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    The document is a worksheet for an English Syntax II course focusing on relative clauses. It includes exercises on grammatical correctness, identification of relative pronouns, explanation of their use, and differentiation between clause types. The worksheet aims to enhance understanding of relative clauses and their functions in sentences.

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    FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA Y

    LETRAS – UNT
    ENGLISH SYNTAX II- 2020

    Prof. Asociado: Prof. Sara I. López Jefes de Trabajos


    Prácticos: Prof. Romina Rizzo y Prof. Solana Mizrahi.
    _________________________________________________________________________
    Wrap-up worksheet: Relative Clauses

    1) Are the following sentences grammatically correct? Justify.


    1. I saw Mary that was standing next to my sister.
    2. A letter has been sent to the employees whom were going to be made redundant.
    3. Is she the ship which brings goods from China?
    4. The police learned that the man who they were looking for had been seen boarding a
    train at Euston.
    5. The tourists visited the Royal mint, where English coin is produced.

    2) Which items in bold type are not relative pronouns? Why?

    1. The four team leaders,​ whoever​ the committee selects, will be at tomorrow’s
    meeting.
    2. The fact ​that​ unemployment is still high proves ​what​ a difficult economy this is.
    3. The Kingfisher group, ​whose ​name was changed from Woolworths earlier this year,
    includes about 720 high street shops. Superdrug, ​which​ last week announced ​that​ it
    is buying Medicare, is also part of the group.
    4. The title of the poem indicates​ that ​the poet knows himself to be separated from the
    community in ​which​ he grew up.
    5. Spring is ​when​ the earth defrosts after months in the freezer and gives off an aroma
    that's as good as pizza dough rising.

    3) Explain the choice of relative pronoun in each sentence.

    1. These are the people to ​whom​ Catherine was referring.


    2. These are other problems, ​which​ I don't propose to go into at the moment.
    3. This is the funniest film ​that​ has ever come from Hollywood.
    4. A person ​who​ habitually tells lies is called a liar.
    5. Minute computers need only minute amounts of power, ​which​ means that they will
    run on small batteries.
    6. The office ​where​ he spends most of his time is upstairs.

    4) Identify the function of the relative pronoun in each sentence.

    1. He walked down to Broadway, the main street of the town, which ran parallel to the
    river.
    2. It is a rambling Tudor house, whose sitting room looks out over a wonderful walled
    garden.
    3. Thomas Goldney III, in whose house and garden several generations of Bristol
    students have now lived, was described in the late 18th century as ‘a very curious
    gentleman’.
    4. It was the same picture which I saw at the National Gallery.
    5. The company, which has about 160 shops, is in financial trouble.
    6. He then became involved in a row with the party chairman, whom he accused of
    lying.

    5) Say which of the wh-clauses below are nominal relative clauses and which are
    wh-interrogative clauses.

    1. Nobody knows it, because nobody knows what really happened.


    2. I can't imagine what she was thinking of.
    3. We want to make sure that what we're doing is really what we ought to be doing.
    4. She heard herself describe the girl as 'her old self,' not aware why she chose that
    phrase.
    5. The first successful heart transplant, in 1967, raised the question of when life ends,
    the question of the definition of death.

    6) Identify the relative pronoun in each sentence. Then, mark the boundaries of the
    clause and state its type and function. Example:

    . The man ​(w


    ​ ho​ came into the room)​ ​ was small and slender.

    Type of clause: adjectival.

    Function: postmodifier.

    1. Opposite is St. Paul's church, where you can hear some lovely music.
    2. Shortly after the shooting, the man who had done it was arrested.
    3. Mooresville is the town that John Dillinger came from.
    4. The strange man was waving to the girl, who was running along the platform.
    5. The police found the stolen goods where the strange man lived.
    6. When she decided to give up,everyone was disappointed.
    7. My best friends run​ ​for an hour each morning, which would bore me.
    8. My heart leaps when I see you.

    7) Explain the difference between the following pairs of sentences

    1.a) The climbers spent two nights at the mountainside, which was swept by biting
    winds.
    b) They spent two nights on the mountainside, which was an ordeal for the
    hardiest of them.

    2. a) Every week, we were taken to the theatre, at which new plays were constantly being
    produced.
    b) Every week, we were taken to the theatre, which was a great delight to us.

    3. a) What I do every day is reading a lot.


    b) Reading a lot is what I do everyday.

    ​ ) My friends want to know what I do everyday.


    4.​ a
    b) My friends know what I do.

    5. a) This only school is where she works at.


    b) The school she works at is the only one in town.

    6. a) The Victoria Line, which was opened in 1969, was London's first complete new tube
    for 60 years.
    b) The Victoria Line, which the Queen opened in 1969, was London's first complete
    new tube for 60 years.

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