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1. Relative clauses (33)

a) Add relatives where needed

• The book I was reading yesterday was a detective story.
• The man you spoke to is my English teacher.
• There's a lady purse has been stolen.
• The picture you were talking about has been sold.
• ``People live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."'
• Buy it back from the man you sold it to.
• What's the name of that man wife ran away and left him?
• Can you remember the person you took it from?
• Where is the shop sells picture-postcards?
• Where is the man sold me these sun-glasses?
• What's that music you are listening to?
• I don't like the house he lives in.
• Here comes the girl I am hiding from.
• The people are looking at that house are my parents.

b) Fill in a comma where needed

• The knife which we use to cut the bread is very sharp.
• My sister whom you met yesterday wants to speak with you.
• Her father who has been to Paris has just returned.
• Budapest which is on the Danube is a beautiful city.
• The girl who lives opposite my house is very pretty.
• The doctor whom she visited is very famous.
• The pen that I lost was not a good one.
• Love which is a wonderful feeling comes to everyone.
• The air which we breathe is made up of many gases.
• My employer whom I dislike works in the next room.

c) Give all correct possibilities of relative clauses

• The bicycle is very good. I bought it yesterday.
  > The bicycle I bought yesterday is very good.
  > The bicycle which I bought yesterday is very good.
  > The bicycle that I bought yesterday is very good.
• Peter is very nice. I met him yesterday.
  > Peter, who I met yesterday, is very nice.
  > Peter, whom I met yesterday, is very nice
• The alien has left again. I sold my bike to him.
  > The alien, I sold my bike to, has left again.
  > The alien, who I sold my bike to, has left again.
  > The alien, whom I sold my bike to, has left again.

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