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Escola Básica e Secundária Armando Côrtes-Rodrigues

ENGLISH – 10th FORM – Level 6


English Language: Non-Defining Relative Clauses

Name: __________________ No.: ____ Class: _____ Date: ___ /___ / ___

In this exercise you have to rewrite these sentences again together with a relative clause.
Sometimes the relative clause is in the middle of the sentence, sometimes at the end. Use the
sentences in brackets to make non-defining relative clauses.

Examples: Tom's father goes swimming every day. (Tom's father is 78.)
Tom's father, who is 78, goes swimming every day.

She told me her address. (I wrote her address down on a piece of paper.)
She told me her address, which I wrote down on a piece of paper.

1. She showed me a photograph of her son. (Her son is a policeman.)


She showed me a photograph of her son, ………………………………………………..
2. We decided not to swim in the sea. (The sea looked rather dirty.)
We ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. The new stadium will be opened next month. (The stadium holds 90,000 people.)
The ……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. John is one of my closest friends. (I have known John for eight years.)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. That man over there is an artist. (I don't remember his name.)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. Opposite our house there is a nice park. (There are some beautiful trees in this park.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. The storm caused a lot of damage. (Nobody had been expecting the storm.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. The postman was late this morning. (The postman is nearly always on time.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
9. We often go to visit our friends in Bristol. (Bristol is only 30 miles away.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. Mr. Edwards has gone into hospital for some tests. (His health hasn't been good recently.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
11. Jack looks much nicer without his beard. (His beard made him look much older.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
12. I went to see the doctor. (The doctor told me to rest for a few days.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
13. Thank you for your letter. (I was very happy to get your letter.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
14. A friend of mine helped me to get a job. (His father is the manager of a company.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
15. Next weekend I'm going to Glasgow. (My sister lives in Glasgow.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
16. The population of London is now falling. (London was once the largest city in the world.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
17. I looked up at the moon. (The moon was very bright that evening.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
18. We spent a pleasant day by the lake. (We had a picnic by the lake.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
SOLUTIONS OF THE EXERCISES

1. …, who is a policeman.
2. We decided not to swim in the sea, which looked rather dirty.
3. The new stadium, which holds 90,000 people, will be opened next month.
4. John, who(m) I have known for 8 years, is one of my closest friends.
5. That man over there, whose name I don’t remember, is an artist.
6. Opposite our house there is nice park, where there are some beautiful trees.
7. The storm, which nobody had been expecting, caused a lot of damage.
8. The postman, who is nearly always on time, was late this morning.
9. We often go to visit our friends in Bristol, which is only 30 miles away.
10. Mr Edwards, whose health hasn’t been good recently, has gone into hospital for
some tests.
11. Jack looks much nicer without his beard, which made him look much older.
12. I went to see the doctor, who told me to rest for a few days.
13. Thank you for your letter, which I was very happy to get.
14. A friend of mine, whose father is the manager of a company, helped me to get a job.
15. Next weekend I’m going to Glasgow, where my sister lives.
16. The population of London, which was once the largest city in the world, is now falling.
17. I looked up at the moon, which was very bright that evening.
18. We spent a pleasant day by the lake, where we had a picnic.

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