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2. NON-DEFINNING.
1.DEFINING.
3. CO-ORDINATING
. They refer to the whole of the main clause and the only
pronoun ever used is WHICH.
She speaks very fast, which makes it hard to understand what
she says.
. WHAT can be used with the meaning (the thing
which) when there is no antecedent (i.e. no noun or
pronoun to which it refers)
I didnt understand what she said
USE OF RELATIVES WITH PREPOSITIONS.
In formal style prepositions are placed before the
pronoun:
The person to whom I spoke was my uncle
In informal stile it is more common to move the
preposition to the end:
1. Alan whose job involves travelling a lot has already been to all countries in Europe.
2. The house I have just rented is near my office.
3. He offered me to let me stay in his house which was very kind of him.
4. This is the new teacher that I told you about.
5. Madonna who is a well-known singer is over 50.
6. You can visit London by boat which is pleasant.
7. That is the woman who complained about the room service
8. The part of the city where I live is very noisy which makes it difficult to sleep at night.
9. The person who is sitting next to me is not very clever.
10. For my birthday I was given a present which I didnt like.
Peter
has a new dog. It is very friendly.
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10.Do you still
go to thatstole
Caf the
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we used
The
new
dogwell.
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7. Someone
TV last night.
They to
knew the
house
very
go as students?
friendly.
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11.The heating is not working. Do you know anyone
Helen is the woman. She took me to hospital when I
8. can
Thatfix
oldit?man thinks women should stay at home.felt
Hesick.
has outworn ideas.
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12.Jim, _______________
I've known for years, is my best
Mrs Kelly is the woman_____________________
friend.
9. We trusted him. This was a silly thing to do.
13.My new coat,__________________ I bought in New York,
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B. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH
is very warm and comfortable.
10. Margaret was in love with Peter. She did not want
to tell him.
PREPOSITIONS
4. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. OMIT THE
PRONOUN WHERE
POSSIBLE
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1. The ball is very small. We are playing with that ball.
Paul is a friend
ofwearing
my sons.
Hes
playing football on the backyard.
1. The dress11.
is beautiful.
Anne is
the
dress.
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12.isThe
next
doorspeaking
often go to
out
for dinner. 2.
They
quite
wealthy.
Theare
knife
is very
sharp. We cut bread with the knife.
2. The person
not people
very kind.
I was
that
person.
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13. The little girls are my daughters. Theyre playing with their dolls.
3. The man works in my office. I gave the book to him.
3. The music___________________________________________________________________
is horrible. The new band is playing the
music.
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14. Everything went according to plan. This pleased them a lot.
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4. The actor won the Oscar. You were telling me about
4. The man has gone to London. He was here yesterday
him yesterday.
15. He is going to marry a girl. She is an English teacher.
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5. Women are to be admired. Women work in hospitals.
16. I offered them my help. They rejected it.
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5. The boy hit Peter on the head. You were speaking to
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6. The document has no signature. We received the
him.
17. Chess is quite a difficult game. More and more people are learning to play it.
document yesterday
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7. The car is18.
very
big.
You are
driving
it.
dirty. You are drinking out of it.
That
person
wants
to study
history. You spoke6.toThe
herglass
at theismeeting
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8. The street is very wide. You live in this street
Hereold.
comes the girl. Everybody makes fun of her.
19. Helen plays the piano brilliantly. She is only 97.
years
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9. The girl has left the room. I was talking to her mother.
20. The sweets are delicious. I bought them yesterday
8. The book is mine. I am looking for it.
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