Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

Exercise 26. Join each pair of sentences using who, which and a prep-
osition.
Example: Mr Black is a reader at Kate’s university. I was talking to him 
a moment ago.
Mr Black, who I was talking to a moment ago, is a reader at Kate’s uni-
versity.
1. Mrs Mason apologised for the mistake. We complained to her.
2. The film Wild Life is showing next week. I’ve heard good reports about it.
3. Mr Ross is the president of a very large international company. We’ve just 
run into him.
4. Kevin Slob is now a film star. I used to study with him at university.
5. Our new manager has completely reorganised the office. You are looking at 
him.
6. My friend is a promising businessman. We are waiting for him.
7. The shop on Elm Street is closed tomorrow. We usually pass it by.
8. His boss will be returning tomorrow. You’ve heard of him a lot.

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WHOSE / WHERE /WHEN / WHY 
in defining and non-defining relative clauses
• Whose means of who and replaces his, her, and their in defining relative 
clauses. It can never be left out.
I’ve got a friend. Her sister is an actress. => I’ve got a friend whose sister 
is an actress.
NOTE:
the difference between whose and who’s (who is or who has):
She’s the one who’s lending us the money, (who’s lending = who is lending).
• Where means in which and is used to talk about places. It can be used to 
introduce defining and non-defining relative clauses:
We visited the town where I was born. (Defining)
I bought them at the supermarket, where I met Mrs Butler. (Non-defining)
• When is used for times in relative clauses. It can be used to introduce defining 
and
non-defining relative clauses.
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