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Find the mistakes with the underlined words, and correct them on the line provided
below. Not all of the sentences have mistakes. If there are no mistakes, rewrite the
sentence on the line provided.
EXAMPLES: | The man which you met is a very famous
architect. | | | The man whom you met is a very famous
architect .
| | | I can't understand a word you are
saying. | | | I can't understand a word you are
saying . | | |
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The book I'm reading is about the life of Napoleon.
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The
student whose sitting in the back row speaks English well.
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The
chicken that ate my husband had very little salt in it.
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People who lives in Alaska are used to cold winters.
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5.
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I
have a friend her son is an artist.
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The
mistake that he made it cost the company thousands of dollars.
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7.
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The
man whose apartment I'm renting will be in Germany for a year.
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The
actor whom we saw in a movie recently just died.
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Fill in the blanks to complete the adjective clause.
EXAMPLE: | You need a lot of help with your composition. The
teacher can give you the help you
need . | | |
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I
applied for a job as a computer programmer, but the company didn't hire me. The person ______________
has much more experience than I do.
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I'm
trying to sell my car. I put an ad in the newspaper and a sign on my car. I got more responses from
the ad ______________ in the newspaper.
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He
was dating a woman with 2 small children. He decided to break up with her because he didn't want to
marry a woman ______________ are small.
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Match each of the parts above to make 9 logical
definitions
Breakfast is
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situation | that fall from the sky. | Ink is | people | who has to work
for no pay. | A rug
is | a dessert | that
people eat in the morning
| Firefighters
are | ice crystals | that protects
the floor. | A war
is | the meal
| that goes in our
pens. | Trash is | a piece of
equipment | in which two sides are in conflict. | A slave is | a liquid | that children
love. | Ice cream is | a piece of cloth
or skin | that takes pictures. | A camera is | anything | that people
throw away. | Snow
is | a person | who put out
fires. | | | |
EXAMPLE: | Breakfast is the meal that people eat in the
morning. | | |
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(1) | _______________________________________________________________ | (2) | _______________________________________________________________ | (3) | _______________________________________________________________ | (4) | _______________________________________________________________ | (5) | _______________________________________________________________ | (6) | _______________________________________________________________ | (7) | _______________________________________________________________ | (8) | _______________________________________________________________ | (9) | _______________________________________________________________ | | |
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Fill in each blank with who, that, or
which.
EXAMPLE: | This is the story of a man
who
lost a key. | | |
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The
maid threw the key ____________ she found into the garbage can.
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The
trash collector ___________ worked at the hotel read the words on the key.
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The
trash collector cleaned the key ____________ he found.
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The
trash collector ____________ was curious put the key in a bag.
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The
trash collector took the key to a shopkeeper ____________ worked next door.
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The
shopkeeper ____________ thanked the man identified the key.
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The
key opened the safe ____________ contained many diamond rings.
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Fill in each blank with who(m), or which. Do not use that in this
exercise.
EXAMPLE: | The politician
who
we met was very friendly. | | |
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The
movie ____________ we saw yesterday was excellent.
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21.
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There
goes the person ____________ I'm going to marry.
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I
liked the book ____________ you gave me.
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23.
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I
have friends ____________ like to get together whenever possible.
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I
like a man ____________ knows what he wants.
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Chose the sentence with the correct form of the
verb.
EXAMPLE: | Chose the sentence with the correct form of the
verb. | | | a. I know a girl who comes from
Somalia. | | | b. I know a girl who come from
Somalia. | | | Answer:
a | | |
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Chose
the sentence with the correct form of the verb.
a. | Could you bring us some of the fruit that grow on your
apple tree? | b. | Could you bring us some of the fruit that grows on your
apple tree? | | |
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Chose
the sentence with the correct form of the verb.
a. | I bought pens that don't write
well. | b. | I bought pens
that doesn't write well. | | |
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Unscramble the words in each sentence to make a correct statement with an adjective
clause.
EXAMPLE: | love/ I / kind to me / the aunt / was /
who | | | I love the
aunt who was kind to
me. | | |
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get /
are / people / upset / very sensitive / easily / who / there
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today
/ this / came / is / the mail / that
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which
/ we / on the first / must / pay / of the month / are due / the bills
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dropped / where / who / is / this wallet / the person
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