Ejercicios Resueltos de Relative Clauses y Vocabulario en Inglés
Ejercicios de Gramática: Oraciones de Relativo (Relative Clauses)
1. Combine the sentences using a suitable relative pronoun
My parents argue a lot with me. Their opinions are so old-fashioned.
My parents, whose opinions are so old-fashioned, argue a lot with me.I can only work on weekends. I don’t have any classes then.
I can only work on weekends, when I don’t have classes.This café has joined a suspended coffee group. I’ve been working there all year.
This café, where I’ve been working all year, has joined a suspended coffee group.The customer left an enormous tip. She wanted to share her good fortune.
The customer, who wanted to share her good fortune, left an enormous tip.The restaurant owner returned my phone to me. He found it.
The restaurant owner who found my phone returned it to me.I learned to speak a bit of Mandarin last year. I lived in China then.
I learned to speak a bit of Mandarin last year, when I lived in China.
2. Write sentences with relative clauses using the words below
Make any necessary changes.
I / admire / people / kindness / helps / others / .
I admire people whose kindness helps others.The drive-through restaurant / we usually / today / eat / is closed / .
The drive-through restaurant where we usually eat is closed today.I / left / had been sitting / my / on the bench / phone / I / .
I left my phone on the bench where I had been sitting.We / our neighbours / didn’t know / lived next door / their home / sold / .
We didn’t know that our neighbours who lived next door sold their house.Do / you / the time / remember / got lost / we / ?
Do you remember the time when we got lost?
3. Complete the second sentence using the words in brackets
Make any necessary changes so that it adds details to the first sentence.
They don’t accept credit cards at this café. (cash)
You must pay in cash.I don’t spend a lot of money on clothes. (the full price)
I rarely pay the full price.I forgot my phone at home. (lend)
Can you lend me yours?It’s very difficult to save money in this city. (cost of living)
The cost of living is very high.The prices in this shop are too high for me. (afford)
I can’t afford to buy anything there.So many people are unemployed and looking for jobs in our village. (lack of)
There is a huge lack of employment in our village.
4. Review: Combine the sentences using a suitable relative pronoun
My parents argue a lot with me. Their opinions are so old-fashioned.
My parents, whose opinions are so old-fashioned, argue a lot with me.I can only work on weekends. I don’t have any classes then.
I can only work on weekends, when I don’t have classes.This café has joined a suspended coffee group. I’ve been working there all year.
This café, where I’ve been working all year, has joined a suspended coffee group.The customer left an enormous tip. She wanted to share her good fortune.
The customer who wanted to share her good fortune left an enormous tip.The restaurant owner returned my phone to me. He found it.
The restaurant owner who found my phone returned it to me.I learned to speak a bit of Mandarin last year. I lived in China then.
I learned to speak a bit of Mandarin last year, when I lived in China.
5. Reading and Practice: Relative Clauses in Context
Are you one of those people 1. who / that like to upload photos onto Facebook? If so, your target audience is probably your friends and family. But unknown to many of us, advertising companies are also interested in our photos. Of course, by now we are used to being bombarded with online ads based on products or services 2. (which / that) we have searched for online or have made comments about. But the day is soon approaching 3. when advertisers will be using technology to analyse our photos in order to determine the companies 4. whose products and services we are likely to be interested in. For example, if you have got a lot of photos 5. which / that show you on the football pitch, don’t be surprised to be receiving adverts for sports shoes soon. So more advertisers will be analysing the photos of the people in your social network and trying to sell you the same products 6. (that / which) your friends are using.
Vocabulario y Expresiones (Vocabulary List)
- In turn → Por turnos
- Inherited → Heredado / Heredar
- Nod → Asentir
- Property → Propiedad
- Lack of → Falta de / Escasez de
- Bargain → Ganga / Chollo
- Needy → Persona necesitada
- On sale → Rebajado / En oferta
- Distressing → Angustioso / Trágico
- Be affluent → Ser adinerado / Acomodado
- Relieve → Aliviar
- Be broke → Estar en bancarrota / Sin blanca
- Afford → Permitirse (económicamente)
- Receipt → Recibo / Ticket de compra
- Point at → Señalar
- In charge of → A cargo de / Responsable de
- Beyond my reach → Fuera de mi alcance
- Poverty → Pobreza
- Have a chance to → Tener la oportunidad de
- Cash → Dinero en efectivo / Metálico
- Catch sight of → Divisar / Percatarse de
- Borrow / Lend → Tomar prestado / Prestar
- Refund / Exchange → Reembolsar / Cambiar
- Amount → Cantidad
- Play a part in → Formar parte de
- Change → Cambiar / Cambio
- Run the risk of → Correr el riesgo de
- Price tag → Etiqueta de precio
- Two for the price of one → Dos por el precio de uno (2x1)
- At no extra cost → Sin coste adicional
- Cost of living → Coste de la vida
- Kind to → Amable con (o kind of: tipo de)
- To date → Hasta la fecha
- Make a comeback → Regresar / Reaparecer
- Grateful → Agradecido
- Repay → Devolver el dinero / Recompensar
- Take pleasure in → Complacerse con / Disfrutar de
- In appreciation of → En agradecimiento por
- Discount → Descuento
- Owe → Deber (dinero)
Resumen Gramatical: Pronombres Relativos
- Refers to a PERSON:
WHO / THAT - Refers to a THING:
WHICH / THAT - Refers to a TIME:
WHEN / THAT - Refers to a PLACE:
WHERE - Refers to a POSSESSION:
WHOSE - Refers to a REASON:
WHY