Workbook: Sentence Connectors

M.E. Machado Ruiz

I. Join the sentences by changing the second sentence of each pair into a DEFINING
RELATIVE CLAUSE, using contact clauses (i.e. omit the relative pronoun) when it is
possible.
1. I dislike women. They chatter incessantly.
2. Old age is a problem. It should concern us all.
3. He's the sort of man. He will do anything to help people in trouble.
4. I need someone. He can do the work quickly.
5. The aunt is my father's sister. She came to see us last week.
6. The relief agencies have promised to do everything. All lies in their power to bring food to
the starving population.
7. This the funniest film. It has ever come from Hollywood.
8. The first statement gave very few details. It was issued by the press attach at the Palace.
9. This is a book. It will be very popular.
10. The library didn't have the book. I wanted it.
11. The aims are very laudable. The society is pursuing these aims.
12. The Council has decided to ask every tenant to move to a similar house or flat. He has a
house bigger than he needs.
13. If you die before the policy matures, your wife receives the benefits. You yourself would
have been entitled to these benefits.
14. We need quality, not quantity.
15. Two persistent journalists uncovered the scandal.
16. The thing that the speaker said next was lost in the general uproar.
17. Why don't you explain the idea that you have in mind?
II. Join the sentences by changing the second sentence of each pair into a Non-Defining
Relative Clause.
1. His latest play has been a great success. It was well reviewed by the critics.
2. The manufacturers soon stopped marketing the drug. It was found to have serious sideeffects.
3. In 1930 the Company moved from its home in West Street, as it was now too small for its
ever-increasing volume of business.
4. Few people could follow the speaker, since he spoke extremely quickly.
5. His doctor advised him to change to an outdoor job, as this would be much better for his
health.
6. Many teachers are enthusiastic about overhead projectors. They are more flexible in use than
the traditional blackboard.
7. The man immediately reported the theft. His coat had been stolen.
8. The car driver was sent to prison for six months. The entire blame for the accident rested on
his shoulders.
9. The person is his mother. He takes after her.
10. No one puts any faith in the Government's promises. They have frequently gone back on
them in the past.
11. The new tunnel under the Thames will divert a great deal of traffic from the worst congested
crossing-points. The line of this tunnel has yet to be finally determined.
12. As I had lost John's new address, I wrote to his father. He will, presumably, let me know
where John is now living.
13. He invested his money in several different companies. And by this means he hoped to
reduce the natural hazards of investment.
14. The tourist visited the Royal Mint. English coin is produced there.
15. Those days are a thing of the past. You could travel without a passport in those days.
16. I can't think of any reason. You should take all the blame for what happened for that reason.
17.Our Association will publish its proposals in the near future. It has consistently pressed for
greater employment opportunities for the disabled.
18. England's team will be doing their best next week to revenge themselves for last year's
defeat. They are presumably now superbly fit.

Workbook: Sentence Connectors

M.E. Machado Ruiz

I. Join the sentences by changing the second sentence of each pair into a DEFINING
RELATIVE CLAUSE, using contact clauses (i.e. omit the relative pronoun) when it is
possible.
1. In some areas of Britain, unemployment is a fact of life. People have grown accustomed
to facing this fact.
2. 'I have a pleasure in introducing to you the man. Without his generosity your society
would cease to exist.'
3. The teacher said that two of the pupils had suddenly disappeared. He was responsible
for them.
4. The language teachers' association provides a medium. Through this medium ideas can
be shared and discussed.
5. The men's decision to return to work provides a breathing space. Both men and
management can think again during this breathing space.
6. The Government now needs a new sense of purpose.
7. I didn't realize the value of education until after I left school.
8. He doesn't pass his exams because he doesn't work hard enough.
9. There are times. Everyone needs to be alone then.
10. You have the same problem with your new car as we had when we first bought ours.
11. Mind the things that you say to him; he's very sensitive!
II. Join the sentences by changing the second sentence of each pair into a NONDEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSE.
1. His first speech was better than his second. The first speech was broadcast. He gave the
second before an audience.
2. Foreign visitors often find that English weather is not so bad as they had supposed. The
often associate it with fog and rain. It sometimes makes them dread coming to England.
3. The British Broadcasting Corporation launched the world's first public television
service in 1936. As the British Broadcasting Company, it had begun sound broadcasting in
1922.
4. The fire started on the first floor of the hospital. Many of its patients are elderly and
infirm.
5. The UN proposed the establishment of an international peace-making force. The
composition and power of this force would be a matter for agreement among UN
members.
6. The plans for the new by-pass have now been approved by the Local Authority. By
means of this by-pass, heavy congestion in the city centre will be considerably relieved.
7. 'I should like to pay tribute to our loyal and hard-working staff. Without their
unremitting support it would not have been possible to produce last year's spectacular rise
in profits.'
8. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament attracted some very influential supporters.
Some leading politicians are among these supporters.
9. In 1842, Charles Dickens went to America. There he advocated international copyright
and the abolition of slavery.
10. We had completely misjudged the situation. We later discovered this fact.