UNIT 88 Relative clauses (5)- '' extra information'' clasuses (2) Exercises
88.1 Write these sentences again, giving extra information in a relative clause. Use the sentences in parentheses ( . . . ) to make your relative clauses.
Example: Mr. Carter is interested in our plan. (I spoke to him on the phone last night,)
Mr. Carter, who I spoke to on the phone last night, is interested in our plan.
or: Mc Carter, to whom I spoke on the phone last night,is Interested in our plan.
1. This is a photograph of our friends. (We went on vacation with them.)
This is_______________________________________________________________________________
2. The wedding took place last Friday. (Only members of the family were invited to it.)
The__________________________________________________________________________________
3. I've just bought some books about astronomy. ('m very interested in astronomy.)
88.2 Make sentences with all of most of, etc. + whom/which,
Example: Jack has three brothers. All of them are married.
Jack has three brothers, all of whom are married.
1. They gave us a lot of information. Most of it was useless.
They gave___________________________________________________________
2. There were a lot of people at the party. I had met only a few of them before.
________________________________________________________________________
3. I have sent him two letters. Neither of them has arrived.
________________________________________________________________________
4. Norman won $50,000, He gave half of it to his parents.
_________________________________________________________________________
5. Ten people applied for the job. None of them were qualified
__________________________________________________________________________
6. Tom made a number of suggestions. Most of them were very helpful.
__________________________________________________________________________
88.3 Complete these sentences, giving extra information in a relative clause. Use the sentences in the box to make your relative clauses.
this was very nice of him.
this means I can't leave the country.
this makes it difficult to contact her.
this was perfectly true.
this makes it difficult to sleep.
I thought this was very rude of them.
1. She couldn't come to the party, which was a shame
2. Jill doesn't have a phone,_____________________________________
3. They said they didn't have any money,________________________________________
4. I haven't got a passport,________________________________________________
5. He offered to let me stay in his house,________________________________________________
6. They didn't thank us for the meal before they left,_____________________________________________
7. The part of town where I live is very noisy at night,___________________________________________________
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