Unit 2 Grammar practice Relative clauses
Relative pronouns and
prepositions
1 Choose the correct alternatives.
That is the restaurant when / where my parents
celebrated their wedding anniversary.
1 Sandra is the girl which / who won the Halloween
costume competition.
2 Spain is a country which / when has many beautiful
cities.
3 The two weeks before Christmas is the time who /
when many people go shopping.
4 That’s the boy whose / who sister is getting married
tomorrow.
5 Those are the people which / who arranged the
wedding ceremony.
6 Those are the gifts who / which I got for my birthday.
2 Cross out the relative pronoun in the sentences if it is
4 Choose the correct alternatives.
High school proms, about / to which people wear formal
clothes, are held every year in the USA.
1 Stella’s designs, for / about which she is very well
known, are unique.
2 My grandfather returned to the Spanish city on / in
which he was born.
3 The book True Grit, on / about which the film is based,
is fantastic.
4 I was invited to a party to / for which I wore a
fancy-dress costume.
5 Their customs, in / about which he didn’t know a lot,
seemed very strange to him.
5 Complete the sentences with who or whom and write
not necessary.
whether the sentences are formal (F) or informal (I).
Is this the dress which you’re wearing to the party?
1 That’s the café which I like.
2 Those are the guests who are friends of the bride.
3 How much did you pay for the ring that you bought?
4 That’s the man whose car is parked in front of the
church.
5 This is the place where the festival is held every year.
The man who is celebrating his birthday is over there. I
3 Complete the sentences with the relative pronouns /
adverbs who, which, when, where and whose. Add
commas where necessary to the sentences that contain
non-defining relative clauses.
The documentary, which we saw last night , was about
American customs.
1Patricia
week is my older sister.
is starting university this
2 The dress shop
amazing!
you took me to is
3 Can you return the books
borrowed from me, please?
4 There’s the boy
the school.
5 That café
was very expensive.
6Tom
to my house later.
7 She can’t remember
starts.
you
broke the window in
we had lunch yesterday
father works with me is coming
the exam
1To
2 I don’t know
with.
3
4With
evening?
did you send the flowers?
he went to the party
did they ask to babysit the child?
will they be dining this
5 He didn’t tell me
seeing.
he had been
6 Put the words in the correct order to form sentences.
the man / last year / lived with / who / He’s / I
He’s the man who I lived with last year.
1 whom / to / did / she / the festival / With / go / ?
2 visited / the house / We / the author / in / was born /
which
3 a festival / Diwali / is / at / people / light / candles /
which
4 saw / a boy / I / went / with / to school / Today /
who / I
5 famous / My sister’s cakes / delicious / which / are /
for / is / she
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Unit 2 Grammar practice 3 Complete the sentences with relative pronouns
Relative clauses; relative
pronouns and prepositions
1 Complete the sentences with the relative pronouns and
adverbs in the list.
that
when
where
which
who
whose
when
Is Saturday the day when Jake and Helen are having their
engagement party?
1 The film
good.
2Pete,
languages.
I saw last week was very
is from Poland, speaks four
3 That boy,
father teaches science, is
always getting into trouble.
4 This book,
I still haven’t read, is
about Spanish traditions and festivals.
5 The town
Mexican border.
he used to live is on the
6 Bonfire Night is the night
fireworks in the UK.
we set off
2 Rewrite the sentences with relative pronouns and
adverbs. In some cases, there is more than one possible
answer.
and adverbs. Add commas where necessary to the
sentences that contain non-defining relative clauses.
Then write whether the relative pronouns can be
omitted or not.
Paul Simmons, who I used to dislike, is now my husband!
Cannot be omitted.
1 This is the woman
award.
book won an
2 This cake
delicious!
I bought this morning is
3 The restaurant
nice view.
they ate lunch had a
4 Why didn’t you bring
I asked you to?
5Gina
during the holidays.
is a florist sells a lot of flowers
6 The day
China was cold and wet.
Kevin arrived back from
7 I’ll never forget the place
on our first date.
we went
4 Complete the sentences with the prepositions in the
list.
