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Additional exercises

Relative clauses UNITS 70-75

11 Use the information given to make one sentence beginning with the word or words shown.
Give all possible relative pronouns, but if you can leave them out, put them in brackets. Make
sure you put in commas where necessary.

1 Sheila Brown is giving a concert at Webley Hall. I have long admired her.
SneiU. Brown, who/whom I have long admired, Is giving a. concert at WebLey Hail.
2 I picked up the paper. Richard had written his address on it. I...
3 My grandfather is the fittest person I know. His house is at the top of a steep hill.
My grandfather...
4 Gail led the way to the office. It had windows on three sides. TVie office...
5 The choir is touring Norway next month. Its members are all over 60. TVie choir...
6 She'd recently bought the motorbike. She took me for a ride on it. She took me...
7 The Earls of Euston were landowners in London. Euston Station is named after them.
TVie Earls of Ewston...
8 He set about cleaning off the dirt. It was covering the floor and walls. He set about...
9 I went to stay with the Watson family. They were friends of my mother's. I went...
10 Sue saw Joseph off at the airport. Then she went back to work. Having...
11 Alderson wrote a number of books about British coal miners. He specialised in their
history. Alderson wrote...
12 I put the papers on her desk and left. I didn't wish to disturb her. Not...
13 The agreement ended six months of negotiation. It was signed yesterday. TVie agreement...

Prepositions after adjectives and prepositions after verbs UNITS 86; 111-113

12 Write an appropriate preposition in each space. Some of these adjective/verb + preposition
combinations are looked at in Units 86 and 111-113, but you may need to use a dictionary to
help you with others.

A John had been missing m home for two days now, and I was beginning to feel
afraid (2) his safety. He had left because I was annoyed (3) his poor exam
results and had shouted (4) him.
B When she was at school, Catherine was very keen m music and languages. She
was involved (2) the school orchestra and I remember that she was responsible
0) setting up the German Society. She was always very popular m her
fellow pupils.

C It was important (ii me to get home early as Maggie and Colin were coming over
for dinner. But when I got to the station I saw that it was crowded (2) people
waiting for trains delayed because of the bad weather. Just then, a car pulled up and a man
inside shouted (3) me, offering me a lift. My first reaction was to be suspicious
(4> him, until I realised that it was Maggie's brother. He said he was going my way
and he'd be glad (5) the company on the drive home through the snow.

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