Test Relative defining/Non-defining clauses

ENGLISH TEST

9^th form

Name   _____________________________________________________

Task 1. Fill in the relative defining/non-defining clauses (who, that, which, whose, whom, when, where, why)

1. The food…….. I like best of all is spaghetti.
2. Fred, …….mother lives in has gone to Scotland.
3. The building……was next to the school fell down.
4. Jane ……..brother is also a doctor works at the hospital.
5. The restaurant………we celebrated my birthday has closed.
6. Anna……….cuts my hair has just bought her own shop.
7. There are some questions………I cannot answer.
8. The actor……….I most admire is Robert de Niro.
9. The children……..I baby-sit for are twins.
10. The country……….my father was born is at war.
11. His uncle……….is a millionaire owns a house in the Bahamas.
12. The boy……..bicycle was stolen is at the police station.

Task 2. Use relatives to combine the following sentences as in the example:

1. I spoke to a gentleman. He was very polite………(The gentleman whom/who/that I spoke to was very polite. The gentleman to whom I spoke was very polite.)
2. I’m writing about a film. It was made in 1958. _____________________________________________________________
3. She’s a girl.   They were talking about her.

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4. That’s the restaurant. We go there every Saturday.

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5. This is the island. We spent our holidays on it.

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6. This is the knife. He cut the bread with it.

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7. These are the Joneses. We went to the theatre with them.

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Task 3. Read the article and fill in the gaps with the words from the box.

Bin your rubbish

Millions of pounds every year are spent on cleaning 1)……,this alone cannot 2)……the problem. The solutions lies in our 3)…… . Dropping litter is, in 4)……, against in Britain. Not only is litter ugly, but it can also be 5)…… Litter encourages 6)…..such as rats. Why is there so much litter? Most consumer 7)…. are over-packaged; a single item can be 8)…… in plastic, put in box, wrapped in cellophane and then 9)……a plastic carrier bag. What can we do about this growing problem? If every citizen 10)…… his or her job, together we can 11)…….the streets. Try 12)……paper and plastic bottles. Never 13)….. litter. You can also 14)…… day-trips to the local countryside and beaches in order to 15)…….rubbish. if everyone makes themselves 16)……. for maintaining high standards of cleanliness in their area, the problem may be 17)……… .