Grammar Practice Exercises [ 30 ] Upper Intermediate

30 - ]Grammar Practice Exercises

Upper Intermediate

17 - ] Defining Relative Clauses

1 - ] Underline the ten defining relative clauses in the dialogue . Then circle the relative pronoun in each one and indicate whether it is a subject (S) or object (O) pronoun .

Hamed and Waleed , private detectives , are discussing a murder .

Example

W : So who was the one (who)  killed Mr. Mansour ? (S)

H : Can’t you guess ?

W : Well , I think it was probably the woman who was staying in the room next door to him .

H : No , Waleed , of course it wasn’t . She only wanted the money he owed her . She won’t get that now that he’s dead .

W : Oh yes . I hadn’t thought about that . So was it Mr. Gamal , the man who always shared their table in the evenings ?

H : No , Waleed . It’s true that he loved Mrs. Mansour but he knew that she didn’t love him . And he probably believed that she could never fall in love with a man who had murdered her husband. 

W : I suppose that’s true . So who was it then ? The son ? Do you think that he wanted to have the money that would be due to him from his father’s life insurance policy .

H : Well no , because he knew that the insurance policy would be invalid if his father died suspiciously . And apart from that , I think that in a way he loved his father . The one he hates is Mr. Bassem , the man his mother is in love with .

W : So who did kill Mr. Mansour .

H : Well , I feel quite sure now that it was Mrs. Mansour .

W : Mrs. Mansour !

H : Yes . She had never loved the man she had married . What she loved was all the money he had . Then Mr. Bassem came along . He had money too and she loved him . But she had to get Mr. Mansour out of the way .

2 - ] Join the two sentences together , making the second sentence a defining relative clause . Use The relative pronoun that is most commonly used or no pronoun at all where this is possible .

Example

1 . She’s the one . I told you about her .

She’s the one I told you about .

2 . I don’t like the people . They are staying with the Browns .

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3 . I like books . They make you think about things .

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4 . I’m looking for the person . I’ve just hit their car .

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5 . Most of the books are still popular today . I read them as a child .

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6 . You can buy the pasta from the Italian shop . It has just opened in the high street .

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7 . The woman is coming back to work soon . I’m doing her job .,

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8 . Is she the new television presenter ? Everyone’s talking about her .

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9 . People often have very little money to spend on leisure . They have a lot of leisure time .

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10 . Is High-tech  the company ? Sarah works for them .

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11 . This is the job . I’ve always wanted it .

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12 . The swimming pool is only open to the public in the mornings . I use it .

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13 . We’ve just bought a computer package . It teaches you how to play the piano .

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14 . My favorite holiday was that one . We spent it in a cottage in the mountains .

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15 . We haven’t seen the friends for ten years . They are coming to visit us this weekend .

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