Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

Exercise 22. Change who/which to that, or leave it out, if possible.
1. I’ve had a card from Brian who used to live next door.
2. Do you remember those people who we met in Paris?
3. They live in a small village which has 100 inhabitants.
4. We had some good advice from Mr Richards who we consulted about in-
vestments.
5. What happened to the biscuits which I bought yesterday?
6. This is Mrs. Irvin who works with my father.
7. I like films which have a beginning, a middle and an end—in that order.
8. Dana married a nice man who she met on a bus.
9. I lent him an English book which is really easy to read.
10. Are these all the letters which came in this morning’s post?
11. The man who we spoke to wasn’t very nice.
12. I don’t like films which are violent.
Exercise 23. Make each pair of the sentences into one sentence. Don’t 
use who, which, or that.
Example: My brother bought a motorbike last month. The motorbike has 
broken down three times already. (The motorbike...) 
The motorbike my brother bought last month has broken down three 
times already.
1. You recommended a musical. We went to see the musical, but we didn’t 
think much of it. (We went...)
2. Peter wrote an essay while we were on holiday. The essay has won a prize 
in the col lege competition. (The essay...)
3. You didn’t recognise an actress on television last night. The actress was 
Jodie Foster. (The actress...)
4. Their daughter brings friends home. Some of the friends look much older 
than her. (Some of...)
5. You asked me to get you the latest issue of the Sunday Times. Here’s the 
paper. (Here’s...)

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6. We moved into a new house. It is absolutely beautiful. (The house...)
7. Cindy joined a Fitness Centre. It’s the best in the city. (The Fitness Centre...)
8. They interviewed a twelve-year-old girl from Georgia. She is a chess play-
er. (The girl...)
Exercise 24. Put in the right relative pronouns only where necessary.
Neil Weston owns three summer cottages ______________ he rents out to 
visitors. There are people ______________ return every year but many visitors, 
however, are less than satis factory. The cleaners ______________ go into the cot-
tages at the end of the week are often shocked. They find hair dye ______________
adults have left on bathroom walls; drawings ______________ bored children 
have put on bedroom walls; kettles ______________ smell because visitors have 
boiled fish in them. There are people ______________ spill a mug of coffee on 
the carpet and leave it there, and others ______________ leave breadboards on 
hot cooker rings. They do not report televisions ______________ are broken or 
glasses ______________ they have smashed. One family even took home a tem-
perature knob ______________ only fits one particular make of cooker. At the 
end of each week, Mr Weston and his wife search for spoons ______________ 
guests have dropped in the dustbins and check cushions ______________ they 
have turned round to hide the food stains.