Les envio un nuevo material. Dichos ejercicios los vamos a discutri en clases; por lo tanto, es necesario que los revisen en sus casas para sólo aclarar dudas. Self- Exercise on Adjective Clauses
A. Fill in your answer and then click on Check.
1. Combine these sentences using "who":
Andrea was a married woman. She lived in Brockbourne.
2. Combine these sentence using "which":
Andrea shivered at the snow. The snow was piled in the fields.
3. Combine these sentences using "which":
The radio had been stolen. She missed listening to it.
4. Combine these sentences using "who":
An old lady was standing by the road. Andrea stopped for her.
5. Combine these two sentences using "that":
The old lady had a sign. It was handwritten.
6. Combine these sentences:
The lady was very fat. Andrea opened the door for her.
7. Combine these sentences using "whose":
Andrea was afraid of the old lady. Her voice sounded strange.
8. Combine these sentences using "which":
Her arms were hairy. Andrea was terrified when she saw them.
9. Combine these two sentences:
Andrea realized it was a man. He was dressed as a woman.
10. Combine these sentences using "which":
Andrea discovered an axe in the bag. It was bloodstained.
B. Choose the correct answer for each sentence
1. This new service will be available to all users _______ up for paid membership.
A. that signed
B. that signed it
C. which signed
D. sign
2. That is a story of hardship _______ our own situation into perspective.
A. puts
B. it puts
C. that it puts
D. that puts
3. John Smith, _______ of economic crimes, tax evasion and fraud, is being accused of attempted murder now.
A. of that he was accused
B. that was accused
C. whom he was accused
D. who was accused
4. The process uses an innovative digital technology __________ the products with as many colors as the image contains.
(A) imprints
(B) that imprints it
(C) that imprints
(D) that it imprints
5. The police were greatly outnumbered by rioters, _______ ran into the hundreds.
A. whose figures
B. those figures
C. that its figures
D. its figures that
C. Each of the following exercises has two short paragraphs. Read each paragraph. Next to the paragraphs is a short sentence. The sentence needs an adjective clause to clarify its meaning. Use information from one of the paragraphs to create the adjective clause and rewrite the sentence.
1.
| Bill wrote a letter to Karen. He told her that he had found a new girlfriend and didn't love Karen anymore.
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| The letter made Karen feel sad.
| | John wrote a letter to Karen. He was very happy in New York. He had a good job and invited Karen to come visit him soon.
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2.
| Some of the students did not do well on the test. The teacher asked them to stay and review so that they would do better the next time.
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| The students went home early.
| | Some of the students did very well on the test. The teacher let these students go home early so that she could talk to the other students.
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3.
| At the swimming competition, one boy came in third place. His father was disappointed because he expected his son to come in first.
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| The man was very disappointed.
| | At the swimming competition, one boy came in second. His was father was extremely happy because his son did so well.
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4.
| Mrs. Grady listened to the speaker at the neighborhood meeting about a plot of empty land. The speaker supported building a shopping mall on the empty land. Mrs. Grady didn't agree with him at all.
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| Mrs. Grady didn't agree with the speaker.
| | Mrs. Grady listened to another speaker. The speaker talked about asking the city to use the empty land for a new library. Mrs. Grady thought that was a good use of the land
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5.
| Maria bought a new car. It is very comfortable and gets more than 30 miles per gallon of gas. She is very happy with her new car and its good gas mileage.
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| The car has good gas mileage.
| | Susan bought a new car. It is very comfortable and gets about 18 miles per gallon of gas. She likes her new car, but she wishes it had better gas mileage.
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