‘Complete the fact file with words from the box. There are two words you do not need to use.
what when where_~=—s which. «= whom = whose. why
The small city of Narita in Japan isa place ‘huge number of people go. The main reason for this is because it's only 60 kilometres
from the centre ofthe Japanese capital, Tokyo, ‘main intemational airport i situated in Narita. As many as three million visitors
travel to or from Narita International Airport in atypical month, most of don't actually venture into the city itself. Thisis ashame,
‘as Narita itself is home to a charming old town and a large number of stunning historical buildings. These include some ofthe oldest and
best-known templesiin the whole region, ‘re all well worth visiting. An especially good time to visit Naritaisin uly. Tiss the time
the streets are taken over by the annual Gion Festival for three days, as they have been forthe last 300 years, Ancient floats are
carried along the streets, past food stalls and accompanied by live music, towards the huge Narita-San temple.Choose the option that changes the information into one sentence.
ve got one sister. She lives in Hanoi. he got married
last year.
(My sister, who lives in Hanoi, got married last year,
[My sister who lives in Hanoi got married last year.‘Choose the option that changes the information into one sentence.
The office building is going to be knocked down. It's
next to the train station. I's been there for 40 years.
‘The office building, next to the train station which has been there for
40 years,is going to be knocked down,
‘The office building next to the train station, which has been there for
“40 years, is going to be knocked down,Choose the option that changes the information into one sentence.
There is one supermarket in my town. It's ten minutes
walk from my house. Ithas everything | need.
‘The supermarket which is ten minutes’ walk from my house has
everything | need,
‘The supermarket, which is ten minutes’ walk from my house, has
everything I need,Choose the option that changes the information into one sentence.
{im going to move into a new lat. think its a fantastic
flat. 'm moving in next week.
‘The new flat, which m going to move into next week is fantastic,
‘The new flat, which m going to move into next week, is fantastic,‘Choose the option that changes the information into one sentence.
The stadiumis in the city centre toften hosts big
concerts.
‘The stadium, whichis in the city centre, often hosts big concerts
‘The stadium which isin the city centre often hosts big concerts.Complete the second sentence with a rel
ive clause. Write three words in each gap. Add a comma where necessar}
Edgar Chambless was an American author. He lived in
the early par of the 20th centu
” Edgar an American author, lived in the early part of the 20th
century‘Complete the second sentence with a relative clause. Write three words in each gap. Add a comma where necessary.
‘Chambless looked at places lke New York and
Creag Soscaper wee beng bul hr rr ee
being built forthe first time, and had an idea for anew type of city.Complete the second sentence with a relative clause. Write three words in each gap. Add a comma where necessary.
He imagined a long, thin city. Itwould be created from
single two-storey building. The city would be
hundreds of kiometres long, He imagined along, thin be created from a single two-storey
building, hundreds of kilometres long.Complete the second sentence with a rel
‘clause, Write three words in each gap. Add a comma where necessary.
Inside the building would be hundreds of apartments,
shops and even a train line under the ground, He
called it Roadtown! Inside the called 'Roadtown; would be hundreds of
‘apartments, shops and even a tran line under the ground,Complete the second sentence with a relative clause, Write three words in each gap. Add a comma where necessary.
People lived in Roadtown. They would spend almost
ll their time inside the building. They could use the
train tne to travel quickly and easily from one end of ‘The people who lived in jl ‘would be mostly spent inside the
the city tothe other.
building, would be able to use the trainline to travel quickly and easily from one
end of the city tothe other.Review the grammar.
Relative clauses
Non-definng relative uses
| non-defining relative cause gives extra non essential information about somecne or something The non-defning elatve clause comes immediately afte this person or
thing. We always separate a non-defning relative clause rom the ain clause with commas.
Weuuse whofor people, whichfor things and whosefor possession, We can alo use the relative adverb wher. We de not usually use thatn anon-defnng relative clase.
‘met ny wtein Yoh Dong, which isa suburb of Seoul
Vaclav Havel who was aso.a famous writer, was the fist Ceech president
Smith whose books have been translated into over 30 languages was born in 1966
(hosica, where Emmanuel grew up isa town ner Lima
Dornot use ancther pronoun as wel as the relative pronoun, The lative pronoun replaces the other pronoun,
‘He was bom in Mendoza, which ts near the oothils ofthe Andes.
Commenting on aclouse
We aso use anon-defning relative clause with whichto comment on, orto gve our opinion ofthe whol ofthe previous clause. This common inspoken English,
We spenta week hiking in thejungle, which was am incredible experienceCorrect the error in each sentence,
1. Mybrother, whoselivesin quite «rough area, has recently decided tomove
2. Penang, that sin thenorth of Malaysia has large numberof historic buldings.
5, Simén Bolivar his surname was used inthe creation ofthe country of Bolivia was born in Gracasin Venezuela
4 My parents were borin Ankara which was asoborn
5, Krokow isan Poland thas ahuge numberof beautfulhstorc sights to see es well as rene areas to it