LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

1.6 The complex sentence: relative pronouns and clauses

Write: Join these sentences with who(m), which or nothing. (All of them will join with that.)

1 He's the accountant. You recommended him to me. Hj&.tfo.OGcm^

2 She's the nurse. I saw her at the hospital

3 They're the postcards. I sent them from Spain

4 They're the secretaries. Mr Pym employed them

5 That's the magazine. I got it for you yesterday

6 They're the workmen. I paid them for the job

7 That's the dog! I saw it at the dog show last week

8 They're the birds. I fed them this morning

1.6C 'Who(m)', 'which' or 'that' as the objects of prepositions [> LEG 1.35-36]

Study:

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The position of prepositions in relative clauses is very important. We can say:

1 He is the person to whom I wrote. (Never *to who*) (very formal)

This is the pan in which I boiled the milk, (very formal)

2 He is the person who(m) I wrote to. This is the pan which I boiled the milk in.

3 However, we usually prefer to omit the relative and say:

He is the person I wrote to. This is the pan I boiled the milk in.

Write: Join each pair of sentences in three different ways.

1 He's the man. I sent the money to him. 4 He's the boy. I bought this toy for him.

a H&fà&.mWi.tQ.Hdk^J.tetâ a

ь ^ßä. tob

с с

2 She's the nursfe.-l gave the flowers to her. 5 That's the building. I passed by it.

a a

b b

с с

3 That's the chair. I sat on it. 6 They're the shops. I got these from them.

a a

b b

с с

1.6D Context

Write: Put in the right relative pronouns only where necessary.

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A CHANCE IN A MILLION

Cissie, the woman^1 "WÍkQ. works in our office, wanted to phone Mr

Robinson, but she dialled the wrong number. The number^2

she dialled turned out to be the number of a public call box in the street.

A man,^3 was passing at the time, heard the phone ringing

and answered it. 'Is that Mr Robinson?' Cissie asked. 'Speaking,' the

man answered. It turned out that the man^4 she was

speaking to was actually called Robinson and had just happened to be

passing the call box when she rang!

. just happened to be passing