XXII. Combine each pair of sentences, using a relative clause. (Textbook, page 36)

1. Parts of the palace are open to the public. It is where the queen lives.     _____________________________________________________________________________________________.

2. English has borrowed many words. They come from other languages.  _____________________________________________________________________________________________.

3. I moved to a new school. English is taught by native teachers there.    _____________________________________________________________.

4. I don’t like English. There are several reasons for that.    _____________________________________________________________________________________________.

5. The new girl in our class is reasonably good at English. Her name is Mi.  _____________________________________________________________________________________________.

Combine each pair of sentences into one, using a RELATIVE CLAUSE (MĐQH).

1. The man reported to the police. His wallet was stolen.

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2. I met the woman. Her husband is the CEO of my company.

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3. The student is from China. He is sitting next to me.

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4. We are studying sentences. They contain relative clauses.

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5. Algebra problems contain letters. They stand for unknown numbers.

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6. Your friends were very nice. We visited them yesterday.

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7. Your teacher is humorous. I talked to him last night.

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8. The man is a famous professor. Many students like his lectures.

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9. Tet is important holidays in Vietnam. People often organize cultural festivals on this accasion.

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10. The girl is a popular singer. He wants to meet her.

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* Combine the two sentences by using a relative clause. Some clauses need commas, some do not.
1. I know some people. They live in London.
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2. The man is Mr. Tan. He is wearing a blue shirt.
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3. Tom is one of my closest friends. He is very intelligent.
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4. Mr. Tan is a teacher of English. He is wearing a blue shirt.
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5. That woman over there is a singer. She is talking with your father.
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* Combine the two sentences by using a relative clause. Some clauses need commas, some do not.
1. I know some people. They live in London.
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2. The man is Mr. Tan. He is wearing a blue shirt.
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3. Tom is one of my closest friends. He is very intelligent.
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4. Mr. Tan is a teacher of English. He is wearing a blue shirt.
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5. That woman over there is a singer. She is talking with your father.
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I. Combine sentences using Relative Clause.

1. Manchester is the largest city in USA. My brother lives there .

2. I’ve recently gone back to the town . I was born in the town .

3. Do you know the name of the hotel ? John is staying at the hotel .

4. We enjoy the city . We spent our vacation there .

5. We enjoy this city . It has been renewed a lot after the war. 

6. 4^th June is the day . I was born on that day .

7. This is the house . The house has a big garden .

8. This is the house . I was born in the house .

9. May Day is the day . People hold a meeting on that day .

10. Ha Noi is the place . I’d like to come to Ha Noi .

11. Summer is the time . The weather is very hot then .

12. I don’t like Summer . It’s often hot then .

13. The bed was comfortable . I slept in it last night .                                             

14. I never forget the park . We met each other for the first time at this park .

15. I do not know the reason . She left school for it .

16. We have not decided the day . I’ll go to London on that day .

17. Our school has a good laboratory . The students practice chemistry in the laboratory .

18.  Our school has a good laboratory. Mr John designed it in 2000.

19. 7:30 is the time . My plane will arrive then .

20. I love my parents’ house . I was born in that house .

21. The book is a telephone directory . We can look up the number in this book .

22.  We first met in 1945 . The revolution took place then .

23. This is the house . We have lived there for five years .

24. We often visit our friends in Brostol . It is only 30 miles away.

Exercise 1. Combine the sentences, using relative pronouns and put  relative pronouns in brackets ( ) if they can be omitted.

1.     This is Mary. She is my sister in law.

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2.     I know the girl. I spoke to this girl this morning.

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3.     The student kept talking about the project. It was done last week.

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III. Combine each pair of sentences into a new one, using relative clause:
1. The man was arrested . I reported him to the police .
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2. The teacher was right . Ngan asked him about her problem .
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3. This writer was very pretty . My brother dated him .
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4. The secretary is in the office. Jullian likes her .
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5. We ate the food . My sister cooked the food .
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6. They have rebuilt the house . It was destroyed last month .
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