Question

1. Combine the following pair of sentences using a relative pronoun. a) My mother lives in Edinburg. She visited me last week. b) The Carters went to Douro Valley. It is the one of the most stunning Portuguese landscapes. c) Jane spent her last holiday in Moscow. Moscow is an important European capital. d) James Joyce was born in Ireland. He wrote the well-known novel “Ulysses”. e) Mr. Clark missed the first act of opera. He was late. 2. Combine the following pair of sentences using a relative pronoun. Omit it where is possible. a) You send me a present. Thank you very much for it. b) I’m looking after some children. They are terrible spoiled. c) The car had a break problem. It crashed into a queue of people. d) They saw several horses. Most of them were quite unsuitable.

Answer 1

My mother, who visited me last week, lives in Edinburg
The Carters went to Douro Valley, which is the one of the......
Jane spent her last holiday in Moscow, which is an important European capital
James Joyce who wrote the well known novel Ulysses was born in Ireland
Mr Clark who was late missed the first act of opera

Thank you very much for the present you've sent me
I'm looking after some children who are terrible spoiled
The car which crashed into a queue of people had a break problem
They saw several horses, most of whom were quite unsuitable

Answer 2

1. Combined sentences using relative pronouns:

a) My mother, who lives in Edinburg, visited me last week.

b) The Carters went to Douro Valley, which is one of the most stunning Portuguese landscapes.

c) Jane spent her last holiday in Moscow, which is an important European capital.

d) James Joyce, who was born in Ireland, wrote the well-known novel “Ulysses.”

e) Mr. Clark, who was late, missed the first act of the opera.

2. Combined sentences using relative pronouns (where possible):

a) You sent me a present, thank you very much for which.

b) I’m looking after some children, who are terribly spoiled.

c) The car that crashed into a queue of people had a brake problem.

d) They saw several horses, most of which were quite unsuitable.