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Downloadable worksheets: relative clauses Level: intermediate Age: 14-17 Downloads: 3106   DEFINING & NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES Level: intermediate Age: 14-17 Downloads: 2864   DEFINING RELATIVE PRONOUNS (KEY INCLUDED) Level: elementary Age: 12-14 Downloads: 2394   Relative Pronouns: Who- Which- That Level: intermediate Age: 9-14 Downloads: 1981   Relative clauses Level: advanced Age: 14-17 Downloads: 1680   Relative Pronouns(+ Key) Level: intermediate Age: 9-14 Downloads: 1695

1. Read the grammar reference:   DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES Give information that is necessary for the full meaning of the sentence. Example: The boy who won the prize was really happy about it. (essential information to   recognize the subject) In some cases, when the relative pronoun is followed by a noun, we can omit the relatives who, which and that. Give extra information that is not necessary for the sentence. Example: My grandfather, who is eighty years old, goes jogging every morning. (extra information. It's separated by commas)               2. Join the sentences with a relative pronoun (who, which, whose) as shown in the example. Use commas where necessary: Example: The boy was happy. He won the competition.                  The boy who won the competition was happy. a) The girl bought two tickets. She was standing in front of me. . b) William lost his wallet in the supermarket. He's very absent-minded. . c) That's the book. It won the Booker Prize last year. . d) Those are the girls. They didn't do their homework. . e) My neighbour looks very sad. Her husband died last month. . f) This is the CD. It was on sale yesterday. . g) Diane is looking for a job. She was made redundant last week. . h) That book collection is really interesting. It's about a young witch. . 3. Choose the correct option: a) Those are the books John recommended methat John recommendwhich recommended John. b) Can you tell me where is the train station?where the train station is?who is the train station? c) Those are the girls who told you aboutI told you aboutthat told you about d) David, who sister works with mewho his sister works with mewhose sister works with me, has applied for a job in our company. e) My dog, which is really nice and friendlythat really nice and friendly isis really nice and friendly, is six years old. f) Our first daughter, who she was born in 2009who was born in 2009that she was born in 2009, is starting school this year. g) Those are the trousers which wanted to buyI wanted to buythat I wanted buy. h) This is the village which I used to spend my summer holidaysthat I used to spend my summer holidayswhere I used to spend my summer holidays   4. Join the sentences and omit the relative where possible:   a) That's the old lady. She inherited a fortune. . b) Those are the boys. I told you about them. . c) These are the books. David lent me these books. . d) Josh works hard. He wants to study Medicine. . e) 2009 is the year. We met that year. .