Svolgi gli esercizi seguenti sulle relative clauses. Leggi con attenzione ogni consegna e, dove richiesto, motiva la scelta del pronome relativo distinguendo tra defining e non-defining clauses.
- Choose the correct relative pronoun: 'The novelist ___ won the Strega Prize last year will visit our school next Monday.'
- A) which
- B) who
- C) whose
- D) where
- Which sentence contains a NON-defining relative clause used correctly?
- A) The students that study hardest always get the best marks.
- B) My grandmother who lives in Bologna sends me a postcard every summer.
- C) Mount Everest, which is the highest peak in the world, attracts thousands of climbers.
- D) The book what I bought yesterday is already on the bestseller list.
- In a defining relative clause, the relative pronoun can be omitted when it functions as the subject of the subordinate clause.
- Vero / Falso
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Complete with the correct relative pronoun (use 'whose', 'where' or 'when'): 'I will never forget the summer ___ we travelled across Scotland by train.'
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Match each relative pronoun with the type of antecedent it usually refers to in standard written English. | Colonna A | Colonna B | |---|---| | who | an animal or a thing | | which | possession (of people or things) | | whose | a place | | where | a moment or period of time | | when | a person (subject) |
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Join these two sentences into one using a defining relative clause, omitting the pronoun if possible: 'The email was very urgent. I received it this morning.'
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Rewrite the following sentence turning the underlined information into a non-defining relative clause: 'Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote thirty-seven plays.'
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Write a short paragraph (4-6 sentences) about a city you would like to visit. Use at least one defining and one non-defining relative clause, and one example of 'which' referring to a whole previous sentence. Underline the relative clauses.