RELATIVE CLAUSES

WHO WHOSE WHICH THAT

refers to PEOPLE refers to refers to THINGS, refers to THINGS
or ANIMALS POSSESSION never to PEOPLE or PEOPLE

The girl who lives Paul whose dad is I lost the money The man that is
next door is very doctor lives in which my mom waiting at the bus
clever London. gave me. stop is my friend.

1. Complete the sentences with appropriate relative pronouns!

1. Do you know the woman ............................... is talking to the teacher?
2. All the pictures ............................... Picasso painted are very valuable.
3. I don’t know the name of the student ...............................grandparents are Italian.
4. She didn’t like the letter ............................... she received last week.
5. The vegetables ...............................you are eating now are from the best supermarket in the town.
6. My uncle bought a house ...............................was built a hundred years ago.
7. The wallet ...............................my son found in the street belonged to Mary.
8. The boys ...............................are in the classroom doing the test.
9. The clock ............................... is on the wall is very old.
10. The pupils ...............................didn’t do the homework must stay here.
11. Do you know the lady ............................... is wearing a green dress?
12. The people ...............................live here are very friendly.
13. Let’s go to the restaurant ...............................is open until 9pm.
14. Here is the man ...............................suitcases are still at the airport.
15. The car belongs to a girl .............................. parents are very rich.
16. An orphan is a child ............................... has not got parents.
17. Mandy is the girl ............................... I met on Friday.
18. This is the girl ............................... cousins Tom and Greace are from Britain.
19. I’d like to meet all the people ...............................work with you.
20. We used to have a friend ...............................name was Billy.

2. There are two sentences. Make one using the relative pronoun!
1. My cousing lives near the sea. He loves sailing.
2. Peter is my good friend. He spends his holidays in the mountains.
3. Susan speaks four languages. She wants to be an interpreter.
4. George is Sally’s brother. He works at McDonald’s.
5. There is a bus. It stops just in front of my house. © Mária Konečná