RELATIVE CLAUSES FOR 11º

ACTIVITY

A. Look at the chart of RELATIVE CLAUSES with WHO, WHICH and WHOSE and complete the activity below:

WHO	WHICH	WHOSE
- Is used for PEOPLE: "David lives near my house. He walks to school every day" = "David, who walks to school every day, lives near my house." WHO refers to DAVID	- Is used for ANIMALS/THINGS: "The red sweater is dirty. I was wearing it yesterday."= "The red sweater, which I was wearing yesterday, is dirty." WHICH refers to THE RED SWEATER ("it" doesn't appear in the relative clause, because the referent is "which" now)	- Is used to express POSSESSION: "Anne is moving to London. Her husband is working in England."= "Anne, whose husband is working in England, is moving to London." WHOSE refers to HER HUSBAND

a) The boy ______ won the prize felt really happy about it.

b) The boy _____  parents are talking to the teacher is sitting over there.

c) David, _____owns a very fast car, is a careless driver.

d) Those jeans ______ you want to buy are really expensive.

e) My cousin, _____ school grades are outstanding, is always studying.

f) That girl _____ is carrying the red handbag is new at school.

g) These three books, _____ the teacher recommended us to read, are really interesting.

h) All the children _____ parents are waiting outside can go home.

i) Lewis, _____ plays tennis professionally, is an excellent player.

j) My grandmother, _____ dream is to do a parachute jump, is a very active woman

B. Complete the sentences using relative clauses. Use who and which.

1. A Scot is a person (live in Scotland) Who lives in Scotland
2. Nessie is a monster (live in Loch Ness) ____________________
3. A fridge is a thing (keep food cool) ____________________
4. A DJ is someone (play music in a disco) ____________________
5. A bee is an insect (make honey) __________________________
6. A lemon is a fruit (be yellow and sour) ______________________
7. A watch is a thing (tell the time) _________________________
8. A ferry is a ship (carry people across the water) _______________
9. A shop assistant is someone (work in a shop) _________________
10. A key is a thing (can open and lock doors) ____________________

C. Re write these sentences using relative clauses. Use who, whose and which.

Example:

He drank the juice. He made the juice. 

He drank the juice which he made.

1. A lion is an animal. It is very strong.
   A lion _________________________________________
2. A novelist is a person. He writes novels.
   A novelist _________________________________________
3. A bottle opener is a device. It opens bottles.
   A bottle opener ______________________________________
4. The girl speaks Chinese. Her mother writes poems.
   The girl _____________________________________________
5. A detective is someone. He discovers the truth about crimes.
   A detective _________________________________________ 

D.Choose the correct relative pronoun (who, which, whose).

1. This is the bank_____ was robbed yesterday.
2. A boy ______ sister is in my class was in the bank at that time.
3. The man _____ robbed the bank had two pistols.
4. He wore a mask ______ made him look like Mickey Mouse.
5. He came with a friend _____ waited outside in the car.
6. The woman _____ gave him the money was young.
7. The bag ______ contained the money was yellow.
8. The people _____ were in the bank were very frightened.
9. A man _____ mobile was ringing did not know what to do.
10. A woman _____ daughter was crying tried to calm her.
11. The car _____ the bank robbers escaped in was orange.
12. The robber _____ mask was obviously too big didn't drive.
13. The man ______ drove the car was nervous.
14. He didn't wait at the traffic lights ______ were red.
15. A police officer ______ car was parked at the next corner stopped and arrested them.