Writing Better English for ESL Learners

(Nora) #1

  1. Carmen lived in the same town I lived in years ago.

  2. Why did you break the window Dad just repaired?

  3. Do you want the old clock I found in the attic?

  4. We met the man I received a scholarship from.

  5. I approached the man they accused of stealing my wallet.

  6. No one can identify the fossils you told me about.

  7. Have you seen the statue the artist sculpted last week?


Exercise 1.26Sample phrases are provided.



  1. was famous for its beauty

  2. I learned so much about America

  3. just jumped that fence

  4. he admires very much

  5. he wrote in his youth

  6. blocks the road to California

  7. they made in England

  8. is easier to use

  9. jokes are so funny

  10. you got your change

  11. Tom told us about

  12. must have cost a fortune

  13. she wrote about in her letters

  14. cannot be resolved easily

  15. he gave her on their anniversary


Exercise 1.27



  1. I helped the young student, whose grades were terrible.

  2. Where’s the fellow whose car won’t start?

  3. I bought an old car, the interior of which was in bad condition.

  4. Where’s the woman whose husband still lives in Mexico?

  5. I need a carton, the size of which has to be two feet by three feet by
    three feet.

  6. Juan discovered a cave, the ceiling of which was more than thirty feet
    high.

  7. The doctor examined the child whose temperature was over one hundred
    degrees.

  8. The teacher punished the boys whose behavior was awful.


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