Question

[Phạm Minh Anh]

Exercise 8: Rewrite the following sentences as required.

Question 3: John works with that other chap. I can’t remember his name.

(whose) =>______

Question 4: The man who jogs regularly in the Botanic Gardens is swimming in his private pool.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>____________

Question 5: The shark which was caught at sea weighs two hundred kilos.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>_______

Question 6: She was the fourth woman who finished the race.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>_____

Question 7: The student wrote an outstanding paper. He was awarded a prize for it.

(using preposition + whom/which) =>____

Question 8: You should put the money in a savings account. It will earn interest in the savings account.

(where) =>__________

Question 9: The car belongs to Mr Pike. Its brake is being repaired.

(whose) =>__________

Question 10: He collects the things which were thrown away everywhere.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>_______

Question 11: We found the fifth person that survived after the earthquake.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>________

Question 12: There was a tree which was blown down in the storm last night.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>________

Question 13: The children who attend that school receive a good education.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>_________

Question 14: I must thank the man. I got the present from him.

(using preposition + whom/which) =>__________

Question 15: It gives me a good chance to improve my Italian. It has become a little bit rusty.

(which) =>_________

Answer 1

[Khinh Yên]

Exercise 8: Rewrite the following sentences as required.

Question 3: John works with that other chap. I can’t remember his name.

(whose) =>___John works with that other chap whose name I can’t remember___

Question 4: The man who jogs regularly in the Botanic Gardens is swimming in his private pool.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>________The manjogging regularly in the Botanic Gardens is swimming in his private pool____

Question 5: The shark which was caught at sea weighs two hundred kilos.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>____The shark caught at sea weighs two hundred kilos.___

Question 6: She was the fourth woman who finished the race.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>__She was the fourth woman to finish the race.___

Question 7: The student wrote an outstanding paper. He was awarded a prize for it.

(using preposition + whom/which) =>__The student wrote an outstanding paper for which he was awarded a prize_

Question 8: You should put the money in a savings account. It will earn interest in the savings account.

(where) =>_______You should put the money in a savings account where it will earn interest ___

Question 9: The car belongs to Mr Pike. Its brake is being repaired.

(whose) =>____The car whose brake is being repaired belongs to Mr Pike.______

Question 10: He collects the things which were thrown away everywhere.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>____He collects the things thrown away everywhere.___

Question 11: We found the fifth person that survived after the earthquake.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>_____We found the fifth person to survive after the earthquake.___

Question 12: There was a tree which was blown down in the storm last night.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>__There was a tree blown down in the storm last night.______

Question 13: The children who attend that school receive a good education.

(reducing the relative clauses) =>_____The children attending that school receive a good education.____

Question 14: I must thank the man. I got the present from him.

(using preposition + whom/which) =>____ I must thank the man from whom I got the present.______

Question 15: It gives me a good chance to improve my Italian. It has become a little bit rusty.

(which) =>_____It gives me a good chance to improve my Italian,  which has become a little bit rusty.____