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{EY Match the beginnings (1-10) and endings (a-j) of these sentences, and join them by
adding a relative pronoun. In which two sentences can the relative pronoun be left out?
1. The college has many students ..tuh0.,. 4.
2 My cousin Phillip is a solicitor; he was the
one
1 went to a school
I visited the theatre
ane
Why don’t you call again at a time
6 Mrs Jackson is the kind of teacher
7 Faraday was the man
8 Is there any reason
9 What was the name of that company
10 That’s the woman
a Mozart performed many of his
operas.
b flat I rent
© every student wants to have.
@are classed as ‘mature’ because
they are over 21
advised me to study law.
T'm not as busy.
invented the first electric motor.
ra mo
factory burned down yesterday?
didn’t have very good sports
facilities.
j manufacturers like to keep
demand above supply?
|] Rewrite the sentences below as single sentences using non-defining relative clauses.
1 My father lives in a small house full of ornaments. This makes it really difficult to clean.
Falty
Jves..in... snail Ful.
say.
2 Some students take a year out before university. This allows them to work or travel.
Some students
3 The Guggenheim Museum is in Bilbao. It only displays contemporary art
‘The Guggenheim Museum,
4 My English teacher is leaving. His lectures are very interesting.
My English teacher, ,
on
The lecture ,
6 In 1951 my parents arrived in New York. They stayed there for the rest of their liv
My parents arrived in New York
The lecture was about current economic policy. It was not very easy to understand.
7 T gave my assignment to the faculty secretary. Sbe was not very friendly.
I gave my assignment...
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There is a mistake with relative clauses in each of the email extracts below. Find the
mistakes and correct them.
1
I wonder if you can help me. I want to get in touch with the
woman which we met at the meeting last week. Do you
know the one I mean?
2 - =
language courses which | saw them advertised in The Daily
Star yesterday.
| I'm sending this email to ask for more information about the
new job exhausting, that is not surprising considering 1
How are you getting on with your new job? I'm finding my
| have to travel so much.
Wednesday, and am thinking about doing my assignment
‘on the same topic.
4 -
| | really enjoyed the lecture which you gave it on
o
You left your notebook at my house. Do you need it? It's the
‘one which in you have written your lecture notes.
cinema on Thursday. I've got today’s newspaper which has
a list of films. If you're free, let me know.
‘Can you pick up some shopping on your way home? | want
some of those bread rolls what we had last week. Will you be
6
| I'm just emailing you to find out if you want to go to the
| able to stop at the shop?
is why we think you would like aur Ladies Personal
Organiser. For just. £15.99 you ..
sy os
| You are cleary a person who life is full and busy and that
178[EY Read the description of how chocolate is made. Add the relative clauses (a~i) to the
text in the gaps and write in the appropriate relative pronoun where, which or that.
Chocolate’s varied flavours, colours, shapes and textures result from different recipe
traditions 1 .._.0... . The essential ingredient in all chocolate is cocoa, which is made from
the cream-colored beans 2 «uu. » The cacao tree, produces a fruit about the
size of a small pineapple, 4
After harvesting, the cocoa beans are removed from the pods and piled in heaps 5 .....
‘The dried beans are then transported to factories 6 ........ - The shells are then removed
and the beans are ground into chocolate liquor ~ a thick brown liquid 7 ........... This liquor
contains a high percentage of fat (cocoa butter), 8 ....... . The solid block of cocoa that
remains is then made into a powder 9.......... or is mixed back with some of the cocoa
butter, sugar and other flavour such as vanilla to make the different kinds of chocolate.
a is removed by using presses
_. they are sorted and roasted
_.. are left for several days to dry
... can be used to make a hot chocolate drink
_.. grows in equatorial regions such as South America, Africa and Indonesia
forms a solid at about room temperature
have evolved in different parts of the world
.. are the tree's seeds.
. grow in pods on the cacao tree
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