Practice

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Grammar practice – standard Unit 5
Relative clauses
1 Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun. More than
one answer may be possible.
1 I have a friend grandparents went on the
demonstration last Thursday.
2 The man spoke first was very passionate.
3 This is the square opened their first
restaurant.
4 The group I belong to is fighting against
youth unemployment.
5 I’ll never forget the moment police arrived.
2 In which sentences in Exercise 1 can the relative pronoun be
omitted?
3 Correct the mistake in the sentences.
1 The bank that I use it is in financial trouble.
2 Police have closed the website that you could get more
information.
3 Many young people can’t find work are moving abroad.
4 The new laws which are very unpopular will affect us all.
5 A new factory is opening in the town, that is very good
news.
4 Circle the correct option in this newspaper report.
Sometimes more than one option is possible.
Earlier this morning, police 1 have arrested / arrested the
SafeSave protestors. The group, 2 who / which are angry
at the collapse of SafeSave bank, 3 have spent / had spent
three days camping outside a house in Endyke, 4 that
/ where they believe the former chairman of SafeSave,
Robert Spade, lives.
Witnesses reported that, at about midnight last night, 30
officers 5 began / have begun forcibly evicting participants
of the group 6 that / which has made news across the
country. The protesters, 7 when / who were eating dinner
when police arrived, were unable to chain themselves to
the house gates as they had done previously.
This morning a police spokesperson said that any
protesters 8 that / who agreed to stay away from Endyke
would not be taken to court, however, Krissie Nicholson, a
member of the group, said,‘The man 9 that / which stole
our savings has not been arrested. Why not? We 10 are
going to / will fight on until we have answers.’
5 Join the two sentences to make one. Only use a relative
pronoun where necessary.
1 The woman lives opposite us. The woman made a speech
at the meeting.
2 Eva showed me a petition. It had over 3000 signatures. The
petition…
3 You asked me to buy a book. The book had sold out. The
book…
4 Jorge works at home. He is self-employed. Jorge…
6 Combine the two sentences using an appropriate relative
pronoun.
1 The government is growing increasingly unpopular. It came
to power two years ago.
2 Tom is an environmental campaigner. He’s my sister’s
boyfriend.
3 Margaret Thatcher was known as the Iron Lady. She was
Britain’s first female prime minister.
4 The rate of inflation currently stands at 4%. It is going up
every month.