Exercise 1
Write the relative clauses in a more formal way using a preposition + whom/which .
1) Yesterday we visited the City Museum, which I’d never been to before.
Yesterday we visited the City Museum, ________
2) brother showed us his new earl which he’s very proud of.
brother showed us his new earl ________
3) This is a picture of our friends Chris and Sam, who we went on holiday with.
This is a picture of our friends Chris and Sam, ________
4) The wedding/ which only members of the family were invited t01 took place on Friday.
The wedding, ________ , took place on Friday.
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1 to which I’d never been before.
2 of which he's very proud
3 with whom we went on holiday
4 to which only members of the family were invited
Exercise 2
Use the information in the first sentence to complete the second sentence. Use all of / most of etc. or the … of+ whom/which .
1) All of Helen’s brothers are married.
Helen has three brothers, ________
2) Most of the information we were given was useless.
We were given a lot of information, ________
3) None of the ten people who applied for the job was suitable.
Ten people applied for the job I ________
4) Kate hardly ever uses one of her computers.
Kate has got two computers, ________
5) Mike won £1001000. He gave half of it to his parents.
Mike won £10010001 ________
6) Both of Julia’s sisters are lawyers.
Julia has two sisters, ________
7) Jane replied to neither of the emails I sent her.
I sent jane two emails, ________
8) I went to a party- I knew only a few of the people there.
There were a lot of people at the party, ________
9) The sides of the road we drove along were lined with trees.
We drove along the road, the ________
10) The aim of the company’s new business plan is to save money.
The company has a new business plan________
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1 all of whom are married.
2 most of which was useless
3 none of whom was suitable
4 one of which she hardly ever uses
5 half of which he gave to his parents
6 both of whom are lawyers
7 neither of which she replied to
8 only a few of whom I knew
9 (the) sides of which were lined with trees
10 the aim of which is to save money
Exercise 3
Join sentences from the boxes to make new sentences. Use which.
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1 Laura couldn’t come to the party. 2 Jane doesn’t have a phone. 3 Alex has passed his exams. 4 Our flight was delayed. 5 Kate offered to let me stay at her house. 6 The street I live in is very noisy at night. 7 Our car has broken down. |
This was very kind of her. This means we can’t go away tomorrow. This makes it difficult to contact her. This makes it difficult to sleep sometimes. This was a shame. This is good news. This meant we had to wait three hours at the airport. |
1) Laura couldn’t come to the party, ________
2) Jane ________
3) _____
4) _____
5) _____
6) _____
7) _____
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1 Laura couldn’t come to the party, which was a shame.
2 Jane doesn't have a phone, which makes it difficult to contact her.
3 Alex has passed his exams, which is good news.
4 Our flight was delayed, which meant we had to wait three hours at the airport.
5 Kate offered to let me stay at her house, which was very kind of her.
6 The street I live in is very noisy at night, which makes it difficult to sleep sometimes.
7 Our car has broken down, which means we can't go away tomorrow.