They spoke about subjects that i am very familiar with. The apple which george lay on the table was put back into the basket. Complete the sentences with the correct relative pronouns. Complete the exercise with who, whom, whose or where. Fernandez carmona, english grammar with exercises, longman, 2000. However, they will be receiving some help from their neighbors, most of who whom. Exercise 5, exercise 6 scroll down to do the exercise, exercise 7 idem, exercise 8, exercise 9 theoretical questions, exercise 10 idem, gapfill exercises exercise 1 fillin.
Defining relative pronouns exercise autoenglish org, author. There is a girl in my class whose family emigrated from india. Anna is the neighbour son has just passed his exam. Pdf this paper is an enquiry into the english pronouns and their usages. If youre behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains. Look at these examples showing defining and nondefining relative clauses. Relative clauses learnenglish teens british council. Have you already read the book that i gave you last year. A clause of this kind is essential to the clear understanding of the noun. He spoke to the messengers with whom you were leaving.
Defining relative clauses exercise 4 make one sentence by changing the sentence in italics into a defining relative clause. Exercise 1 complete the following sentence with who or that. Relative pronouns who, which, whose and that i talked to the girl who which whose car had broken down in front of the shop. Defining relative pronouns exercise autoenglish org by. Relative pronouns can refer to singular or plural, and there is no difference between male and female. If youre seeing this message, it means were having trouble loading external resources on our website. Defining relative clauses exercise 3 make one sentence by changing the sentence in italics into a defining relative clause. Defining relative pronouns exercise autoenglish org, length. If the omission of the relative pronoun is possible, put that in brackets. Relative pronouns relative pronouns introduce relative clauses.
Remember that the defining clause is not separated from the rest of the sentence by a commacommas. Students english file students site preintermediate grammar file 1 lesson d defining relative clauses 1 grammar. Relative clauses are a way of giving more information about a person, thing, place, event, etc. Explanations and examples along with tests and exercises online to practise english pronouns. A clause of this kind is essential to clear understanding of the noun. Findland, where he spends his holidays, has lots of lakes. A few months ago braden asked in a comment about the history of what as a relative pronoun. In everyday speech, that is often used instead of who or whom. The pronoun, as we all know, is a word used in place of a noun. See more ideas about relative pronouns, relative clauses and teaching. Relative clauses and contact clauses englischtipps. We are dedicated to creating and providing free, highquality english language learning resources. Relative pronouns exercise english practice learn and. Relative pronouns exercises with answers click here to download this printable exercise in pdf.
Give them the practice they need with these exercises and helpful hints. A relative pronoun is used to repeat the meaning of a previous noun. Heres a list of all the relative clause exercises on the site. English grammar exercises online with answers pdf on this page you will find various free grammar worksheets of increasing difficulty that can be completed directly online, or at home theyll help you to put into practice all the key notions of the english grammar previously shown in the grammar lessons part of the website, and if you are a beginner you can use them to familiarize. Defining relative clauses these describe the preceding noun in such a way as to distinguish it from other nouns of the same class. Really understand the english tenses with my tenses pdfs. Relative clause exercise 1 2 advanced relative clause exercise 3 4 intermediate pdf exercises. Free english online grammar exercises relative pronouns who, whose, which.
Join each pair of sentences by using a relative pronoun. Combine the sentences using defining relative pronouns. Join the following sentences by using a relative pronoun. Lots of people walk in the park where i jog every morning. Like any pronoun, relative pronouns are substituted for nouns and other pronouns that functions as subjects or objects in a sentence. The robber stole the car the lady parked in front of the supermarket. Relative pronouns who, which, whose or no pronouns. Learn to use relative pronouns to link clauses together. The relative pronoun can be the subject or the object of the relative clause. B combine each pair of sentences with a relative clause. Defining and nondefinining relative clauses exercises pdf.
Exercise 1 combine the two sentences using who, whose, which et where. Nondefining relative clauses defining relative clauses these describe the preceding noun in such a way to distinguish it from other nouns of the same class. I havent seen frank, brother is five, for a long time now. When the relative pronoun is an object, it can be omitted except with whose and where. Sometimes there will be more than one correct answer. I bought my first car ten years ago, when i was a salesman. Complete and correct it immediately, then you will be able to check your knowledge with the related lesson. Mr richards, who which whose is a taxi driver, lives on the corner. A clause of this kind is essential to the clear understanding of the. Object pronouns can be dropped in defining relative clauses, which are then called contact clauses. Relative pronouns are mostly used when combining sentences in which a word or phrase is repeated. The gym, which was very crowded today, is closed tomorrow.
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