miércoles, 2 de marzo de 2011

RELATIVES: ACTIVITIES TO DOWNLOAD

1    Choose ALL the correct answers. Then tick the sentences where the relative pronoun can be omitted.

        1.    I saw the film who / which / that you told me about.

        2.    We ate at Mike's café, who / which / that has the best pancakes.

        3.    The programme who / which / that you are watching is boring.

        4.    My mother is visiting my grandmother, who / which / that lives in a nursing home.

        5.    Anyone who / which / that wants to enter the zoo must buy a ticket.

        6.    Helen bought a new car who / which / that was made in Japan.

        7.    The student who / which / that you were speaking to was obviously very smart.

2    Complete the sentences with the relative pronouns below.

who • which • where • when • whose

1.    Can you tell me the name of the street ……………… Amy lives?

2.    Brad Pitt, ……………… is an American actor, has starred in over 35 films.

3.    My mother works with a woman ……………… husband is the star of a TV programme.

4.    He speaks Italian in addition to Portuguese, ……………… is his first language.

5.    I met him last summer ……………… I worked at the summer camp.

3    Write sentences with the words below. Add commas when necessary.

1.    he / I / that / love / the gift / gave / me

        

2.    cousin / dentist / married / my / is / Dr Jones / a / who

        

3.    prefers / which / She / are / products / environmentally-friendly

        

4.    the man / dog / bit / That / whose / me / is

        

5.    year / was / stayed / Grand Hotel / nice / The / where / very / we / last

        

6.    when / women / There / vote / a time / couldn't / was

        

    Combine the sentences using a relative pronoun. Make any necessary changes.

1.    My neighbour won the gardening prize. His garden is beautiful.

        

2.    He misses his house. It was destroyed in the fire.

        

3.    Leonid Stadnyk is the tallest man in the world. He lives in the Ukraine.

        

4.    He returned to visit the town. He was born there.

        

5.    Ana Segon is the company secretary. She is bilingual.

        

6.    Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan mountains.

        

7.    He decided to visit London. His friend is studying there.

        

5    Complete the sentences. Add a relative pronoun and a suitable ending.

1.    She really likes the teacher      .

2.    They've opened a new shop      .

3.    He was born in a town      .

4.    2000 was the year      .

6    Complete the passage with suitable relative pronouns.

Washoe, (1) ……………… was the first non-human to learn to speak a human language, was a chimpanzee. The language (2) ……………… she learned, was American Sign Language (ASL).

Washoe was born in 1965 in West Africa, (3) ……………… she was captured. She was later taken to the USA for research. Washoe lived with two scientists, Allen and Beatrice Gardner, (4) ……………… goal was to teach her to communicate. She was named after Washoe County, Nevada, (5) ……………… the Gardners raised and taught her. Washoe was using over 250 signs by October 2007, (6) ……………… she died at the age of 42.