This document contains an English grammar practice exercise about relative clauses. It includes examples of sentences with missing or incorrect relative pronouns. The exercise asks the student to identify the correct relative pronoun to complete sentences, identify which relative pronouns can be omitted, correct mistakes, and combine sentences using relative pronouns.

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Grammar practice – standard Unit 5
Relative clauses
1 Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun. More than
one answer may be possible.
1 I have a friend grandparents went on the
demonstration last Thursday.
2 The man spoke first was very passionate.
3 This is the square opened their first
restaurant.
4 The group I belong to is fighting against
youth unemployment.
5 I’ll never forget the moment police arrived.
2 In which sentences in Exercise 1 can the relative pronoun be
omitted?
3 Correct the mistake in the sentences.
1 The bank that I use it is in financial trouble.
2 Police have closed the website that you could get more
information.
3 Many young people can’t find work are moving abroad.
4 The new laws which are very unpopular will affect us all.
5 A new factory is opening in the town, that is very good
news.
4 Circle the correct option in this newspaper report.
Sometimes more than one option is possible.
Earlier this morning, police 1 have arrested / arrested the
SafeSave protestors. The group, 2 who / which are angry
at the collapse of SafeSave bank, 3 have spent / had spent
three days camping outside a house in Endyke, 4 that
/ where they believe the former chairman of SafeSave,
Robert Spade, lives.
Witnesses reported that, at about midnight last night, 30
officers 5 began / have begun forcibly evicting participants
of the group 6 that / which has made news across the
country. The protesters, 7 when / who were eating dinner
when police arrived, were unable to chain themselves to
the house gates as they had done previously.
This morning a police spokesperson said that any
protesters 8 that / who agreed to stay away from Endyke
would not be taken to court, however, Krissie Nicholson, a
member of the group, said,‘The man 9 that / which stole
our savings has not been arrested. Why not? We 10 are
going to / will fight on until we have answers.’
5 Join the two sentences to make one. Only use a relative
pronoun where necessary.
1 The woman lives opposite us. The woman made a speech
at the meeting.
2 Eva showed me a petition. It had over 3000 signatures. The
petition…
3 You asked me to buy a book. The book had sold out. The
book…
4 Jorge works at home. He is self-employed. Jorge…
6 Combine the two sentences using an appropriate relative
pronoun.
1 The government is growing increasingly unpopular. It came
to power two years ago.
2 Tom is an environmental campaigner. He’s my sister’s
boyfriend.
3 Margaret Thatcher was known as the Iron Lady. She was
Britain’s first female prime minister.
4 The rate of inflation currently stands at 4%. It is going up
every month.