Defining relative clauses

1. Match the sentence beginnings 1–6 with the endings a–f.

1. This is the professor

2. Most of the products

3. An IT company

4. This letter comes from a company

5. I know a lot of people

6. This is the university

a) which we buy come from China.

b) which offers good services doesn’t need advertising.

c) who come from South America.

d) which wants to employ me.

e) who teaches me a lot of useful things.

f) where I studied business.

2. Choose all the answers that are possible.

1. This is the company car I told you about.

A who B which C where D that E -

2. The woman is talking to the receptionist is the manager’s wife.

A who B which C where D that E -

3. All the people work in my department are from the USA.

A who B which C where D that E -

4. The hotel we’re staying is in Wellington Street.

A who B which C where D that E -

5. I’d like to buy a printer is quick and quiet.

A who B which C where D that E -

6. During my gap year I stayed in a village there were no doctors.

A who B which C where D that E -

3. Fill in who, whose или which.

1. Mary don’t know ___ sheet of paper it was. 2. We are talking about the book ___ we bought a week ago. 3. I didn’t know the woman ___ was looking at me yesterday in the shop. 4. Where is the cake ___ he cooked yesterday? 5. Do you know ___ dog it is? 6. I know ___ broke your laptop. 7. They are discussing the girl ___ won the competition. 8. Do you see the cat ___ has a big violet bow? 9. She wonders ___ bike it is. 10. The chocolate ___ I bought is in the fridge.

4. Join two sentences using a relative pronoun

Example: I wrote to the friend. He had a birthday last week. – I wrote to the friend who/that had a birthday last week.

1. I bought a phone. It was nice.

2. Ann has got a friend. She sings well.

3. Max has become an actor. You met him last year.

4. I forgot to print the аrticle. I wrote it yesterdаy.

5. The boy was sad. His motorcycle was broken.

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