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UNIT
EXERCISES 7 3

73.1 Join the sentence halves using which or whom after an appropriate preposition. (A)

I would never have finished the work. it was primarily written.
we know nothing. they got a good view. he learned how to play chess.
Dennis scored three goals in the final. she was born. it was discovered.
1 They climbed up to the top of a large rock, -from which they got a. good view.
2 I would like to thank my tutor,
3 She has now moved back to the house on Long Island
4 The star is to be named after Patrick Jenks,
5 This is the ball
6 He is now able to beat his father,
7 The book is enjoyed by adults as well as children,
8 There are still many things in our solar system

73.2 How would you express the sentences you have written in 73.1 in a less formal way, putting the
preposition at the end of the relative clause? (A)
Example: 1 They climbed up to the top of a. Urge rock, which they got a. good view -from.
73.3 Are these correct or appropriate? If they are, put a S. If they are not, give a reason, correct them
and give alternatives if you can. (A)
1 It's a piece of jewellery across which I came m an antique shop. .. .which I caxne- across In am
antique shop. ('came across' Is a. two-word verb.)
2 The extra work which she took on was starting to affect her health.
3 My mother, after whom I looked for over 20 years, died last year.
4 The people whom I work with are all very friendly.
5 Some of the criticisms with which they had to put up were very unfair.
6 He had many friends with whom he had a regular correspondence.
7 The woman to who he is engaged comes from Poland.
8 The forms which I had to fill in were very complicated.

73.4 Rewrite these sentences so that they are more appropriate for formal written English. Use
preposition + which or preposition + whose, as appropriate. (B)
1 Tom Sims, whose car the weapons were found in, has been arrested. Tom Sims, In whose car
the weapons were -found, has been arrested.
2 Tom Hain, whose novel the TV series is based on, will appear in the first episode.
3 Dr Jackson owns the castle whose grounds the main road passes through.
4 Tessa Parsons is now managing director of Simons, the company that she was once a
secretary in.
5 Allowing the weapons to be sold is an action that the Government should be ashamed of.
6 The dragonfly is an insect that we know very little of.

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