Page: 136Unit: 16 (Fantasy)GrammarRelative clause
A. Study the following sentences and underline the relative clauses.
a. I snatched a minute when things had slackened a minute.
→ I snatched a minute when things had slackened a minute.
b. Instead of going straight into the adjoining room, where her desk
was, she lingered slightly irresolute in the outer office.
→ Instead of going straight into
the adjoining room, where her desk was, she lingered
slightly irresolute in the outer office.
c. She was beautiful in a way that was decidedly stenographic.
→ She was beautiful in a way that was decidedly stenographic.
B. Fill in the blanks with suitable relative pronouns: who, which, that, whom, whose, where, why, how, what or when.
a. There is a lady ……….wallet has been stolen.
→ There is a lady whose wallet has been stolen.
b. Do you know the man ……..sold these glasses?
→ Do you know the man who sold these glasses?
c. The knife …………you cut the bread with is very sharp.
→ The knife which
you cut the bread with is very sharp.
d. Why do you blame him for everything ………goes wrong?
→ Why do you blame him for
everything that goes wrong?
e. A cemetery is a place…………..dead bodies are buried.
→ A cemetery is a place where dead bodies are buried.
f. This school is for those children……….mother tongue is not Nepali.
→ This school is for those children
whose mother tongue is not Nepali.
g. I don’t know the name of the person……………I spoke over the telephone.
→ I don’t know the name of the
person whom I spoke over the telephone.
h. I came to Kathmandu on the day…………….the devastating earthquake took
place.
→ I came to Kathmandu on the day when the devastating earthquake took place.
i. In the application form she wrote…………..she needed a good payment.
→ In the application form she wrote
why she needed a good payment.
j. The pilot explained ………….he made force landing on the road.
→ The pilot explained how he made force landing on the road.
C. Join the following pairs of sentences using who, which, that, whose, whom, where, when or what.
a. The building was destroyed in the fire. It has now been rebuilt.
→ The building which
was destroyed in the fire has now been rebuilt.
b. A new cricket stadium is being made in Chitwan. It can accommodate
one hundred thousand people.
→ A new cricket stadium which can accommodate one hundred thousand people is being made in Chitwan.
c. Shanghai is the most populated city in the world. I stayed there for
five years.
→ Shanghai where
I stayed for five years is the most populated city in the world.
d. This is the man. I gave some money to him this morning.
→ This is the man whom I gave some money to this morning.
e. Do know the man? His son was awarded in the school yesterday.
→ Do know the man whose son was awarded in the school yesterday.
f. His step-mother was not very kind to him. He had been staying with
her.
→ His step-mother, with whom he had been staying, was not very kind to him .
g. He can never forget Nakkhu Jail. He had spent 14 years there.
→ He can never forget Nakkhu Jail where he had spent 14 years.
h. He showed me his new tab. He had paid a hundred thousand rupees for
it.
→ He showed me his new tab for which he
had paid a hundred thousand rupees.
i. Nelson Mandela joined ANC in 1930s. He was a student then.
→ Nelson Mandela joined ANC in
1930s when he was a student.
j. She forgot to buy the things. Her mother had told to buy them.
→ She forgot to buy the things which her mother had told to buy.
