RELATIVE CLAUSES (DEFINING / NON DEFINING)

1. Cross out the relative pronoun if it can be omitted.

1. The woman who I met yesterday is the new director.

2. A young girl who looked foreign opened the door.
3. Its a thing which we use for opening bottles.
4. Whats the name of the shop where you bought your skirt?
5. The car park, which was enormous, was full and we had to wait.
6. The student whose exam mark was the best was given the prize.
7. I didnt like the film which you recommended.
8. My new boyfriend, who I met last summer, is going abroad tomorrow.

2. DEFINING AND NON DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES: Make relative sentences.

Use who, which, where, when, whose or that. Omit the pronoun if possible and use
commas where necessary

1. We stopped to help a man. His car had broken down.

2. Its a new kind of car. It doesnt use petrol.
3. My new house is what I had always wanted. It has a large garden.
4. John has decided to ask for early retirement. He works in the office next to mine.
5. I like restaurants. They dont play music there.
6. At the party I met a girl. Her fathers a millionaire.
7. Shes the person. She won the competition.
8. George Street has been closed to traffic. I usually park in this street.
9. My father died in 2001. There was a terrorist attack then.
10. The Cavern is one of the most visited places in Liverpool. The Beatles first played there.
11. I complained to the man. His dog is always barking.
12. Our teacher can speak four languages. Her parents are Greek.
13. Jeremy wants to go to Egypt. He can study the pyramids there.
14. Freddy Mercury was the lead singer of Queen. He died of AIDS.
15. Anna went to the cemetery. Shakespeare is buried there.
16. Tony has a computer program. It translates Spanish to English.
17. The student didnt pass the exam. You were talking to him.
18. John has decided to go to Beijing. His father works in China.
19. Take a look at this jacket. I bought it this morning.
20. I always go to Greece in winter. It is warmer than in Britain then.
21. Mr Smith is my teacher. His car was hit by a lorry.
22. Charlie Chaplin died in 1977. He was a star of silent films.
23. The student was ill. I wanted to see him.
24. We visited the museum. It has a new exhibition of dinosaurs.
25. I have a photograph of the mountain. We climbed it in 12 hours.
26. I met a Nepalese tourist. He lives in Kathmandu.
27. The palace is 500 years old. It is in the centre of town.
28. Moira lost the keys. They were in her bag.
29. Are you the driver? Your car is parked outside.
30. The UK is one of the few places. You can drive when you are 17 there.
31. My friend gave me a CD. She was here last night.
32. Waterloo is a village in Belgium. There was a big battle there.