Relative Clauses
Gap-fill exercise
Put in the missing relative pronouns where they are necessary.
Sometimes two pronouns are possible: that/who - that/which - that/who/xxx - that/which/xxx - whose
[xxx = contact clause is possible]
Tom's going to the disco with the girl
used to go out with Tony.
I know the girl
dog got run over in that accident last night.
Where's the computer magazine
was lying on this chair?
Is there anything else
you want to tell me about what happened?
Look, that's the man
I told you about.
I don't like people
always take and never give.
Don't forget the present
you bought for Sheila.
A barometer is something
you measure (messen) air pressure with, isn't it?
There's another thing
I want to discuss with you.
Alexander Fleming, the man
discovered penicillin, came from Scotland.
Translate the German words and clauses in brackets into English. DON’T use “that”!
Shall I tell you about the student (den ich gestern beim Konzert kennen gelernt habe) ... ?
Shall I tell you about the student
?
Is that the boy (dessen Bruder gestern im Fernsehen war) ... ?
Is that the boy
?
That's the girl (neben dem ich sitze) ... in school.
That's the girl
.
Where are the comics (die ich heute Morgen gekauft habe) ... ?
Where are the comics
?
Someone's taken the magazines (die gestern auf dern Tisch waren) ...
Someone's taken the magazines
.
(Das Mädchen, mit dem ich in die Disco ging,) ... comes from Australia.
The girl
comes from Australia.
The boy (der gestern viermal anrief) ... is my new boyfriend.
The boy
is my new boyfriend.
Check your answers
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