Reading and Use of English Part 4 - B2 - Grammar Focus: Relative clauses

For questions 1–6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0).

0 The same person bought the three paintings Katie had put in the exhibition.

WHICH

Katie had put three paintings in the exhibition, all of which were bought by the same person.

 
 1 That’s the hotel where we had lunch last Sunday.

IN

That’s the hotel _________________________ last Sunday.

 
 2 Being an airline employee, my sister sometimes gets cheap flights.

WORKS

My sister, _________________________ , sometimes gets cheap flights.

 
 3 I don’t like Jim because he’s so mean.

REASON

Jim’s meanness _________________________ I don’t like him.

 
 4 Last week Gerry borrowed the book from me and now he’s lost it.

I

Gerry’s lost the _________________________ last week.

 
 5 The concert which Ben took me to wasn’t very enjoyable.

WENT

I didn’t enjoy _________________________ to with Ben.

 
 6 The mother of that boy is a well-known actress.

WHOSE

That’s _________________________ a well-known actress.

You MUST use the keyword, and you can't CHANGE the keyword. If the keyword is 'follow' you cannot write 'follows' or 'following'.

Make sure the nouns and verbs in your sentence 'agree' with each other.

Try to keep the same meaning from the first sentence.

Use the same words where possible.

Example:

John finds trains very interesting.

IN

John is very interested in trains.

Look at your answers to the exam task.

 1 Which of the sentences you have written contain relative clauses?

2 Are they defining or non-defining relative clauses?

3 How do you know?