DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

The mountain ____ we climbed yesterday was the highest mountain in Britain!

• which

• who

• where

In which sentence you can delete who?

• The man who lives next to me is nearly eighty.

• The man who I saw on the bus is my neighbour.

• The man who cleans my windows has gone into hospital.

In which sentence you CANNOT delete that?

• The film that we saw yesterday was brilliant.

• I’ve lost the magazine that I was reading.

• A photocopier is a machine that makes copies of pages.

What CANNOT go in the space?

Julie looked after the injured bird ___ she found in the garden.

• (No word is needed here)

• that

• who

Rewrite these sentences:

Greg bought a camera yesterday.

The camera doesn’t work.

• Greg, who bought a camera yesterday, doesn’t work.

• The camera that Greg bought yesterday doesn’t work.

• The camera who Greg bought yesterday doesn’t work.

What CAN’T you write in the space?

Last week I bought a watch ___ was half price.

• (no word is needed here)

• that

• which

She is the woman ______________ cuts my hair.

• who

• which

• where

These are the flights ________________ have been cancelled.

• which

• where

• who

The woman _______________ lives nextdoor works in a bank.

• which

• where

• that

The laptop ____________ I bought last week has started making a strange noise!

• who

• where

• that