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Exercises On Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses

1. The document provides exercises on relative clauses in English, focusing on identifying the correct relative pronouns to complete sentences and determining whether the relative clauses are defining or non-defining. 2. The exercises include underlining the correct relative pronoun to complete sentences, inserting relative pronouns into sentences and identifying the clauses as defining or non-defining, and correcting any missing commas. 3. The topics of the sentences include nuclear weapons, atomic and hydrogen bombs, nuclear fission and fusion, and aristocratic families.

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Exercises On Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses

1. The document provides exercises on relative clauses in English, focusing on identifying the correct relative pronouns to complete sentences and determining whether the relative clauses are defining or non-defining. 2. The exercises include underlining the correct relative pronoun to complete sentences, inserting relative pronouns into sentences and identifying the clauses as defining or non-defining, and correcting any missing commas. 3. The topics of the sentences include nuclear weapons, atomic and hydrogen bombs, nuclear fission and fusion, and aristocratic families.

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EXERCISES ON RELATIVE CLAUSES

Destrezas Escritas en Lenguas Extranjeras (Inglés)


Profª. Yolanda Caballero Aceituno

1. Underline the options that can complete each sentence. One, two or three may be
aceptable. Underlining --- as an option means that no word is necessary (Advanced).

1.1. You can say _____you like, there’s no substitute for hard word.
a) What b) that c) whichever d) whatever
1.2. The only way ______you’ll be able to contact her is by e-mail.
a) That b) which c) what d) ---
1.3. That’s about all _____I have to say.
a) Which b) this c) --- d) that
1.4. I can’t believe_____these students have learnt.
a) How much b) the little c) what d) whichever.
1.5. I don’t think he’s _____he claims to be.
a) What b) whoever c) that d) the man.
1.6. They all passed _____is considered an extremely difficult exam.
a) What b) that c) this d) which.
1.7. You can come _____you like.
a) Which b) when c) whenever d) whichever day
1.8. _____you need is a holiday.
a) That b) What c)Which d) The thing
1.9. I’m beginning to think that _____people say about him is true.
a) Which b) Things c)what d) ---
1.10. _____we extricate ourselves from this with any dignity is anybody’s guess.
a) However b) That c) Whenever d) How.

2. Insert the appropriate relative pronouns and decide whether the sentences should
be defining or non-defining (advanced). HE INCLUIDO COMAS QUE FALTABAN

2.1. Our neighbours include Sir James and Lady Blenkinsop, ____who___ live at Blenkinsop
Hall, ______that____stands in grounds ___which_____are open to the public in
summer.

2.2. Sir James, ___who____ is a Radical Member of Parliament, is sometimes advised by


those of his fellow MPs, ______who ___are socialists, to give up Blenkinsop Hall,
____which____was left him by his father, and live in something____that______would
have a less aristocratic image.

2.3. Sheila is one of the few teachers ____who_____is able to control their classes without
ever raising their voices, ___which______is an ability _that__appreciate highly.

2.4. The atomic bombs __which/that______were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had
a power of twenty kilotons, ____which_____is equal to that of 20.000 tons of TNT,

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whereas some of the bombs ___which/that_____have been developed since then are
said to have a power as great as forty-five megatons, _____which___is equal to that of
45.000.000 tons of TNT.

2.5. These more powerful bombs ____which/that____are now included in the arsenals of
all countries ________ call themselves nuclear powers are known as hydrogen or
thermonuclear bombs.

2.6. A hydrogen bomb depends for its operation not only on the process of nuclear fission
or splitting ________is the basis of the atomic bomb but on nuclear fusion
______when two nuclei ________in this case are nuclei of heavy hydrogen come
together to form a larger nucleus.

2.7. Nuclear fission, ___which/that____is the source or energy of atomic power


stations,results in the accumulation of harmful residues ___which____are difficult to
dispose of, whereas nuclear fusion __that____is the source of energy of the sun has no
such residues.

2.8. The problem __which___scientists are faced with in trying to harness nuclear fusion as
a peaceful source of energy is that it requires for its operation the high temperatures
___which/that______are found in the sun but__that___so far have been produced
artificially only by the nuclear fission ___which/that_____provides the ‘trigger’
mechanism of the hydrogen bomb.

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