Exercise:1.In the following sentences, there are some mistakes in the relative clauses. Find them and correct them. 1) The island of Malta that is situated south of Sicily and which used to be a British colony gained its independence in 1964.
2) A man to whom I was talking to recently told me a joke, which was very funny, but that I’ve unfortunately forgotten.
3) The Inuit who we used to call “Eskimos” are an ancient people.
4) Pete the guy who’s car I borrowed last week is visiting his mum that’s ill.
5) You need a passport for the countries to where you’re travelling.
Exercise:2.Rewrite the sentences using present or past participle. And explain your choice.
1) She put on her coat, then went out.
Putting on her coat, then went out.(present participle)
2) He got run over as he crossed the road.
3) If you view the cliffs from this angle, they look very tall.
4) I walked down the road and I hummed to myself at the same time.
5) If the weather permits, we can go on a tour of the island tomorrow.
6) She’d eaten earlier so she wasn’t hungry.
7) I live near the sea so I get plenty of opportunities to go swimming.
8) When I’d visited Zanzibar I flew on to the Seychelles.
9) David has been rejected by his peers and lacks confidence, so he would certainly benefit from a change of school.
10) She split wine on her dress and completely ruined it.
Exercise:3.Read these incomplete sentences and discuss whether they should be completed with a defining or non-defining relative clause, or whether both are possible.
1) I don’t like children……
2) The journey from work to home…. took over two hours yesterday.
3) Politicians …. aren’t worth listening to.
4) The Taj Mahal … is built from exquisitely carved white marble.
5) These are the photographs…..
6) We docked at the small port on the coast of East Africa.
7) My cousin … went hang-gliding at the weekend.
8) We went on a cycling holiday in Wales ….
