Exercises

92.1 In some of these sentences you don't need who or that. If you don't need these words, put them in brackets like this: (who) (that).

1. The woman who lives next door is a doctor. ('who' is necessary in this sentence)

2. Have you found the keys (that) you lost. (in this sentence you don't need 'that')

3. The people who we met at the party were very friendly.

4. The people who work in the office are very friendly.

5. The people who I talked to were very friendly.

6. What have you done with the money that I gave you?

7. What happened to the money that was on the table? Did you take it?

8. It was an awful film. It was the worst film that I've ever seen.

9. It was an awful experience. It was the worst thing that has ever happened to me.

92.2 Complete these sentences with a relative clause. Use the sentences in the box to make your relative clauses.

we hired a car

you're going to see a film

I invited some people to the par쇼

Ann is wearing a dress

you had to do some work

Tom recommended a hotel to us

you lost Same keys

we wanted to visit a museum

1. Have you found the keys _you lost? _

2. 1 like the dress --- was shut when we got there.

3. The museum ---?

4. What's the name of the film --- couldn't come.

5. Some of the people ---?

6. Have you finished the work ---?

7. The car --- broke down after a few miles.

8. We stayed at a hotel ---.

92.3 Complete these sentences using a relative clause with a preposition.

we went to a party last night

you can rely on George

we were invited to a wedding

I work with a number of people

I applied for a job

you told me about a hotel

you were looking for some keys

I saw you with a man

1. Are these the keys _you were looking for? _

2. Unfortunately we couldn't go to the wedding ---.

3. I enjoy my job. I like the people ---.

4. What's the name of that hotel ---?

5. The party --- wasn't very enjoyable.

6. I didn't get the job ---.

7. George is a good person to know. He's somebody ---.

8. Who was that man --- in the restaurant?

92.4 Put in that or what. If the sentence is complete with or without that, write (that)--in brackets.

1. I gave her all the money _that_ I had.

2. They give their children everything --- they want.

3. Tell me --- you want and I'll try to get it for you.

4. Why do you blame me for everything --- goes wrong?

5. I won't be able to do much but I'll do the best --- I can.

6. I can only lend you ten pounds. It's all --- I've got.

7. I don't agree with --- you've just said.

8. I don't trust him. I don't believe anything --- he says.

UNIT 93 Relative clauses (3)--whose/whom/where

A. Whose

We use whose in relative clauses instead of his/her/their:

we saw some people - [their] car had broken down

-> We saw some people [whose] car had broken down.

We use whose mostly for people:

* A widow is a woman whose husband is dead. (her husband is dead)

* What's the name of the man whose car you borrowed? (you borrowed his car)

* A few days ago I met someone whose brother I went to school with. J went to school with his/her brother)

Compare who and whose:

* I met a man who knows you. (be knows you)

* I met a man whose sister knows you. (his sister knows you)

B. Whom

Whom is possible instead of who when it is the object of the verb in the relative clause (like the sentences in Unit 92B):

* The woman whom I wanted to see was away on holiday. (I wanted to see her)

You can also use whom with a preposition (to whom/from whom/with whom etc.):

* The woman with whom he fell in love left him after a few weeks. (he fell in love with her)

But we do not often use whom. In spoken English we usually prefer who or that, or nothing (see Unit 92). So we usually say:

* The man I saw. or The man who/that I saw.

* The woman he fell in love with. or The woman who/that he fell in love with.

For whom see also Units 94-95.

C. Where

You can use where in a relative clause to talk about a place:

the hotel--we stayed [there]--wasn't very clean

-> The hotel [there] we stayed wasn't very clean.

* I recently went back to the town where I was born. (or... the town I was born in. or... the town that I was born in.)

* I would like to live in a country where there is plenty of sunshine.

D. We say:

the day/the year/the time(etc.) something happens or the day/the year/the time(etc.) that something happens

* Do you still remember the day (that) we first met?

* The last time (that) I saw her, she looked very well.

* I haven't seen them since the year (that) they got married.

E. We say:

the reason something happens or the reason that/why something happens

* The reason I'm phoning you is to invite you to a party. (or The reason that I'm phoning.../The reason why I'm phoning...)