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Making clauses - 5

      Make a reduced relative clause. These sentences all need an active clause.   1) We broke the computer (the computer belongs to my father) 2) The man is in the garden (the man is wearing a blue jumper) 3) We found a doctor (the doctor works at a hospital in Madrid) 4) People will not be allowed to enter (people have arrived late) 5) Don't wake the baby (the baby is sleeping in the next room) 6) Who is that boy (that boy is walking in the forest)? 7) The man is over there (the man wants coffee) 8) Those books were mine (those books had been lying on the table) 9) Julia is on the train (the train is arriving at Platform 3) 10) They called a lawyer (the lawyer lived nearby)  

Making clauses - 3

Write relative clauses   without   using the relative pronoun.          I gave you a book. It had many pictures.     → The book     I am reading a book at the moment. It is very interesting.     → The book     You live in a town. The town is very old.     → The town     The sweets are delicious. I bought them yesterday.     → The sweets     The football match was very exciting. My friend played in it.     → The football match     The letter hasn't arrived yet. I posted it three days ago.     → The letter     He lives in a house. The house is not very big.     → The house     They are playing a song on the radio. Do you like it?     → Do you like     Jane wore a beautiful shirt yester...

Making clauses - 4

      Add the phrase in brackets to the sentence using a relative clause.   1) The doctor was sick (I wanted to see the doctor) 2) The accountant was arrested (the accountant works for my father's company) 3) I wrote to the friend (you met the friend last week) 4) The mobile phone can't be fixed (the mobile phone is broken) 5) John made a copy of the photo (I took the photo) 6) I met a girl (the girl was a doctor) 7) We called a doctor (the doctor works at a hospital in London) 8) We like the actor (the actor was in a famous film) 9) I went to the restaurant (I read about the restaurant in the newspaper) 10) She bought a car (her sister liked the car) 11) I often buy cheese (the cheese is imported from Paris) 12) The hairdresser was very good (the hairdresser has red hair) 13) The child is playing in the garden (we see the child often) 14) The nurse is in the office (the nurse treated my grandmother) 15) The car is in the garage (...