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In your own time
Most of us have a (1) h_________ that we do in our spare time. Some of us do things like surfing the Net, or make things like model planes. Other play cards or board (2) g________ like backgammon, while others like to (3) c__________ things such as stamps and antiques. I (4) s___________ a lot of my simmer holidays snorkeling in the sea. My brother goes away almost every weekend either walking or (5) c__________ in the mountains. His favourite hobby is taking (6) p_________ of rare flowers. My aunt who is eighty has a magnificent (7) c__________ of traditional music, and still goes to (8) d__________ classes. So, there is much more to life than watching television!
| RELATIVE CLAUSE Relative clauses are introduced with either a relative pronoun or a relative adverb. Relative pronouns. We use: 1 who(m)/thatto refer to people 2 which/thatto refer to things 3 whose with people, animals and objects to show possession - who, whichandthatcan be omitted when they are the object of the relative clause. He’s the person (who) I am going to be working for. - whom can be used instead of whowhen it is the object of the relative clause. Whomis always used instead of who or that after a preposition. That’s the girl to whom Rob was speaking on the party last night. - who, whichorthatis not omitted when it is the subject of the relative clause. The woman who owns this restaurant is French. - whose is never omitted. That’s the woman whose son had the accident. Relative adverb. We use: 1 when/thatto refer to a time (can be omitted). That was the year (when/that) we finished school. 2 whereto refer to a place. The hospital where I was born is closing down. 3 why to give a reason, usually after the word reason (can be omitted). The reason (why) he did this is still not clear. |
12 Fill in who, which or whose, then say whether or not the relative pronoun can be omitted, as in the examples in the 1st and the 2nd sentences.
1 That’s the woman whose daughter works in the bank. (cannot be omitted)
2 Mary is the person who wanted to speak to. (can be omitted)
3 That’s the book ________________ I wanted to borrow from you.
(___________________)
4 Is Mark the boy ___________ has got a motorbike? (__________________)
5 Mr. Johnson is the man _______________ house is on top of the hill.
(_________________)
6 These are the shoes _____________ I bought last week. (______________)
7 Jamie is the person ________________ is in charge of the project.
(_________________)
8 Isn’t Claire Winters the woman _______________ brothers works with
Steve? (_______________)
9 Bob is the person _______________ won the tennis competition, not Will.
(________________)
10 That’s the school ______________ the boys used to go to.
(_______________________)
13 Fill in the gaps with who, which or whose, then answer the questions.
1 What is the name of the woman _______ became the first female Prime
Minister of Britain?
A Margaret Thatcher B Diana Spencer
2 What is the name of the artist _______ most famous painting is the Mona
Lisa?
A Leonardo da Vinci BGiotto
3 What is the name of the river _______ flows through London?
A the Tyne B the Thames
4 What is the name of the drug _______ was discovered by Alexander
Fleming?
A penicillin B aspirin
5 What is the name of the man _______ was the first to walk on the moon?
ANeil Armstrong B Elvis Presley
6 Who was the American president _______ name was given to a New York
airport?
A Richard Nixon B John F. Kennedy
7 What is the name of the film _______ stars Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil?
A 101 Dalmatians B Mary Poppins
8 What is the name of the football team _______ home ground is Old Trafford?
A Manchester City BManchester United
9 What is the name of the Australian animal _______ carries its young in a
pouch?
A kangaroo B elephant
10 What is the name of the actor _______ played Jack in the film ‘Titanic’?
A Leonardo DiCaprio BMel Gibson
14 Fill in who, which, whose, where or why.
My favourite place is York, a city in the North East of England, (1) _______ the rivers Ouse and Foss meet. It is a beautiful city (2) _______ also has an interesting history.
The city wasn’t always called York. In 71AD it was named Eboracum by the Romans (3) _______ lived there. Then, the city was conquered by the Vikings, (4) _______ gave it the name Jorvik. Only later did the city become known as York.
Visitors to York can go to the Castle Museum, (5) _______ an amazing collection of objects is on show, or the National Railway Museum, (6) _______ is the only national museum outside London.
Famous people (7) _______ were born in York include Guy Fawkes, (8) _______ attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament led to his execution, and Dick Turpin, (9) was an 18th century highwayman! However, most people (9) _______ live in York today are kind and friendly, and that’s the reason (10) _______ I love it so much.
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