A. Lea las dos
oraciones y luego escriba una oración con el mismo significado. Haga una “contact clause” dónde sea posible.
1. The street is very
wide. The street leads to the school.
2. The person is not
very clever. The person is sitting next to me.
3. The music is a
Strauss waltz. The orchestra is playing the music.
4. The doctor is
famous. She visited the doctor.
5. Women are to be
admired. Women work in hospitals.
6. The cigarette is a
Player´s. You are smoking the cigarette.
7. The lady has gone
to London. She was here yesterday.
8. The letter had no
stamp on it. We received the letter yesterday.
9. The girl is very
pretty. She lives opposite my house.
10. The dress is lovely. Mary is wearing the dress.
B. Oraciones
de relativo con preposiciones. Lea las dos oraciones y luego escriba una oración.
1. The paint on the
seat is still wet. You are sitting on the seat.
2. The knife is very
sharp. We cut bread with the knife.
3. The man has
died. I gave the book to him.
4. The horse came in
last. You were telling me about it yesterday.
5. The pretty girl
slapped Cyril´s face yesterday. You were speaking to her.
6. The glass hasn´t
been washed. You are drinking out of it.
7. Here comes the
girl. I am hiding from her.
8. The house is my
house. They are looking at it.
9. The girl is very
attractive. He is going out with her.
10. The music is very beautiful. You are listening
to it.
C. Lea
las dos oraciones y luego escriba una oración con WHOSE
1. There´s the
lady. Her purse has been stolen.
2. What´s the name of
that man? His wife has run away and left him.
3. The policeman is
at the door. You knocked off his helmet.
4. The girl has left
the room. I was talking to her mother.
5. The woman came to
see me. Her husband was arrested by the police.
6. The girl went to
the police station. Her passport had been stolen.
7. The man was
worried. His wife had been taken to hospital.
8. The woman is a
teacher. Her son lives in Birmingham.
9. The woman is
crying. Her baby is in hospital.
10. The man is an actor. His wife is a millionaire.
D. Vuelva a escribir estas oraciones usando la información que está entre
paréntesis formando oraciones que
comiencen con -ing o -ed.
1. A plane
crashed into the ocean yesterday. (it was carrying 28 passengers)
2. The window has now
been repaired. (it was broken in last night´s storm)
3. The paintings
haven´t been found yet. (they were stolen from the museum)
4. When I was walking
home, there was a man. (he was following me)
5. Most of the
suggestions were not practical. (they were made at the meeting)
6. At the end of the
street there is a path. (the path leads to the river)
7. Did you hear about
the boy? (he was knocked down on his way to school this morning)
8. That woman is
Australian. (she is talking to Tom)
E. Lea las dos oraciones y
luego escriba una oración con WHO o WHICH.
1. The Prime Minister
will push for stricter controls on industrial fumes. He visited our
factory last week.
2. My new gallery is
a great success. You visited it last week.
3. Alfred Hitchcock
made the classic film Psycho. He was born in 1899.
4. The Kremlin Jewels
were exhibited in Germany some years ago. They rarely leave the Soviet
Union.
5. The Tower of
London attracts more than two million visitors a year. It was the largest
fortress in mediaeval Europe.
F. En cada una de las siguientes
oraciones, decide si which se refiere
a) a la palabra o frase que va delante
de which
b) a la oración principal completa
1. It rained when we
were at Hampton Court, which we visited yesterday.
2. It rained while we
were in the maze, which was a pity.
3. The king was
jealous of Wolsey because of Hampton Court, which was so magnificent.
4. You can go to
Greenwich by boat, which is pleasant.
5. The part of the
town where I live is very noisy at night, which makes it difficult to sleep.
6. He offered me to
let me stay in his house, which is near the Thames.
7. They didn´t thank
us for the meal before they left, which was very rude of them.
8. Jill doesn´t have
a phone, which makes it difficult to contact her.
G. Completa las
siguientes oraciones con who, what, which, where, why, how, etc.
1. She doesn´t know
.................. to do the exercise.
2. I can´t think
..................to buy for dinner.
3. Have you decided
..............to ask to the party?
4. They don´t know
...................to meet us tomorrow.
5. I´m
wondering ...............to do with my clothes.
6. Tell me
..............to be there, and I´ll not be late.
7. It´s difficult to
know..................to choose.
8. We can´t think
..................to go for our holidays.
9. They were not
sure...................roon to give you.
10. Do you know ..................to get a good meal in
this town?
