large complex 10_________ consists of over 130

rooms.

People find the White House fascinating and that is the reason why the parts of the complex

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_________ are open to the public are toured every year by one and a half million people

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_________ want to see the place 13 __________ their president lives and works.

E. Are these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.

1. I don’t like stories who have happy endings………………………………………………………………

2. What was the name of the person who phoned you? .................................................

3. Where’s the nearest shop who sells newspapers? .......................................................

4. The driver which caused the accident was fined $500……………………………………………….

5. Do you know the person that took these photographs? ……………………………………………

6. We live in a world what is changing all the time…………………………………………………………

7. Dan said some things about me that were not true……………………………………………………

8. What was the name of the horse it won the race……………………………………………………….

F. Rewrite the following story combining the sentences using a RELATIVE PRONOUN (who-which-
that-where-when-whose).

In 1956, a young sailor wrote a note. He felt very lonely. He put the note into a bottle. He threw the

bottle into the ocean. In his note, he wanted any girl to write to him. A girl would find the bottle.

Two years later, a fisherman saw the sailor’s bottle and picked it up. He was fishing on a shore in

Sicily. As a joke, he gave it to his daughter. She wrote the sailor a letter. After more letters, the sailor

married her in 1958. He visited Sicily.

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G. Match each concept with the correct part of the definitions. Use each class and characteristic
only once. The first one has been done as an example.
Concept Class Characteristics
1) Sociology __d___ a) is a building _____ a) which is characterized by a
preference for one-on-one
engagements in calm
environments.
2) A composer _____ b) is an art movement _____ b) where you can borrow books.
3) A giraffe _____ c) is a personality trait _____ c) which has an extremely long
neck.
4) Impressionism _____ d) is a social science __f___ d) which is characterized by thin
but visible brush strokes.
5) Introversion _____ e) is a mammal _____ e) who writes music.
6) A library _____ f) is a person _____ f) that studies human societies
and their interactions.