Practice Exercise

Combine the two sentences together using a relative clause. (a clause

beginning with which, that, who, where, or when).

1. My best friend lives in Michigan. She has ten siblings.

My best friend who lives in Michigan has
ten siblings.
My best friend who has ten siblings lives
in Michigan.
2. The man cooked all of this food. He’s standing in the back of
the room.
The man cooked all of this food when he’s
standing in the back of the room.
The man who cooked all of this food is
standing in the back of the room.
The man who cooked all of this food he’s
standing in the back of the room.

3. The family travels nine months out of the year. This is their
house.
The family travels nine months out of the year
which this is their house.

4. She never showed up to her own party. It shocked us all.

She never showed up to her own party
that/which it shocked us all.
 5. Let’s go somewhere for the weekend. This place should be
cheap and close by.
Let’s go somewhere for the weekend
where/which this place should be cheap and
close by.
Let’s go somewhere for the weekend that
should be cheap and close by.

Combine the two sentences together using the conjunction and, or, so,
or but.

1. He loves that band. He hates their new album.

He loves that band but he hates their new
album.
2. My wife loves to cook. She makes delicious food.
My wife loves to cook and/so she makes
delicious food.
3. They forgot to water their garden. All the plants died.
They forgot to water their garden so all the
plants died.
4. We can take the train into the city. We can drive the car
there.
We can take the train into the city or we can
drive the car there.
We can take the train or the car into the city.
5. She loves riding her bike to the park. Lately, she hasn’t had
the time.
 She loves riding her bike to the park but lately,
she hasn’t had the time.
Unscramble the complex sentence so that it makes sense. You might
have to add punctuation and capitalize one of the words.

1. make time to practice / you’ll never get better at guitar /

unless
You’ll never get better at guitar unless you
make time to practice.
2. you sweep the floor / I’ll wash the dishes / if
I’ll wash the dishes if you sweep the floor.
3. he still wants dinner / he ate all those snacks / even though
He still wants dinner even though he ate all
those snacks.
4. her roommate went for her / she didn’t go to the store /
because
She didn’t go to the store because her
roommate went for her.
5. he drinks milk / his stomach gets upset / if
His stomach gets upset if he drinks milk.

Decide if the sentence is passive or active. If it’s passive, write it in the

active voice. If it’s active, write it in the passive voice.

1. That house was built by a famous architect.

A famous architect built that/the/a house.
2. They are preparing your food for delivery.
Your food for delivery is being prepared (by
them).
3. Did it feel like they were watching us?
Were we being watched by them?
4. The movie was inspired by real events.
The real events inspired the movie.
5. We made a mistake when we were processing your plane
ticket.
When we were processing your plane ticket a
mistake was made by us.