Thursday 19 March 2015

Relative Clauses (Activities)

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?
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