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Exercises Unit 92 92.1 92.2 92.3 92.4 In this exercise you have to explain what some words mean. Choose the right meaning from the box and then write a sentence with who. Use a dictionary if necessary. steals from a shop buys something from a shop -designs-buildings- pays rent to live in a house or flat he/she + agesn't believe in God SHE) breaks into a house to steal things is not brave expects the worst to happen 1 (an architect) ..An architect is_someone, who designs buildings. oo 2 (a burglar) A burglar is someone 3 (a customer) 4 (a shoplifter) . 5 (acoward) 6 (an atheist) 7 ta pessimist) 8 (a tenant) is Sane 1A girl was injured in the accident. She is now in hospital. The. girt who was injured. in the accident. is. now in hospital. 2. A waitress served us. She was impolite and impatient. The = ee 3 A building was destroyed in the fire. It has now been rebuilt. The . a 4 Some people were arrested. They have now been released, Theisen ss 2 a 5 A bus goes to the airport. It runs every half hour. The Complete the sentences. Choose the best ending from the box and change it into a relative clause. he invented the telephone it makes-furniture- she runs away from home __ it gives you the meaning of words they stole my car it can support life they were on the wall it cannot be explained Barbara works for a company ..2M@E. makes. fart The book is about a girl sill What happened to the pictures . A mystery is something zs 2 sass z The police have caught the men A dictionary is a book = Alexander Bell was the MAM no 8 Ir seems that the earth is the only planet co sn 1 Wb we Are these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary. I don’t like stories who have unhappy endings. tories that have. What was the name of the person who phoned you? ‘Where's the nearest shop who sells newspapers? ~ - . The driver which caused the accident was fined £500. oo Do you know the person that took these photographs? ..-wcmmnmnsnnnsnnn 6 We live in a world what is changing all the time. 7 Dan said some things about me that were not true, 8 What was the name of the horse it won the race? 7 s = whune Exercises Unit 93 93.1 93.2 93.3 93.4 In some of these sentences you need who or that. Correct the sentences where necessary. The woman lives next door is a doctor. —The..woman. who lives next door... Have you found the keys you lost? HO mis The people we met last night were very nice. The people work in the office are very nice. ——— The people I work with are very nice. sass - What have you done with the money I gave you? What happened to the money was on the table? Whar’s the worst film you've ever seen? = What's the best thing it has ever happened t0 YOU? usm we + pau What do you say in these situations? Complete each sentence with a relative clause. 1 Your friend lost some keys. You want ro know if he has found them. You say: Have you found ... ne. keys. you. lost. A friend is wearing a dress. You like it. You tell her: Tike the dress ... 3 A friend is going to see a film. You want ro know the name of the film. You sa} What's the name of the film so 4 You wanted to visit a museum. It was shut when you got there. You tell a friend: The museum ts — was shut when we got there. 5 You invited some people to your party. Some of them couldn't come. You tell someone: Some of the people ens -ovsnnenens COuldn’E come. 6 Your friend had to do some work. You want to know if she has finished. You say: Have you finished the work us cassia B You hired a car. It broke down after a few miles. You tell a frien The car oa souusinm broke down after a few miles. 8 You stayed at a hotel. Tom ie jecenansenaall | it to you. You tell a friend: We stayed at a hotel : Complete each sentence using a relative clause with a preposition. Choose from the box. we went to a party last night you can rely on Gary we were invited to a wedding I work with some people I applied for a job you told me about a hotel -youwere-looking-for-some-books- 1 saw you with a man. Are these the books ..yuwere. looking for. > Unfortunately we couldn’t go to the wedding Lenjoy my job. I like the people ..... What's the name of that horel The patty censvenmen oe oonnse Wasmrt very enjoyable. I didn’t get the job .. Gary is a good person to know. He's somebody .. spre gusats 8 Who was that man - _ sevewneienemeecee AM the restaurant? PAWawWe Put in that or what where necessary. If the sentence is already complete, leave the space empty. 1 Igave her all the money ...=... had. (all the money that I had is also correct) 2 Did you hear ..Whi@t... they said? 3 They give their children everything, ..[Link]--ne they want, 4 Tell me ss you want and I'll try to get it for you. 5 Why do you blame me for everything “ goes wrong? 