That’s the ring. Her boyfriend gave it to her.
about
That’s the ring which / that her boyfriend gave to her.
1 This is the woman. Her husband is a wedding planner.
The teacher at the school to which I go told me that I’d
done well in the exam.
2 This is the girl. I met her at school.
1 Spanish food,
nutritious and tasty.
3 They work in a factory. The factory makes fancy-dress
costumes.
2 The poem ‘Strange Fruit’,
which
the Billie Holiday song is based, was written by Abel
Meeropol.
4 2 June was the day. We got married.
3 The day
which we celebrate St
Stephen is always enjoyable.
5 That’s the man. He put up the decorations.
6 That’s the house. My grandmother was born there.
7 My teacher’s wife is French. He’s going to live in Paris
next year.
for
in
on
on
to
which I know a lot, is
4 They’re playing a football match in the city
which I live.
5 Stan’s parties,
are always exciting.
which he is famous,
5 Rewrite the informal sentences in a more formal way.
The woman who I was talking to is a bridesmaid at the
wedding.
The woman to whom I was talking is a bridesmaid at the
wedding.
1 She’s a writer who I know nothing about.
2 Those are the people who I sent the flowers to.
3 The boy who my sister is playing with lives next door.
4 That’s the girl who I go to school with.
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Unit 2 Grammar practice 3 Complete the second sentence with between two and
Relative clauses; relative
pronouns and prepositions
five words so that it has the same meaning as the first
sentence. Use the bold words.
1 Rewrite the sentences with relative pronouns and
adverbs. If the pronoun / adverb can be omitted, put it
in brackets. Add commas where necessary.
That’s the book. I was telling you about it.
That’s the book (which) I was telling you about.
1 Susan is travelling to Madrid next month. Her son is a
doctor.
2 They are the people. They invited us to their party.
3 These are the diamonds. I bought them in Greece.
That’s my father
I would do
anything.
2 That’s the hostel owner. I know very little about him.
(about)
That’s the hostel owner
I
know very little.
3 The hall we rented for the ceremony was very dirty.
(which)
4 The day was 2 September. Our baby was born.
5 This jumper is too small. It was made by my mother.
6 This is the place. She met her boyfriend here.
The hall,
for the ceremony,
was very dirty.
4 That man was late for work. (who)
That
was late for work.
5 Ali H is the singer. His song was in the top ten last week.
(whose)
2 Complete the mini-dialogues with suitable relative
pronouns or relative pronouns with prepositions.
Ali H is
song was in the top
ten last week.
6 Pat’s sculptures are in a museum. He’s famous for them.
(which)
A Why are you looking at that old house?
B That’s the house in which I was born.
1 A Why is this day circled on your calendar?
BThat’s the day
married.
Peter, who did you send the email to? (to)
Peter, to whom did you send the email?
1 That’s my father. I would do anything for him. (whom)
I got
Pat’s sculptures,
, are in a
museum.
7 The people who I went to the festival with are my
cousins. (whom)
2 ADo you know anything about those paintings?
BYes, those are the paintings
van de Meer is famous.
3 AThat’s the woman
robbed the bank.
son
The people
festival are my cousins.
I went to the
4 Correct the sentences. Two sentences are correct.
She’s the woman which made my sister’s wedding dress.
She’s the woman who made my sister’s wedding dress.
1 The glasses, that I bought yesterday, are very nice.
B Really? She must be very upset.
4 A Let’s talk about eighteenth-century poetry.
2 Ivan who mother is Polish always visits us at Easter.
BNo thanks. Eighteenth-century poetry,
I know nothing, is a
rather boring subject.
3 Do you remember the day when you went to her
wedding?
5 AMary,
is going to teach
me to speak German, is standing over there.
4 Those are the presents we bought for her birthday.
B Oh, let’s go and talk to her.
6 A What are you studying?
BI’m revising some of the verbs
we learnt last week.
5 That’s the country for which we met some nice people.
6 Let’s find a cinema who shows films all night.
7 We didn’t know that to get them for their anniversary.
8 That’s the boy whom I sent the letter to.
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