Relative pronouns: who, whom, that, which, whose

Relative adverbs: where, when, why

1. Complete the sentences with the right relative pronoun or relative adverb.

1. Leonardo Da Vinci is the artist ……………….……painted the Mona Lisa.

2. An Oscar is an award……………………..actors and directors win.

3. That’s the dog …………………….….owner was arrested by the police.

4. Shakespeare is the playwright…………….…….wrote Romeo and Juliet.

5. The website ……………I use to learn English is really useful.

6. That is the house……………………….…interior was designed by my sister.

7. That is the house ……………….……we bought last week.

8. That was the year………………....my father graduated from university.

9. This is the company………………………..my son works.

10. A kangaroo is an animal ………………….lives in Australia.

11. Facebook is the social networking website………………millions of people use every day.

12. March is the month …………….….I was born.

2. Complete the following sentences using appropriate relative pronouns or adverbs.

1. The town ………………….. I was born is not far from here.
a. that b. which c. where
2. That is the office in …………….. I used to work.
a. when b. where c. which
3. This is the house ………………… Winston Churchill was born.
a. why b. where c. which
4. Do you know ………………. she is from?
a. who b. where c. whose
5. Jane is the woman …………. keeps giant lizards in the garden.
a. who b. why c. when
6. This is the girl ………….. mother is from Canada.
a. who b. where c. whose
7. This is the time of the year ……… many people suffer from hayfever.
a. when b. where c. who
3. Complete the sentences using a relative clause.
Catherine and Sue are two girls (like dancing) __________________________________________.
My mobile phone is something (be very important to me) _________________________________.
Antony is a friend of mine (live in Boston) _____________________________________________.
West Side Story is a musical (be very famous) __________________________________________.
An airport is a place (planes land) ____________________________________________________.
4. Combine the sentences using relative clauses without relative pronouns (contact clauses).
We bought a car last week. The car is blue.
The car _________________________________________________________________________.
The girl is a singer. We met her at the party.
The girl _________________________________________________________________________.
The bananas are on the table. George bought them.
The bananas _____________________________________________________________________.
We watched a film last night. It was really scary.
The film ________________________________________________________________________.
I have to learn new words. They are very difficult.
The new words ___________________________________________________________________.