6 Iwon’t be able to do much, but I'll do. Tecan. 7 won't be able to do much, but I'll do the best - Lean. 8 Idon't agree with .. you've just said. 9 I don’t trust him. I don’t believe anything he says. am Exercises Unit 94 94.1 94.2 94.3 94.4 You met these people at a party: 2 1 ‘ay mother wines 3 (detective stories Fed (ity niteisan VV English teacher. We've just got married. (Wy ambition is >) eet im Everest. 5 The next day you tell a friend about these people. Complete the sentences using who or whose. 1 I met somebody ...whose. mother writes detective stories 2 Imeta man . “ a ‘My parents used to work in a circus. 3. [met a woman - co en 4 Tmet somebody ono 5 Imet a couple a eee 6 I met somebody - es J a Read the situations and complete the sentences using where. 1 You grew up in a small town. You went back there recently. You tell someone this. Trecently went back to the small rown ..iiM@ré.,|. grea 4p psec 2 You want to buy some postcards, You ask a friend where you can do this. Is there a shop near here 2 3 You work in a factory. The factory is going to close down next month. You tell a friend The factory F ~~ iS going to close down next month. 4 Sue is staying at a hotel. You want to know the name of the hotel. You ask a friend: Do you know the name of the hotel ae 5 You play football in a park on Sundays. You show a friend the park. You say: This is the park —— on Sundays. Complete each sentence using who/whom/whose/where. 1 What's the name of the man W958... car you borrowed? 2 A cemetery is a place people are buried. 3A pacifist is a person no believes that all wars are wrong. 4 An orphan is a child owen parents are dead. 5. What was the name of the person 10 num so You spoke on the phone? 6 The place .. we spent our holidays was really beautiful. 7 This school is only for children ....... first language is not English. 8 The woman with he fell in love left him after a month. Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. They are like the examples in Sections D and E. 1 T'll always remember the day ...|. first. met. you . Tl never forget the time was that I didn’t know your address. 3 The reason ...... ws sa aus 4 Unfortunately I wasn't at home the evening, - . See f 5 The £8801 ssn is that they don’t need one 6 was the year 189 Exercises Unit 95 95.1 95.2 95.3 Make one sentence from two. Use the sentence in brackets to make a relative clause (Type 2). You will need to use who(m)/whose/which/where. 1 Catherine is very friendly, (She lives next door.) We stayed | at the Park Hotel. iA friend of ours had recommended i it.) We. stayed at the Park Hotel, which a friend of ours had recommended... We often go to visit our friends in Bristol. (It is not very far away.) s Iwent ro see the doctor. (He told me to rest for a few days.) John is one of my closest friends. (I have known him for a very long time.) JOD reer emroremerer sos - es . 6 Sheila is away from home a lot. (Her job involves a lor of travelling.) 7 The new stadium will be opened next month. ([t can hold 90,000 people.) 8 Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, (My brother lives there.) 9 A friend of mine helped me to get a job. (His father is the manager of a company.) Read the information and complete each sentence. Use @ relative clause of Type 1 or Type 2. Use commas where necessary. 1 There’s a woman living next door to me. She’s a doctor, The woman ....wH0. lives. next door to me. is a. d 2 I've got a brother called Rob. He lives in Australia. He's a doctor. ‘My brother Rob .:..Whg..lives_ in Australia, is a doctor. 3 There was a strike at the car factory. It began ten days ago. It is now over. ‘The strike at the car factory 4 was looking for a book this morning. I've found it now: a London was once the largest city in the world, bur the population is now falling. The population of London ... 6 A job was advertised. A lot of people applied for it. Few of them had the necessary qualifications. Few of ee sei ‘Amy has a son. She showed me a photograph of him. He's a policeman. Amy showed me . Saige SRE LER RO Correct the sentences that are wrong and put in commas where necessary. If the sentence is correct, write ‘OK: 1 Colin told me about his new job that he’s enjoying very much. Colin told. me. about. his. new job, which he's enjoying very much... ‘My office that is on the second floor is very small. ‘The office I'm using at the moment is very smal. a Ben’ 's father that used to. be a teacher now works fora TV company. ‘The doctor that examined me couldn't find anything wrong. 6 The sun that is one of millions of stars in the universe provides us with heat and light. 