Unit 2 Grammar practice
Relative clauses
1 Choose the correct alternatives.
That is the restaurant when / where my parents celebrated their
wedding anniversary.
1 Sandra is the girl which / who won the Halloween costume
competition.
2 Spain is a country which / when has many beautiful cities.
3 The two weeks before Christmas is the time who / when
many people go shopping.
4 Thats the boy whose / who sister is getting married
tomorrow.
5 Those are the people which / who arranged the wedding
ceremony.
6 Those are the gifts who / which I got for my birthday.
2 Cross out the relative pronoun in the sentences if it is not
necessary.
Is this the dress which youre wearing to the party?
1 Thats the caf which I like.
2 Those are the guests who are friends of the bride.
3 How much did you pay for the ring that you bought?
4 Thats the man whose car is parked in front of the church.
5 This is the place where the festival is held every year.
3 Complete the sentences with the relative pronouns /
adverbs who, which, when, where and whose. Add commas
where necessary to the sentences that contain non-defining
relative clauses.
The documentary, which we saw last night, was about
American customs.
1 Patricia ___________________ is starting university this
week is my older sister.
2 The dress shop ___________________ you took me to is
amazing!
3 Can you return the books ___________________ you
borrowed from me, please?
4 Theres the boy ___________________ broke the window in
the school.
5 That caf ___________________ we had lunch yesterday
was very expensive.
6 Tom ___________________ father works with me is coming
to my house later.
7 She cant remember ___________________ the exam
starts.
Relative pronouns and prepositions
4 Choose the correct alternatives.
High school proms, about / to which people wear formal
clothes, are held every year in the USA.
1 Stellas designs, for / about which she is very well known,
are unique.
2 My grandfather returned to the Spanish city on / in which he
was born.
3 The book True Grit, on / about which the film is based, is
fantastic.
4 I was invited to a party to / for which I wore a
fancy-dress costume.
5 Their customs, in / about which he didnt know a lot,
seemed very strange to him.
5 Complete the sentences with who or whom and write
whether the sentences are formal (F) or informal (I).
The man who is celebrating his birthday is over there. I
1 To ___________________ did you send the flowers? _____
2 I dont know ___________________ he went to the party
with. _____
3 ___________________ did they ask to babysit the child?
_____
4 With ___________________ will they be dining this
evening? _____
5 He didnt tell me ___________________ he had been
seeing. _____
6 Put the words in the correct order to form sentences.
the man / last year / lived with / who / Hes / I
Hes the man who I lived with last year.
1 whom / to / did / she / the festival / With / go / ?
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2 visited / the house / We / the author / in / was born / which
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3 a festival / Diwali / is / at / people / light / candles / which
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4 saw / a boy / I / went / with / to school / Today /
who / I
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5 famous / My sisters cakes / delicious / which / are / for / is /
she
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