A) The equipment the climbers. . .

The equipment the climbers took with them proved unsuitable.

B) . . . the tennis club my friend . . .

I'd like to join the tennis club my friend belongs to.

Note that this exercise requires the completion of both the main clause and the relative clause.

1. The shoes you . . .

2. . . . the book you . . .

3. The holiday we . . .

4. The teacher the students . . .

5. Every meal my wife . . .

6. The house my friends . . .

7. . . . the clothes the English . . . ?

8. . . . every word the speaker . . .

9. . . . the medicine the doctor . . .

10. The goods the customer . . .

Complete the following, using subject, object or predicative clauses.

1. . . . every school he . . .

2. The question the student. . .

3. . . . the advice your lawyer . . . ?

4. The three men the police . . .

5. . . . anything I . . . ?

6. . . . the plans the architect . . .

7. . . . the Mr Smith you . . . ?

8. . . . the girl my brother . . .

9. The plan we . . .

10. . . . the London I . . .

Non-defining clauses

13. Join the sentences, using which or who in non-defining relative clauses, and inserting the appropriate punctuation, e.g.

His latest play has been a great success. It was well reviewed by the critics.

His latest play, which was well reviewed by the critics, has been a great success.

1. This industrial dispute has now been settled. It disrupted production at six Midlands factories while it lasted.

2. The Prime Minister's reshuffle means that the Cabinet will be reduced to twenty. It now has twenty-two members.

3. Some London policemen were sent to America on a goodwill visit. They are well known for their politeness and helpfulness.

4. Three acres of land go with this estate. The estate is situated in one of the most beautiful parts of rural England.

5. Covent Garden's latest production of Don Giovanni looks like being a huge success. It opened at the Royal Opera House last night.

6. The new official guide to London contains a wealth of information for visitors. It will appear in the bookshops next week.

7. His first speech was better than his second. The first speech was broadcast. He gave the second before an audience.

8. Foreign visitors often find that English weather is not so bad as they had supposed. They often associate it with fog and rain. It sometimes makes them dread coming to England.

9. The Houses of Parliament were begun in 1840 and completed in 1857. They cost £3,000,000 to build.

10. The British Broadcasting Corporation launched the world's first public television service in 1936. As the British Broadcasting Company, it had begun sound broadcasting in 1922.

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