Unit 2 Grammar practice

Relative clauses; relative pronouns and

prepositions
1

Complete the second sentence with between two and five

words so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence.
Use the bold words.
Peter, who did you send the email to? (to)

Rewrite the sentences with relative pronouns and adverbs. If

the pronoun / adverb can be omitted, put it in brackets. Add
commas where necessary.

Peter, to whom did you send the email?

1

Thats the book. I was telling you about it.

Thats my father ___________________ I would do

Thats the book (which) I was telling you about.

anything.

Susan is travelling to Madrid next month. Her son is a doctor.

__________________________________________
2
3
4

They are the people. They invited us to their party.

little.
3

The hall, ___________________ for the ceremony, was very

__________________________________________

dirty.

The day was 2 September. Our baby was born.

This jumper is too small. It was made by my mother.

(whose)

This is the place. She met her boyfriend here.

Ali H is ___________________ song was in the top ten last

__________________________________________

week.
6

Pats sculptures, ___________________, are in a museum.

7

Why is this day circled on your calendar?

Thats the day ___________________ I got married.

Do you know anything about those paintings?

Yes, those are the paintings ___________________ van

de Meer is famous.

Thats the woman ___________________ son robbed

the bank.

Really? She must be very upset.

Lets talk about eighteenth-century poetry.

No thanks. Eighteenth-century poetry,

boring subject.

Mary, ___________________ is going to teach me to

speak German, is standing over there.

Oh, lets go and talk to her.

What are you studying?

Im revising some of the verbs ___________________

The people ___________________ I went to the festival are

my cousins.
4

Correct the sentences. Two sentences are correct.

Shes the woman which made my sisters wedding dress.
Shes the woman who made my sisters wedding dress.
The glasses, that I bought yesterday, are very nice.
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2

Ivan who mother is Polish always visits us at Easter.

__________________________________________

Do you remember the day when you went to her wedding?

__________________________________________

Those are the presents we bought for her birthday.

__________________________________________

we learnt last week.

The people who I went to the festival with are my cousins.

(whom)

___________________ I know nothing, is a rather

5

Pats sculptures are in a museum. Hes famous for them.

(which)

Why are you looking at that old house?

Thats the house in which I was born.

Ali H is the singer. His song was in the top ten last week.

__________________________________________

That man was late for work. (who)

That ___________________ was late for work.

Complete the mini-dialogues with suitable relative pronouns

or relative pronouns with prepositions.
A

The hall we rented for the ceremony was very dirty. (which)

These are the diamonds. I bought them in Greece.

__________________________________________
5

Thats the hostel owner. I know very little about him. (about)
Thats the hostel owner ___________________ I know very

__________________________________________

Thats my father. I would do anything for him. (whom)

Thats the country for which we met some nice people.

__________________________________________

Lets find a cinema who shows films all night.

__________________________________________

We didnt know that to get them for their anniversary.

__________________________________________

Thats the boy whom I sent the letter to.

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