1.
Join the following pairs of sentences. There are defining and non-defining
relative sentences.
1. She showed me a photograph of her son. Her son is a policeman.
2. The new stadium will be opened next month. The stadium holds 90,000 people.
3. John is one of my closest friends. I have known John for eight years
4. The boy is one of my closest friends. He is waiting for me.
5. Thank you for your letter. I was very happy to get your letter.
6. The letter is in the drawer. Peter has sent the letter to you.
7. Next week-end Im going to Glasgow. My sister lives in Glasgow.
8. Next summer we are visiting the town. My father was born in this town.
9. The storm caused a lot of damage. Nobody had been expecting the storm.
10.
That man over there is an artist. I dont remember his name.
11.
Mr Yates is retiring next month. He has worked for the same company all his
life.
12.
My sister is visiting us next week. You once met her.
13.
Mr Carter is very interested in our plan. I spoke to him last night.
14.
Ive just bought some books about astronomy. Im very interested in astronomy.
15.
The man is in prison. Janet fell in love with this man.
16.
Mr Roberts is in prison. Janet fell in love with him.
Exercise 1 Choose the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect).
1. The wind (blow) ________________ away the leaves that we (collect) __________________.
2. She (throw) ___________________away the letter that she (write) ______________________
3. They (show) _____________________me the pictures, they (take)
_______________________during their holidays.
4. In the evening, the children (tell) ______________ their daddy what they (see)
______________________at the zoo.
5. The boy (be)_____________ very sorry for what he (do) _____________________________
Exercise 2 Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect).
1. My friend (eat) _________________________ up all the biscuit we (bake)
__________________
2. The teacher (correct) __________________________ the tests we (write)
______________________
3. I (give) __________________________them some of the candies I (buy)
_______________________
4. My sister (see / not) _________________________ the note that I (lay)
____________________on the kitchen table for her.
5. We (want) _____________________ to watch a film that we (see / not)
_______________________ before.
Exercise 3 Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect)
1. When Simon (go) ___________ out to play, he (do) __________________ his homework.
2. Jenny (come) ___________________ home, (sit) ___________________ down and (read)
_________________a good book
3. Before that day in winter, the African boy (See) ______________________________snow in
his life.
4. She (give) ___________________me the book that she (read) _______________________
5. We (visit) _____________________ the museum that our friend (tell) _________________ us
about a month before.
Exercise 4 Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or past perfect
simple).
1. When he (wake up) ____________________, his mother (already /
prepare)___________________ breakfast.
2. We (go)_______________________ to London because the Queen
(invite)____________________ us for tea.
3. He (hear) ____________________ the news, (go) ____________________ to the telephone
and (call) ______________________a friend.
4. When she (start) ___________________ to learn English, she (already / learn)
_______________ French.
5. Jane (already / type) _____________________ ten pages when her computer (crash)
____________________
6. By the time he (arrive) ________________________ at the pub, they (run)
__________________ out of beer.
7. Before that day we (never / think) ________________________ of going to Japan.
8. I (know) _________________________ him for a long time before I (meet)
________________________ his family.
9. They (not / know) _________________________ where to meet because nobody (tell)
_________________ them.
10.
It (be) _____________cloudy for days before it finally (begin) _____________________
to rain.