RELATIVE CLAUSES

Practice 1:

a) Combine two sentences into one sentence using adjective clauses. Use the second sentence as an adjective
clause.
Ex: The film was good. I watched it last night: The film which I watched last night was good.

1. I have always wanted to go to New Zealand. My parents lived there before I was born.
I have always wanted to go to New Zealand where my parents lived before I was born.

2. John will never forget that day. He fell in love with his wife on that day.
John will never forget that day when he fell in love with his wife.

3. Sam has just bought a new painting. Her mother is a painter.

Sam whose mother is a painter has just bought a new painting.

4. We used to visit our relatives in London on Mondays. My parents had the day off then.
We used to visit our relatives in London on Mondays when my parents had the day off.

6. The Chinese restaurant is fantastic. We had dinner there last week.

The Chinese restaurant where we had dinner last week is fantastic.

7. The song was very romantic. We listened to it.

The song which we listened to was very romantic.

8. Andrea was a married woman. She lived in Brockbourne.

Andrea who lived in Brockburne was a married woman.
Andrea was a married woman who lived in Borckburne.

9. The blue whale is considered the largest animal in the world. It can grow to 100 feet and 150 tons.
The blue whale that is considered the largest animal in the world can grow to 100 feet and 150 tons.

Practice 2:

Complete using WHO, WHICH, THAT,WHOSE, WHERE or WHEN.

1) A kangaroo is an animal___________ lives in Australia.
2) In 1998 I travelled to Paris, __________ I met my husband.
3) Marie Curie, _________ was born in Poland in 1867, was a scientist.
4) Karen, _________ surname is Johnson, is a beautiful model.
5) Van Gogh was a painter_________ paintings are worldwide.
6) Our company had to close its office in Baghdad in 2001 ______ the war in Iraq started.
7) Radium is a metal________ shines in the dark.
8) That is the girl__________brother is a famous footballer.
9) He lived in New York, _________ he worked for the New York Times.
10) The Coliseum was an amphitheatre__________ Romans enjoyed plays, chariot races and gladiator fights many
centuries ago.
Practice 3:

Choose the best alternative.

1. Sam is the boy _____ shaved his head--he is completely bald now.
a) which b) that c) whose d) -
2. The food ____ she is buying looks healthy.
a) - b) who c) in which d) where
3. A dishwasher is a machine ____ washes dishes.
a) who b) where c) which d) -
4. The bat is the only mammal ___ can fly.
a) - b) that c) in which d) where
5. Look! That's the singer ___ mother is from my hometown.
a) who b) whom c) that d) whose
6. I don't like dogs ___ jump on me.
a) whose b)- c) whom d) that
7. I felt bad for the guy ___ failed the exam.
a) that b)- c) whose d) when
8. Jasmine is a flower ____ is white and very fragrant.
a) whose b) who c) - d) which
9. They are filming the girl ___ birthday is today.
a) whose b) that c) who d) -
10. There's the couple ___ dancing you liked so much.
a) who b) that c) whose d) whom

Practice 4:

Rewrite the sentences using a relative pronoun (who, which, whose), add commas where necessary.

a) The film had already started when we arrived. It was very romantic.
__________________________________________________________
b) My grandfather is a very optimistic man. His third wife died three years ago.
______________________________________________________________
c) I bought all the ingredients. I needed them to prepare a cake.
_______________________________________________________________
d) The Natural History Museum in London is full of dinosaur skeletons. It is my favourite museum.
____________________________________________________________________________
e) Alice went to the police station yesterday. Her handbag was stolen in Oxford Street.
____________________________________________________________________________
f) My classmates went to the Natural History Museum last Friday. They love nature.
____________________________________________________________________________
g) My grandfather has lived in Oxford all his childhood. He was born in Italy.
___________________________________________________________________________
h) Alice is sad because she has lost her handbag. It was new.
___________________________________________________________________________
j) Tom and Sara went to the cinema last weekend. They usually come to the pub.
___________________________________________________________________________
Practice 5:
Read the text below and choose the best alternative.

Did you ever hear about the man 1) ___________ eats paper? This is a true story 2)
_________ took place in Australia 3) __________ I come from. It's the story of a man 4)
___________ suffers from some sort of disease 5) ___________ makes him eat cellulose,
6) ___________ is the material paper is made of. He used to eat all the newspapers 7)
_________ he could get, until his wife decided that it would be better if she made paper for
him ,so he wouldn't have to eat the ink 8) __________ covers newspapers, you know). She didn't want to be known
as the woman) 9) __________ husband was was eating inky newspapers because he had no kind person to
make newsprint for him. His wife is a woman 10) _________ loves a joke, so she makes him paper 11)
___________ has all sorts of exotic flavours. So, now he only eats the paper 12) ___________ his wife makes and
only eats ordinary newspapers only in the morning or evening 13)_________ he is travelling to work and home by
train. He likes to visit New York, because it is the city 14) _________ the newspapers are the thickest. He is
happiest on Sunday, 15) __________ he is in New York, because newspapers are really thick there. Thick
newspapers, for him, are like a banquet at an excellent restaurant. That is the man 16) _______ popularity is quite
high in Australia and has appeared in several television channels, social media and of course in the newspapers.

1) a) who b) which c) whose d) whom

2) a) who b) whose c) where d) that
3) a) which b) that c) when d) where
4) a) which b) - c) who d) whose
5) a) where b) when c) that d) –
6) a) which b) that c) where d) why
7) a) who b) in which c) - d) where
8) a) who b) which c) in which d) when
9) a) that b) who c) whom d) whose
10) a) whom b) who c) whose d) –
11) a) in which b) - c) that d) where
12) a) - b) from which c) whose d) for whom
13) a) where b) when c) why c) with whom
14) a) why b) when c) which d) where
15) a) - b) which c) when d) that
16) a) who b) that c) to whom d) whose