Exercise:Combine these sentences into one, using relative
pronouns and relative clauses:
1. I met Mary. She asked me to give you this.
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2. He is the customer. I lost his address.
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3. She is the novelist. Her book won first prize.
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4. She was dancing with a student. He had a slight limp.
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5. I am looking after some children. They are terribly spoilt.
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6. The bed had no mattress. I slept on this bed.
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7. I was sitting in a chair. It suddenly collapsed.
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8. This is the story of a man. His wife suddenly loses her memory.
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9. I was waiting for a man. He didn’t turn up.
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10. The car crashed into a queue of people. Four of them were killed.
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11. I saw several houses. Most of them were quite unsuitable.
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12. Tom was tired and wanted to stop. He had been driving all day.
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13. Ann felt quite fresh. She had slept in the back of the car.
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14. Paul wanted to take the mountain road. His tyres were nearly new.
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15. We lit a fire. It soon dried out our clothes.

10. I never found the book. I was looking for it.
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* Exercise 1: Rewrite the following sentences using present participle, past participle or to-
infinitive:
1. English has an alphabet that consists of 26 letters.
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2. Do you the man who is talking to my father ?
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3. Applications which were sent after 23
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will not be considered.
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4. We have a lot of exercises which we have to do tonight.
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5. Studies of her son are the most important thing that she cares about.
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6. The equipment which belongs to the club is insured.
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7. George is the first person that we will interview.
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8. Meetings which are held every month are called monthly meetings.
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9. The most excellent students who were rewarded the scholarship would have a two-week holiday in Vung Tau.
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10 Ann is the woman who is responsible for preparing the budget.
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11. The man who is talking to John is from Korea.
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12. The ideas which are presented in that book are interesting.

15. Yesterday, Anna rescued a bird. The cat had brought it into the house.
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Exercise 1: Supply is or are in the following:
1. Both the teacher and the student ……… here.
2. Neither the teacher nor the student …………here.
3. Not only the teacher or the student ………….here.
4. Not only the teacher but also the student ……………here.
5. Either the students or the teacher …………planning to come.
6. Either the teacher or the students …………planning to come.
* Exercise 2: Combine the following into sentences that contain parallel structure. Use appropriate
paired conjunctions: both …and, not only…but also, either …or, neither …nor:
1. He does not have a pen. He does not have paper.
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1. Ron enjoys horseback riding. Bob enjoys horseback riding.
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2. Arthur is not in class today. Ricardo is not in class today.
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3. Arthur is absent. Ricardo is absent.
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4. We can fix dinner for them here, or we can take them to a restaurant.
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5. She wants to buy a Ford, or she wants to buy a Toyota.
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6. We could fly or we could take the train.
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7. The library does not have the book I need. The bookstore does not have the book I need.
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8. Coal is an irreplaceable natural resource. Oil is an irreplaceable natural resource.
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9. Her roommates do not know where she is. Her brother does not know where she is.

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A. at B. on C. in` D. from
18) A / an ____ is a person who is trained for traveling in a spacecraft.
A. astronaut B. scientist C. engineer D. technician
19) When spacemen travel into space they have to face enormous ____ because they do not know what may happen.
A. certainties B. uncertainties C. possibilities D. precisions
20) Lisa’s been able to play the flute since she was six, ____?
A. can’t she B. isn’t she C. wasn’t he D. hasn’t she
21) Neil seemed to have a good time at the party, ____?
A. hadn’t he B. had he C. did he D. didn’t he
22) There has not been a great response to the sale, ____?
A. does there B. hasn’t there C. has there d. hasn’t it
23) She had done more work in one day than her husband ____ in three days.
A. do B. could do C. may do D. done
24) You are going to come to the party, ____?
A. aren’t you B. do you C. will you D. won’t you
25) Despite the bad weather, he ____ get to the airport in time.
A. could B. couldn’t C. was able to D. almost
26) You’re Cynthia, ____ you? A. aren’t B. are C. didn’t D. were
27) We didn’t eat here last week, ____ we? A. didn’t B. did C. haven’t D. do
28) You have ever heard about Yuri Gagarin, ____?
A. do you B. haven’t you C. don’t you D. didn’t you
29) Jenny ____ leave the hospital only fours days after the operation.
A. was able to B. could C. can D. will be able to
30) At last, they ____ get through the mountain in such a heavy rain.
A. can B. could C. are able to D. were able to
WRITING * Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
41) Your grandfather could speak five languages, could he?
A B C D