191 Exercises Unit 96 96.1 96.2 96.3 Write the relative clauses in a more formal way using a preposition + whom/which. 1 Yesterday we visited the City Museum, which I'd never been to before. Yesterday we visited the City Museum, ...t2..Wwhich I'd. never. been before. ue 2. My brother showed us his new car, which he’s very proud of. My brother showed us his new car, is a photograph of our friends Chris and Sam, who we went on holiday with. This is a phorograph of our friends Chris and Sam, - a 4 The wedding, which only members of the family were invited to, rook place on Friday. ‘The wedding, took place on Friday. Use the information in the first sentence to complete the second sentence. Use all of / most of ete, or the ... of + whom/which. 1 All of Mary’s brothers are married. Mary has three brothers, ..4uL.¢f whom. are. married. 2. Most of the information we were given was useless. We were given a lot of information, ... - 3 Jane has received neither of the letters I sent her. I sent Jane two letters, = 4 None of the ten people who applied for the job was suitable. Ten people applied for the job, - a Kate hardly ever uses one of her computers. Kate has got two computers, . cnn 6 Mike gave half of the £50,000 he won to his parents. Mike won £50,000, Both of Julia's sisters are teachers. Julia has ovo sisters, s : 8 I went to a party ~ I knew only a few of the people there. There were a lot of people at the party, scsi : = 9 The sides of the road we drove along were lined with trees. We drove along the road, the . . o ee 10 The aim of the company’s new business plan is to save mon The company has a new business plan, Join sentences from the boxes to make new sentences. Use which. P mee | This was very kind of her. mF ‘This means we can’t go away tomorrow. This makes it difficult to contact her. This makes it difficult to sleep sometimes. Jane doesn’t have a phone. Neil has passed his exams. 4 Our flight was delayed. leas 5 Kate offered to let me stay at her house. eet ee This is good news. 6 The street I live in is very noisy at night. ; ; 2 This meant we had to wait three hours at the Our car has broken down. | airport. 1 Laura couldn’t come to the party, ..[Link]..a. py. 2 . 3 4 193 Exercises Unit 97 97.1 97.2 97.3 97.4 Make one sentence from two. Complete the sentences with an ~ing clause. 1 A bell was ringing. I was woken up by it, Twas woken up by ...@. bell. ringing... A man was sitting next to me on the plane. I didn’t talk much to him. I didn’t talk much to the - a Araxi was taking us to the airport It broke down. The 4 There’s a path at the end of this street. The path leads to the river. At the end of the street there’s @ . 5A factory has just pee in the rown. It employs 500 people. Aaucscacann a sow has just opened in the town. 6 The company sent me a brochure. It contained the information I needed. The company sent me - . evn - oe w Make one sentence from two, beginning as shown. Each time make an -ed clause. 1A boy was injured in the accident. He was taken to hospital. The boy ...wjured. an the. accident. was taken to hospital. 2 Agate was dames in the storm, It has now been repaired. The gate ou 5 _- has now been repaired. 3 A number of suggestions were made at the meeting. Most of them were not very practical. Most of the ~ seosoee WeTE NOt very practical. 4 Some paintings were stolen from the museum. They haven't been found yet. The — ~~ 7 haven't been found yer. 5 A man was arrested by the police. What was his name? What was the name of Complete the sentences using the following verbs in the correct form: blow call invitee live offer read ring sit study work 1 Twas woken up by a bell ..renging 2 Some of the people invited... to the party can’t come. 3 Life must be very unpleasant for people snes _ near busy airports. 4 A few days after the interview, I received a letter oom wee me the job, 5 Somebody Jack phoned while you were out. 6 There was a tree down in the storm last night. 7 The waiting room was empry except for a YOUNG MAN .meeeensnee . by the window -noneewes & Magazine, 8 Ian has a brother - ina bank in London and a sister cnn economics at university in Manchester. Use the words in brackets to make sentences using There is / There was ete. 1 That house is empty. (nobody / live / in it) ...There’s. nobody. loving. in. it. 2 The accident wasn’t serious. (nobody / injure)... Mere..was,.nobodu. injured. 3 I can hear footsteps. (somebody / come) There 4 The train was full. (a lot of people / travel) 5 We were the only guests ar the hotel. (nobody else / stay there) 6 The piece of paper was blank. (nothing / write / on it) The college offers English courses in the eveni {a course / begin / next Monday) 195

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