High School

1. Put in the appropriate relative pronouns and rewrite the sentences to make a relative clause.

a. He drank the juice. The juice was on the table.
- He drank the juice which was on the table.

b. A lion is an animal. It is very strong.
- A lion, which is very strong, is an animal.

c. A novelist is a person. He writes novels.
- A novelist is a person who writes novels.

d. A bottle opener is a device. It opens bottles.
- A bottle opener is a device that opens bottles.

e. The girl speaks Chinese. Her mother writes poems.
- The girl whose mother writes poems speaks Chinese.

f. A detective is someone. He discovers the truth about crimes.
- A detective is someone who discovers the truth about crimes.

g. Our house is pretty old. It has 3 bedrooms.
- Our house, which has 3 bedrooms, is pretty old.

h. You saw the girl at the park. It was Seema.
- The girl whom you saw at the park was Seema.

i. My wife was unemployed. She has a new job now.
- My wife, who was unemployed, has a new job now.

Answer :

Relative clauses modify nouns and are introduced by relative pronouns like 'who,' 'that,' and 'which.' The provided sentences have been rewritten to include appropriate relative clauses. Understanding relative clauses helps to create more complex and informative sentences.

Let's rewrite the sentences using appropriate relative pronouns to create relative clauses:

  1. He drank the juice which was on the table.
  2. A lion that is very strong is an animal.
  3. A novelist is a person who writes novels.
  4. A bottle opener is a device that opens bottles.
  5. The girl whose mother writes poems speaks Chinese.
  6. A detective is someone who discovers the truth about crimes.
  7. Our house, which has 3 bedrooms, is pretty old.
  8. Seema is the girl whom you saw at the park.
  9. My wife, who was unemployed, has a new job now.