RELATIVE CLAUSES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Defining Relative Clauses Practice

A. Choose the correct relative pronoun for each sentence.

1. Elton John is the singer ............... (which / when / who) sang Tiny Dancer.

2. That's the cafe ............... (which / where / who) I met my husband.

3. I like books ............... (where / who / which) have strong main characters.

4. A cinema is a place ............... (which / where / who) you go to watch films.

5. September is the month ............... (when / which / where) we go back to school.

6. The person ............... (when / who / which) I miss the most is my best friend.

7. Italy is the country ............... (who / when / where) the renaissance began.

8. Mozambique is another country ............... (where / who / when) they speak Portuguese.

9. Summer is a time ............... (where / who / when) people go travelling.

10. There's a restaurant in the city centre ............... (which / where / who) you can eat paella.

11. The car ............... (who / which / where) has a scratch on the side is mine.

12. That's the woman ............... (when / who / where) helped me find the hotel.

B. Rewrite each sentence, correcting the relative pronoun mistake.

1. That's the office which all the video editors work.

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2. I don't think he likes the toy who I bought him.

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3. The city which I was born is on the coast.

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4. This bin is the one when we throw away our recyclables.

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5. Christmas is a time where I eat too much food.

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6. I saw my grandmother in a photo who she took when she was 18.

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7. The man which is interested in buying your car will phone later.

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Defining Relative Clauses Practice

C. Write definitions for the places, things, times and people below using defining
relative clauses.

1. kitchen: ..................................................................................................................

2. nurse: ....................................................................................................................

3. Halloween: ..............................................................................................................

4. gym: ......................................................................................................................

5. beach: ....................................................................................................................

6. baker: ....................................................................................................................

7. lunch: ....................................................................................................................

8. builder: ..................................................................................................................

9. New Year: ...............................................................................................................

10. school: .................................................................................................................

D. Rewrite the sentences, combining them together using defining relative clauses.

1. The last time I saw my best friend was at a festival. She was home from Australia.

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2. My favourite dessert is pavlova. My mother makes it for my birthday every year.

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3. Have you watched that film yet? I recommended it to you last month.

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4. I've never met that woman. My cousin is talking to her.

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5. I want to buy that handbag. It has grey buttons.

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6. I'll never forget that moment. I met the president of Ireland.

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7. This is the playground. We used to play there every day as children.

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8. That's the window. It was broken last week.

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