Relative 3

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hello teachers,

Please correct my mistakes in the exercise below. Thank you.

In this exercise, you have to write these sentence again together with a relative clause. Sometime the relative clause is in the middle of the sentence, sometime at the end. Use the sentence in bracket to make your relative clauses.

Example:

  • Tom’s father goes swimming every day. (Tom’s father is 78.)
    Tom’s father, who is 78, goes swimming every day.
  • She told me her address. (I wrote down her address on a piece of a paper.)
    She told me her address, which I wrote down on a piece of paper.
  1. She showed me a photograph of her son. (Her son is a policeman.)
    She showed me a photograph of her son, who is a policeman.
  2. We decided not to swim in the sea. (The sea looked rather dirty.)
    We decided not to swim in the sea, which looked rather dirty.
  3. The new stadium will be opened next month. (The stadium holds 90, 000 people.)
    The new stadium, that holds 90, 000 people, will be opened next month.
  4. John is one of my closest friends. (I have known John for eight years.)
    John, whom I have known for eight years, is one of my closest friends.
  5. That man over there is an artist. (I don’t remember his name.) (use whose)
    That man over there, whose name I don’t remember, is an artist.
  6. Opposite our house there is a nice park. (There are some beautiful trees in this park.)
    Opposite our house there is a nice park, in which there are some beautiful trees.
  7. The storm caused a lot of damage. (Nobody had been expecting the storm.)
    The storm caused a lot of damage, which nobody had been expecting.
  8. The postman was late this morning. (The postman is nearly always on time.)
    The postman, who is nearly on time, was late this morning.
  9. We often go to visit our friends in Briston. (Briston is only 30 miles away.)
    We often go to visit Briston, which is only 30 miles away.
  10. Mr Edwards has gone into hospital for some tests. (His health hasn’t been good recently.)
    Mr Edwards, whose health hasn’t been good recently, has gone into hospital for some test.
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  1. The new stadium, which holds 90,000 people, will be opened next month.
  2. The storm, which nobody had been expecting, caused a lot of damage,
  3. The postman, who is nearly always on time, was late this morning.
  4. We often go to visit our friends in Briston, which is only 30 miles away.
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Dear Mister Micawber,

Thank you teacher.
Please explain that why you used “which”, not “that” in the sentences 3 and 7.

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Because it is a non-restrictive (non-defining) clause. which cannot use ‘that’.

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Dear teacher,

Thank you.

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Hello teacher,

Please correct my mistakes in the exercise below. Thank you.

  1. Jack looks much nicer without his beard. (His beard made him look much older.)

Jack looks much nicer without his beard, which made him look much older.

  1. I went to see the doctor. (The doctor told me to rest for few days.)

I went to see the doctor, who told me to rest for few days.

  1. Thank you for your letter. (I was very happy to get your letter.)

Thank you for your letter, (which or that) I was happy to get.

Can I use “that” in this sentence?

  1. A friend of mine helped me to get a job. (His father is the manager of a company.) (use whose)

A friend of mine, whose father is the manager of a company, helped me to get a job.

  1. Next weekend I’m going to Glasgow. (My sister lives in Glasgow.) (use where)

Next week I’m going to Glasgow, where my sister lives.

  1. The population of London is now falling. (London was one of the largest city in the world.)

The population of London, which was one of the largest city in the world, is now falling.

  1. I looked up at the moon. (The moon was very bright that evening.)

I looked up at the moon, which was very bright that evening.

  1. We spent a pleasant day by the lake. (We had a picnic by the lake.)

We spent a pleasant day by the lake, where we had a picnic.

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I went to see the doctor, who told me to rest for a few days.
Thank you for your letter, which I was happy to get.
Next weekend I’m going to Glasgow, where my sister lives. A typo, I presume. It’s grammatically correct – it just didn’t match the question.
The population of London, which was once one of the largest cities in the world, is now falling. The question is wrong to use the singular form too. The ‘once’ is optional, I suppose, but I feel it completes the sentence.

The rest are great.

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Dear Beeesneees,

Thank you.