English Practice exercise: relative clauses with ‘whose’ - P4-05W
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Combine each of these pairs of sentences into one sentence, using ‘whose’. Some changes in any or all of: words, word order, punctuation may be needed. For explanations, see E4-05W, for answers see A4-05W
Examples:
0. I once knew a man. His father knew President Kennedy.
I once knew a man whose father knew President Kennedy.
00. My friend John speaks fluent Swahili. His mother is from South Africa.
My friend John, whose mother is from South Africa, speaks fluent Swahili.
Now try these:
1. We refused to buy one car. Its mileage recorder had been interfered with.
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2. There is a woman in our road. Her dog eats only food from Harrods of Knightsbridge.
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3. The president often wore cowboy boots. His staff were mainly from Texas.
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4. We used to eat in a café. Its owner was the brother of a famous bank robber.
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5. This is our cat. You can see her kittens playing on the lawn.
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6. I’ve been reading about a man. His arms were shot off during the American Civil War.
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7. We enjoyed the film about Jackson Carter. His paintings are now fetching record prices.
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8. The Indian writer Mohan Patel is quite well known in England. His eighth novel was published last week.
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9. The small coffer was not expensive. Its carvings looked medieval.
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10. The box of jewellery lay on the ground in the main street. Its owner had obviously dropped it during the panic.
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