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              71.3                         5  A referendum is a vote in  7  The book is enjoyed by adults
              2  at which point              which all the people in a    as well as children, who it was
              3  by which time               country are asked to give their  primarily written for.
              4  in which case               opinion about a policy.     8  There are still many things in
              5  at which point            6  Morse code is a system for  our solar system (which/that)
              6  during/in which time        sending messages in which    we know nothing about/of.
                                             letters are represented by short  73.3
                                             and long marks or sounds.  2  /
                UNIT  72                   7  A chat show is a television  3  who/whom I looked after
                                             programme in which famous
              72.1                           people are asked questions   ('whom' is very formal here)
              2  My friend Miriam, whose     about their lives and their  ('looked after' is a two-word
                mother is Indonesian, has gone  work.                     verb)
                to live in Jakarta.                                     4  who I work with ('whom' is
              3  He's a teacher in London                                 not appropriate in this
                working with children whose  UNIT  73                     informal  context)
                first language is not English.                          5  which they had to put up with
              4  People whose work involves  73.1                         ('put up with' is a three-word
                standing for most of the day  2  I would like to thank my tutor,  verb)
                often  suffer  from  backache.  without whom I would never  6  /
              5  It has been found that the trees  have finished the work.  7  who he is engaged to or to
                are being destroyed by a moth  3  She has now moved back to the  whom he is engaged 'whom' is
                whose caterpillars tunnel under  house on Long Island in which  very formal here (we don't use
                the bark.                    she was born.                'who'  after a preposition)
              6  The airline, whose head office  4  The star is to be named after  8  /
                is situated in France, has   Patrick Jenks, by whom it was  73.4
                recently begun to fly between  discovered.              2  Tom Hain, on whose novel the
                Paris and Lima.            5  This is the ball with which  TV series is based, will appear
                                             Dennis scored three goals in  in the first episode.
              72.2
                                             the final.                 3  Dr Jackson owns the castle
              2  The agreement whereby     6  He is now able to beat his  through whose grounds the
              3  the time when               father, from whom he learned  main road passes.
              4  the situation whereby       how to play chess.         4  Tessa Parsons is now managing
              5  The building where        7  The book is enjoyed by adults  director of Simons, the
              6  the reason why
                                             as well as children, for whom it  company in which she was
              72.3                           was primarily written.       once a secretary.
              1  that ('zero relative pronoun' is  8  There are still many things in  5  Allowing the weapons to be
                also possible)               our solar system about which  sold is an action of which the
              2  Whichever                   we know nothing,  ('of which'  Government should be
              3  V ('zero relative pronoun' is  is also possible)         ashamed.
                also possible)                                          6  The dragonfly is an insect of
                                           73.2
              4  what                      2  I would like to thank my tutor,  which (or about which) we
              5  /                                                        know very little.
              6  whichever or whatever       who I would never have
                                             finished the work without.
              7  whatever
              8  what                      3  She has now moved back to the  UNIT  74
                                             house on Long Island
              72.4                           (which/that) she was born in.  74.1
              Example answers:             4  The star is to be named after  Most likely answers:
              2  An orphan is a child whose  Patrick Jenks, who it was  2  + c  The teachers attending the
                parents are dead.            discovered by.               meeting decided to go on
              3  A plumber is a person whose  5  This is the ball (which/that)  strike.
                job it is to fit and repair water  Dennis scored three goals with  3  + a  The people driving past
                pipes.                       in the final, (or which Dennis  waved to us.
              4  A refuse collector is a person  scored three goals in the final  4  + b  The man operating the
                whose job it is to empty     with.)                       equipment was dressed in
                people's dustbins and take their  6  He is now able to beat his  protective clothing.
                rubbish away.                father, who he learned how to  5  + f  The girl waiting for the bus
                                             play chess from.             is Jack's daughter.
                                                                        6  + d  The steps leading down to
                                                                          the river are dangerous.
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