I- Underline the correct pronouns to complete
the sentences.
1- The girl (who/ which) is beside him is his
daughter.
2- The book (who/which) you lent me is very
interesting.
3- The man (who/which) you asked me about is
my teacher.
4- That is the boy (who/which) I saw at the
gym.
5- The music (who/which) he is playing is a
waltz.
6- Where is the person (who/which) sold me
this book?
7- The dogs (who/which) entered the room are
mine.
8- The apple (who/which) I ate wasn't good.
II- Underline the correct alternative.
Example: This is the place (whose/where/what)
my husband works.
1- I have just seen the woman
(whose,where/what) son studied at my school.
2- This is the place (whose, where, what) I
came on vacation when I was a child.
3- It's difficult to do (whose/where/what) the
teacher asks.
4- The country (whose/where/what) the teacher
asks.
5- This is the man (whose/where/what) wife
won the lottery.
6- I can't hear (what/whose/where) you're
saying.
III- Rewrite the sentences using what.
Example: the company can't give the things
the workers need.
The company can't give what the workers
need.
1- Her husband couldn't buy the things she
wanted.
2- I can't talk about the things he told me.
_______________________________________
3- She wrote the things he said.
_______________________________________
4- I don't want the things she gave me for my
birthday.
_______________________________________
IV- Complete the sentences with the correct
relative pronouns.
Example: He went to Austin which is the state
capital of Texas.
1- Einstein, _____________ was German,
formulated an important theory.
2- Silvia lives in Brasilia, ____________ she
works for the government.
3- I called the director, _____________ was
very understanding.
4- That girl, ____________ mother is a doctor,
is my girlfriend.
5- My brother has bought a new car,
_____________ is very nice.
6- My sister, _____________ studies a lot, has
just passed her final exams.
7- Sally's bike, _____________ she bought on
the weekend, is red.
8- Hemingway, _____________ was American,
wrote the Old Man and the Sea.
9- Painting, _____________ is something I
enjoy very much, is very relaxing.
9- That's the man ____________ wife has just
had a baby.
10- My cousin, ____________ lives in Australia,
arrives tomorrow evening.
11-They live in Washington, _____________
they recently got married.
12- They live in Washington, ___________ they
recently got married.
13- The woman ______________ was talking to
you earlier is my neighbor.
14- The thieves were taken to the police
station, _______________ they were
questioned.
15- I have some friends ____________ house is
in the mountains.
V- Make non- defining relative clauses using
the sentences in parentheses. Put in
commas(,) where necessary.
Example: Cora Peixoto (she lives in a cave on
the top of a mountain) is a famous winter.
1- the mountain is in Chapada Diamantina. (It's
one of the most beautiful places in Brazil.)
_______________________________________
2- Cora (her children study in the U.S.) lives
with her husband and a cat.
_______________________________________
3- She is very famous in Portugal. (She has
sold more than a hundred thousand books
there.)
_______________________________________
4- Her editor (he is very ambitious) wants her
to more to São Paulo.
_______________________________________
5- But she likes to live in the mountains. (She
has peace to write there.)
_______________________________________
Soluções para a tarefa
1- The girl who is beside him is his
daughter.
2- The book which you lent me is very
interesting.
3- The man who you asked me about is my teacher.
4- That is the boy who I saw at the gym.
5- The music which he is playing is a
waltz.
6- Where is the person who sold me
this book?
7- The dogs which entered the room are mine.
8- The apple which I ate wasn't good.
II- 1- I have just seen the woman whose son studied at my school.
2- This is the place where I came on vacation when I was a child.
3- It's difficult to do what the teacher asks.
4- The country where the teacher lives.
5- This is the man whose wife won the lottery.
6- I can't hear what you're saying.
III- 1- Her husband couldn't buy what she wanted.
2- I can't talk about what he told me.
3- She wrote what he said.
4- I don't want what she gave me for my birthday.
IV- 1- Einstein, who was German, formulated an important theory.
2- Silvia lives in Brasilia, where she works for the government.
3- I called the director, who was
very understanding.
4- That girl, whose mother is a doctor, is my girlfriend.
5- My brother has bought a new car, which is very nice.
6- My sister, who studies a lot, has just passed her final exams.
7- Sally's bike, which she bought on the weekend, is red.
8- Hemingway, who was American, wrote the Old Man and the Sea.
9- Painting, which is something I enjoy very much, is very relaxing.
9- That's the man whose wife has just had a baby.
10- My cousin, who lives in Australia, arrives tomorrow evening.
11-They live in Washington, where they recently got married.
12- They live in Washington, where they recently got married.
13- The woman who was talking to you earlier is my neighbour.
14- The thieves were taken to the police station, where they were questioned.
15- I have some friends whose house is
in the mountains.
V- 1- the mountain, which is in Chapada Diamantina, is one of the most beautiful places in Brazil.
2- Cora, whose children study in the U.S., lives with her husband and a cat.
3- She is very famous in Portugal, where she has sold more than a hundred thousand books.
4- Her editor, who is very ambitious, wants her to move to São Paulo.
5- But she likes to live in the mountains where she has peace to write.