In your own time

Most of us have a (1) h_________ that we do in our spare time. Some of us do things like surfing the Net, or make things like model planes. Other play cards or board (2) g________ like backgammon, while others like to (3) c__________ things such as stamps and antiques. I (4) s___________ a lot of my simmer holidays snorkeling in the sea. My brother goes away almost every weekend either walking or (5) c__________ in the mountains. His favourite hobby is taking (6) p_________ of rare flowers. My aunt who is eighty has a magnificent (7) c__________ of traditional music, and still goes to (8) d__________ classes. So, there is much more to life than watching television!

RELATIVE CLAUSE Relative clauses are introduced with either a relative pronoun or a relative adverb. Relative pronouns. We use: 1 who(m)/thatto refer to people 2 which/thatto refer to things 3 whose with people, animals and objects to show possession - who, whichandthatcan be omitted when they are the object of the relative clause. He’s the person (who) I am going to be working for. - whom can be used instead of whowhen it is the object of the relative clause. Whomis always used instead of who or that after a preposition. That’s the girl to whom Rob was speaking on the party last night. - who, whichorthatis not omitted when it is the subject of the relative clause. The woman who owns this restaurant is French. - whose is never omitted. That’s the woman whose son had the accident. Relative adverb. We use: 1 when/thatto refer to a time (can be omitted). That was the year (when/that) we finished school. 2 whereto refer to a place. The hospital where I was born is closing down. 3 why to give a reason, usually after the word reason (can be omitted). The reason (why) he did this is still not clear.

12 Fill in who, which or whose, then say whether or not the relative pronoun can be omitted, as in the examples in the 1^st and the 2^nd sentences.

1 That’s the woman whose daughter works in the bank. (cannot be omitted)

2 Mary is the person who wanted to speak to. (can be omitted)

3 That’s the book ________________ I wanted to borrow from you.

(___________________)

4 Is Mark the boy ___________ has got a motorbike? (__________________)

5 Mr. Johnson is the man _______________ house is on top of the hill.

(_________________)

6 These are the shoes _____________ I bought last week. (______________)

7 Jamie is the person ________________ is in charge of the project.

(_________________)

8 Isn’t Claire Winters the woman _______________ brothers works with

Steve? (_______________)

9 Bob is the person _______________ won the tennis competition, not Will.

(________________)

10 That’s the school ______________ the boys used to go to.

(_______________________)

13 Fill in the gaps with who, which or whose, then answer the questions.

1 What is the name of the woman _______ became the first female Prime

Minister of Britain?

A Margaret Thatcher B Diana Spencer

2 What is the name of the artist _______ most famous painting is the Mona

Lisa?

A Leonardo da Vinci BGiotto

3 What is the name of the river _______ flows through London?

A the Tyne B the Thames

4 What is the name of the drug _______ was discovered by Alexander

Fleming?

A penicillin B aspirin

5 What is the name of the man _______ was the first to walk on the moon?

ANeil Armstrong B Elvis Presley

6 Who was the American president _______ name was given to a New York

airport?

A Richard Nixon B John F. Kennedy

7 What is the name of the film _______ stars Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil?

A 101 Dalmatians B Mary Poppins

8 What is the name of the football team _______ home ground is Old Trafford?

A Manchester City BManchester United

9 What is the name of the Australian animal _______ carries its young in a

pouch?

A kangaroo B elephant

10 What is the name of the actor _______ played Jack in the film ‘Titanic’?

A Leonardo DiCaprio BMel Gibson

14 Fill in who, which, whose, where or why.

My favourite place is York, a city in the North East of England, (1) _______ the rivers Ouse and Foss meet. It is a beautiful city (2) _______ also has an interesting history.

The city wasn’t always called York. In 71AD it was named Eboracum by the Romans (3) _______ lived there. Then, the city was conquered by the Vikings, (4) _______ gave it the name Jorvik. Only later did the city become known as York.

Visitors to York can go to the Castle Museum, (5) _______ an amazing collection of objects is on show, or the National Railway Museum, (6) _______ is the only national museum outside London.

Famous people (7) _______ were born in York include Guy Fawkes, (8) _______ attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament led to his execution, and Dick Turpin, (9) was an 18^th century highwayman! However, most people (9) _______ live in York today are kind and friendly, and that’s the reason (10) _______ I love it so much.

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Mick Hitton is a taxi driver in Cambridge, England. He spends a lot of free time doing sport. Listen to the interview with Mick and guess the name of the sport.	\|	Match the items in the two columns. Then use the correct relative pronoun, who, whose or which, to make up complete sentences.

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