Exercises

You met these people at a party:

My wife is an
English teacher. .

My mother writes
detective stories.

My ambition is
to climb Everest

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We've just got married .

My parents used t o
work in a circus.

The next day you tell a friend about these people. Complete the sentences using who or whose.
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I met
I met
I met
I met
I met
I met

somebody ..... Nb.9.?.~...rr.9.tl1.~ ... w.r~s ....4~te.Y.4.Y~..?..W.r.~?. .... ............ . . ................. ................... ..... ...... .... ..... ....... .
a man ...................... ............... ................................................................................................................................. ................ ............................ .
a woman ................................................................................................................................................................................................... ............... .
somebody ..... .. ................... .. .................... . .. .. ......... ..... . ...... .. ......... ..... ........... ........................ ............ ..... . .. ........ ....................... .
a couple ..................................................... ...... .. ....
. .... . . ................................................ ........................................ .
somebody ........................................... ....
.. .... ....... ... ........................................................ .......
.. .......... .

Read the situations and complete the sentences using where.

1 You grew up in a small town . You went back there recently. You tell someone this.
I recently went back to ......th.~ ... ~rr.0-.4. to.~ YI w~ ~~....L g.r.~... YP................... . ..... ...
2 You're thirsty and you want a drink. You ask a friend where you can get some water.
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Is there a shop near here ............................... . ...
... .. .. ... ... ........... ....... . ..... . .....
3 You wo rk in a fa ctory. The factory is going to close down next month. Yo u tell a friend .
The ............ ................................ ............................ ... ......................................................... is going to close down next month.
4 Sue is staying at a hotel. You want to know the name of the hotel. You ask a friend.
Do you know the name of .................. ... ...... . . ......... ... ..... . .. ....... .... ................................... ..... ............................................ ?
5 You play football in a park on Sundays. You show a friend the park. You say:
This is the ... ............................................................... ....... . ..... . . .. .. ........... ...... .... ....... ................................................. on Sundays.
~ Complete each sentence using who/whom/whose/where.

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What's the name of th e man .... N.h 9..s.e. .... car you borrowed?
A cemetery is a place ........................................ people are buried.
A pacifist is a person ......................................... believes that all wars are wrong.
An orphan is a child ...... . ....
..... ...... pa ren t s are dead.
What was the nam e of the person t o . ......
. ...... you spoke on the phone?
The place ....... ................................... we spent our ho lidays was rea lly beautiful.
This school is only for children .............. ......... .......... ... . fi rst language is not English.
The woman with ... ...................................... he f ell in love left h im after a month .

Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. They are like the examples in Sections D and E.
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I ca n't m eet you on Friday. That's the day I ,.m....gPirlg....~.~ ........................... . ... . ......
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The reason ..... .......... ... ....................................................... ........................................................ was that t he salary was too low.
I'll never forget the time ......... ...................................
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Do you remember the day ............................ ........ .. . ... . .. ..... . ........ ............. .......... ......... ..... . . .....
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The reason . . . .............................. .... ..... .. .....
. ............................................... is that they don't need one.
. .. ........ ..... . ....... was the year ............................ .... .... . ...... ......................................................... ......... .. ............

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