Defining relative clauses

Exercises: 1 2 3

Defining relative clauses – who, which, that, where

Exercise 3

Combine the sentences using the relative pronouns who, which, that, where.

EXAMPLE: These are the friends. I met them in Denmark. ⇒ These are the friends who I met in Denmark.

1 That's the neighbour. He helped me when I moved in. ⇒ That's the neighbour .

2 What's the name of the film? You watched this film yesterday. ⇒ What's the name of the film ?

3 He drives a car. The car is very expensive. ⇒ The car is very expensive.

4 Sue wasn't at the bar. She always goes to that bar. ⇒ Sue wasn't at the bar .

5 A car was stolen. The car was a Mercedes. ⇒ The car .

6 The octopus is the only animal. It has three hearts. The octopus .

7 That's the shop. I bought my TV in that shop. ⇒ That's the shop .

8 The man finished the marathon first. He trains three hours a day. ⇒ The man trains three hours a day.

9 This is the school. I studied in this school. ⇒ This is the school .

10 That's the remote. It is broken. That's the remote .

Exercises: 1 2 3

We use defining relative clauses to specify which person, thing or place we are talking about.

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Who, which, where

We use who for people.

He met the police officer who saved his life.

We use which for things and animals.

He put on the suit which he wore for special occasions.

We use where for places.

This is the hotel where we spent our honeymoon.

That

We can use that instead of who or which. But we often use who for people and which/that for things.

He’s the neighbour who/that helped us to move out.
Change the cable which/that connects the computer to the printer.

Be careful with these common mistakes!

We cannot use what or an expression like that he/she/etc. instead of that, who, etc..

That’s the student what I told you about.
That’s the student that/who I told you about.
That’s the man he tried to steal my wallet.
That’s the man that/who tried to steal my wallet.

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