RELATIVE CLAUSES EXERCISES

Complete the following sentences by adding an appropriate relative pronoun. Indicate where there
is more than one possibility and add commas if necessary.
1. The money .................... he received yesterday has been stolen.
2. Peter doesn t know the name of the girl ....................got married to his friend David.
3. James Howard .................... latest fiction book is a bestseller is now signing dozens of copies of his
book.
4. Brian .................... is older than his brother is going to spend a week with us in Spain.
5. These are the carnations .................... have grown in my garden.
6. Terry s girlfriend .................... you mentioned this morning is standing beside that lady in red.
7. Vivien doesn t like boys .................... are football addicts.
8. The small town in .................... Rose lived for tem years has developed enormously.

Join the following sentences by building DEFINING or NON-DEFINING relative clauses. Insert the
appropriate PUNCTUATION and use CONTACT CLAUSES whenever possible.
1. Those teenagers are famous pop singers. You are looking at them.
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2. The British people have a very old History. We know their language very well.
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3. The book is the best. I ve selected it.
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4. The Chinese writing is very difficult to learn. I can t write its symbols.
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5. He is planning to go to university. This makes his parents very proud of him.
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6. He wants to get a job. This job is rewarding enough.
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7. The manager went to his office. He had refused to speak to the reporters.
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8. His latest book is autobiographical. It was published before he died.
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9. He won t go to the office today. It is a very wise decision.
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10. The magazine is very expensive. You are reading it.
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11. There is the man. We ve heard about him on TV.
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12. His first speech was better than his second. The first speech is going to be broadcast.
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13. My grandfatherhas gone for a long plane trip. His car was stolenlast week.
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14. The letter had no stamp on it. We received it today.
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15. Dean Fisher quickly took a plane back to Cairo. He was working in New York City.
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16. He wasn t allowed to work with computers. It was a great disappointment.
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17. The gentleman is my English teacher. You spoke to him on the street.
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18. Flats are usually advertised in local papers. It can be very helpful.
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19. That big grey building has been recently built. There is a solar panel on its top.
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20. David Jackson flew to Beirut. The international police has been looking for him.
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21. Theres the gentleman. His car has been stolen.
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22. The International Energy Agency in Paris was set up in 1973. It is facing the worst crisis since the
founding.
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23. Most teenagers blame their parents for everything. I think that very unfair.
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24. The industrial designer Raymond Smith created some of the modern best-known commercials. My
brother has been working with him.
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25. The sound was like a shot. It woke me up.
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26. In the pub there were manystudents. They had just left school.
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27. We had to wear uniforms. The fact annoyed me a lot.
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28. The school was very old. I attended it.
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29. Football is a popular game. It is played in most schools.
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30. Those teenagers are the best students of this school. You are looking at them.
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