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1.defining Relative Pronouns Exercise.3ESO

This document provides examples for using defining relative pronouns to combine sentences. It lists the relative pronouns that can be used for people, owners, things, and places. It notes that the relative pronoun can be omitted when it is the object of the relative clause, except for whose and where. The document then provides 12 sentences as examples to combine using defining relative pronouns based on the guidelines.

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1.defining Relative Pronouns Exercise.3ESO

This document provides examples for using defining relative pronouns to combine sentences. It lists the relative pronouns that can be used for people, owners, things, and places. It notes that the relative pronoun can be omitted when it is the object of the relative clause, except for whose and where. The document then provides 12 sentences as examples to combine using defining relative pronouns based on the guidelines.

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Defining Relative Pronouns Exercise

• people ­ that / who / whom


owners ­ whose
things ­ that / which
places ­ where

‚ When the relative pronoun is an object, it can be omitted (except with whose and where).
­ Main clause ­ ­ Relative clause ­
That is the man whom* /who I saw
that
“nothing”
object subject verb
relative pronoun
* whom is used less and less these days

Combine the sentences using defining relative pronouns. When the relative pronoun is an
object, it can be omitted (except with whose and where).

1 That's the girl. She spoke to me yesterday.


............................................................................................................................................... .
2 The man smoked forty cigarettes a day. He died of a heart attack.
............................................................................................................................................... .
3 The car was stolen. It was a BMW.
............................................................................................................................................... .
4 I rent a house. It is very small.
............................................................................................................................................... .
5 We stayed in a hotel. The hotel was very expensive.
............................................................................................................................................... .
6 The businessman was very rich. I saw him last night.
............................................................................................................................................... .
7 That's the building. I work there.
............................................................................................................................................... .
8 That's the boy. His mother works in the post office.
............................................................................................................................................... .
9 That's the dog. Its owner is French.
............................................................................................................................................... .
10 What's the name of the book? You want me to read it.
.............................................................................................................................................. ?
11 Georgina works for a company. The company imports garden furniture.
............................................................................................................................................... .
12 Anabel looks stunning in that black dress. She bought it in the sales.
............................................................................................................................................... .

www.autoenglish.org Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2008

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