A practical english grammar - Vyssaja skola 1978

Exercises
Sound symbols

Exercise 1. Position of noun modifiers. Place the modifiers at the left of each sentence in the right order.

Exercise 2. Relative pronouns. Choose an appropriate relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, which) for the blanks in the sentences below.

Example: That’s the boy who owns the new bicycle.

1. I know the man ... wrote the book.

2. Helen Jones is the one ... married Dr. Smith.

3. Mr. Johnson is the man ... son goes to college.

4. I received a letter ... I read immediately.

5. Mary Jones is the girl ... is getting married.

6. There’s the man ... car was hit.

7. He introduced me to the girl ... is planning to marry.

8. I bought a car ... I like very much.

9. The house ... they bought cost a great deal.

10. Mr. White is the person to ... the letter was addressed.

11. Where is the man ... told you that?

12. I believe Mrs. Johnson is the person ... told me about it first.

Exercise 3. Using noun modifiers. Make new sentences using as many of the modifiers in the list below as are appropriate. Use only one modifier at a time, and be sure that the sentence is an intelligent one.

in the white dress  green

fresh    other

from Africa    five years old

who told me about it  standing on the corner

Korean     glass

two     several

upstairs     new

      to sell

Example Sentence: The lady told me about it.

New sentences:

The lady in the white dress told me about it.

The lady from Africa told me about it.

The Korean lady told me about it.

The lady upstairs told me about it.

The other lady told me about it.

The lady standing on the corner told me about it.

1. The house was made of wood.

2. These books are cheap.

3. The boy has a bicycle.

4. This house has windows.

5. That man is my friend.

6. He has Italian paintings.

7. The little French boy told me.