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1. I (sit)____________________ in a cafe when you (call)____________________ .

2. When you (arrive)____________________ at the party, who (be)____________________ there?

3. Susie (watch)____________________ a film when she (hear)____________________ the noise.

4. Yesterday I (go)____________________ to the library, next I (have)____________________ a swim, later I (meet) Julie for coffee.

5. We (play)____________________ tennis when John (hurt)____________________ his ankle.

6. What (they/do)____________________ at 10pm last night - it was really noisy?

7. He (take)____________________ a shower when the telephone (ring)____________________.

8. He (be)____________________ in the shower when the telephone (ring)____________________.

9. When I (walk)____________________ into the room, everyone (work)____________________.

10. It (be)____________________ a day last September. The sun (shine)_____________ and the birds (sing)_________________ . I (walk)____________________ along the street when I (meet)____________________ an old friend.

11. He (live)____________________ in Russia when the Revolution (start)____________________.

12. When her train (get)____________________ to the station, we (wait) on the platform.

13. He (be)____________________ so annoying! He (always leave)____________________ his things everywhere.

14. On holiday we (visit)____________________ Rome, (see)____________________ the Vatican, and (spend)____________________ a few days at the beach.

15. Why (stand)____________________ on a chair when I (come)____________________ into the room?16. They (live)____________________ in Germany when they (be)__________ young.

17. At 7pm yesterday, we (listen)____________________ to music.

18. When I (leave)____________________ the house, it (snow)____________________.

19. He (work)____________________ in a bank when he (meet)____________________ his wife.

20. What (you/do)____________________ when I (call)____________________ you last night?

Exercise 3: Read the following text and choose the correct answer for each blank. Two answers are not needed at all.

The mystery of the Sphinx

One of the world’s most studied  monuments is the Sphinx,  1)              the Great

Pyramid, sixteen kilometers from Cairo in Egypt. Carved in ancient times out of a single piece of limestone over sixty metres long and twenty metres high, it weighs hundreds of tons. This extraordinary monument consists solely of  the  head  of  a man and the body of a crouching lion, a combination 2)             strength and wisdom.

Over the years, some of its facial features have sustained damage.

The smile, 3)………. mysterious, is in fact the result of erosion rather than design, and the nose, which has long since been broken away, was probably the

unfortunate victim of invading soldiers’ target practice. At one time there was a

serpent on its forehead and a royal beard, a fragment 4)………. in a museum.

But who built this monument 5)………. guarding significant places, is not

part of a pair but stands alone? Most Egyptologists agree that it was built by

Pharaoh Khafre 5,000 years ago. However, some recent commentators have

speculated that it belonged to a much older civilization, 6)………. a legendary flood

7)………. everything in the world over 7,000 years ago. They have tried to

demonstrate that the weathering of the Sphinx was caused by water rather than

wind and sand, and one has even suggested 8)………. on a much older site about

12,500 years ago. Whatever its origins there is no doubt that to the Egyptians, the

Sphinx represents the very essence of their country’s magnificent culture.

a. which suggests

b. of which exists

c. which disappeared in

d. that it might have been built

e. which is located close to

f. that is supposed to have destroyed

g. which some people describe

h. which, unlike most of the others

i. that it fits in

j. that was clearly known

Exercise 2: Fill in the blank, using relative word if necessary

1. The lady.......................... is sitting in the wheelchair is my grandmother.

2. I know an Italian restaurant ……………….. serves excellent home-made pasta.

3. I know an Italian restaurant................................. you can always get a table.

4. Uncle Tom  earns a fortune,.............................. is why I´ve asked him to lend me

£1,000.

5. Sean is a child.............................. people immediately like.

6. My daughter........................, ambition is to emigrate to Australia, has finally

got her visa.

7. I gave him a drink of water,......................... he drank thirstily.

8. The flight........................... we wanted to get was fully booked.

9. My Auntie´s house is the place.............................. I feel most at home.

10. This is the smallest car.............................. has ever been made.

11. That´s the man........................... wife left him because he kept his pet snake

in their bedroom.

12. I love the things.......................... you say to me.

13. I go shopping at the new shopping centre, ………………..  there´s  always free parking.

14. She told me she´d been married before................................, I didn´t realize.

15............................. you do, don´t touch that button. The machine will explode.

Exercise 1: Put who, whom, whose, which, what, whose or nothing into each space as necessary

1. He didn´t know ……………….. had paid him, was strange.

2. Someone had been there before told us the way.

3. ……………….. I ought to do, is find out gloves they are.

4. Peter, ……………….. car had broken down, met a man ………………..

managed to fix it.

5. The drawer in ……………….. he found the gun was the one I

had searched.

6. Those ……………….. come late must stay to do the work they

have missed.

7. The dog  ……………….. I  bought  was the one you saw the day

you arrived.

8. That is the boy  ……………….. mother  knows the man repaired

our fridge.

9. He is the one ……………….. asked me I gave the money to.

10. The snow,  ………………..  had been  falling  all day, was gave us

trouble.

Exercise 4: Rewrite the story using relative clauses. Using who,

which, that, where, and

I was sitting in a café. I often go there for a drink after work. I called the waiter. I know him quite well. I asked for a cup of coffee. While I was waiting I looked at a newspaper. It was lying on the table. I started reading an article on the front page. It said: ‘Police are looking for a woman, Catherine. She has been missing from her home for two weeks.’ I looked at the photo. It showed a woman with dark curly hair, she had a round face. I recognized it at once. She was my new neighbor. She had moved in just 2 weeks before.

….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Exercise 3: Join each pair of sentences below, using relative

clauses.

1. Pass me the dictionary. I put it on the shelf.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. Will you help me to do the exercises? I don’t understand the exercises.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. We haven’t met Mr Smith yet. His daughter studies with Paul.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. We won’t forget the day. We went to Justin Beaber’s concert that day.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. Peter has read the book. I recommended the book to him.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6. They sent me a postcard of the hotel. They stayed there on holiday.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

7. This is my best friend. I met her at school ten years ago.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

8. Is this the man? This man accused you of stealing his wallet.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

9. Peter made a lemon cake. It is his speciality.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

10. I want you to introduce you to Mrs Black. Her husband is an engineer.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

11. Can you show me the room? Meetings are held in that room.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

12. I don’t know the man. Sue is dancing with him.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………13. We last saw Mary on Christmas Day. She came to our party then.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

14. You have to correct the mistakes. You’ve made mistakes in the letter.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

15. I like Mrs White. She is in charge of the Marketing Department.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………