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        EXERCISES                                                                             7 1


   71.1   Add  one  of the  pieces  of information  below  to  each  sentence.  Add who  or which,  and put  the
         non-defining  relative clause  in  an appropriate place in  the  sentence.  (A)
         has more than 50 members   caused  such damage in the islands  is  an aviation expert
         stole  a computer from the  office  is  set in the north  of Australia  ended yesterday
                                    has  wore- than  50  members,
         1  The Southam Chess Club  L  meets weekly on Friday evenings.
        2  Dr Richard Newman was  asked to comment on the  latest helicopter crash.
        3  The strike  by train drivers  is estimated  to have cost over £3  million.
        4  John Graham's latest film is his first for more than five years.
        5  The  police  are  looking  for two  boys  aged about  14.
        6  The hurricane has  now headed out to  sea.

   71.2  Write  two  sentences  as  one,  using a  non-defining relative  clause  beginning with  all,  both,  each,
        etc.,  + of which or of whom.  (B)
        1  The film is about the  lives  of three women.  Kate Dillon plays  all the women.
           TVie  -film  Is  about the  lives  of  three  women,  ail  of  whom  are  played  by  kaie,  Dillon.










        2  The island's  two  million  inhabitants  have  been  badly  affected  by the drought.  Most  of the
           island's  inhabitants  are  peasant  farmers.
        3  She  has two  older brothers.  Neither of her brothers went to  university.
        4  About  30  of her  friends  and relations  came  to the airport to  welcome  her  back.  Many  of her
           friends  and  relations  had  travelled  long  distances.
        5  The minister has recently  visited Estonia, Ukraine,  and Kazakhstan.  They  all  have  large
           Russian  minorities.
        6  The fish are multi-coloured.  The  biggest of the fish is only 2  cm long.
        7  Scotland have won their  last five international  matches.  One  of these matches was  against
           England.

        Decide  which  of the  underlined  phrases  is correct  in  these  sentences and  add an  appropriate
        preposition  in the  space.  (C)
        1  I might fail the test,  ...!#..  which case / which point  I'd probably re-sit it next year.
        2  A  bull charged towards the car,  which time / which point  I drove  away quickly.
        3  I didn't finish work until  10 o'clock,  which time / which  case everyone had  already
          gone home.
        4  The  meeting might go  on  for three  or  four hours,  which time / which case  I'll  be  late
          home  from  work.
        5  Sam started to tell one  of his  terrible old jokes,  which point / which case I decided that I
          should go  home.
        6  I hadn't  seen Jane  for nearly ten years,  which point / which time  I had got married and
          had  two  children.



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