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Relative Clauses
A)Fill in the blanks, using and appropriate relative pronoun.

My Holiday in Antalya
Last year for my summer holiday, I went to Antalya,..........1.......... is a beautiful coastal city on the Mediterranean, and..........2.........is known as being founded by Attalos II...........3..........was the king of ancient Pergamon during that time.
I made several friends there.One of my new friends..........4........spoke very fluent German introducet me to his wife........5..........taught at a high school in Adana, as I did in Ýzmir.He had a bright daughter.........6......... German was also very fluent and .......7.........always asked me to teach her a bit of English........8.........was my subject of teaching.
The second of my newly-acguired friends was a constructor.......9........was very proud of having built two of the highest higt-rise buildings in Denizli ......10........was also his home town.His fields of interest ........11......ranged from economics to flower-growing were interesting compared to his own main field of occupation.
Of course,making new friends wasn't the only activity......12.......I was engaged in during my holiday,though the great part of it was allocated to it.I read several books.........13......... names I can't remember exactly now.I also played some ball games with my son and daughter......14.......enjoyed their stay in Antalya very much and......15.......also made some interesting new friends with.......16.......they have been communicating regularly by letter ever since.

B)Answer these guestions from the passage,using a relative clause if possible.
1-Where did I go for my summer holiday last year?
2-Who was antalya founded by?
3-Who spoke German fluently?
4-Who taught at a high school in Adana?
5-Who asked me to teach a bit of English?
6-Who was my second new friend?
7-What kinds of fields of interest did he have?
8-What was I engaged in during my holiday?
9-Who did I play ball games with?
C)After reading the pairs of sentences,answer the questions,putting the second sentence into a relative clause.
-Jane is a girl.She is going to study economics in Germany.
Who is Jane?
-Ali and Ayþe are students.They go the same boarding high school.
Who are Ali and Ayþe?
-A thermometer is an instrument.It is used to measure the temperature of a room or a person's body.
What is a thermemoter?
- Leather is specially treated skin of certain animals.It is used to make
clothes,shoes,bags,etc.
What is leather?

D)Combine the following sentences,using relative clauses.

1)Mustafa Kemal was a famous general.He commanded the Turkish armies.Those Turkish armies drove the Greek soldiers into the sea in Ýzmir on the ninth of September,1922.They had captured the western parts of Anatolia with the help of some European countries.
2)Universities are the highest educational establishments.They are founded by the goverment or individual people.We study a special subject there.
3)There is terrorism in the southeast of Turkey.It has been supported by some foreign countries.The Turkish goverment thinks It can be solved by democratic means.
4)English is widely spoken in Australia.Australia is well-known for its large farms and kangaroos.These animals are known to carry their babies in their pouches.
5)The demand for Mercedes is decreasing.They had been the most popular cars until the end of the 1970's.At that time Japanese cars began to challenge the best European and American cars.
6)Someone stole Tom's bicycle.That person also broke the windows of a nearby shop.This bicycle was bought for Tom as a birthday present by his father.
7)Jane is going to get married neft month.She graduated from a prestigious university is the oldest one of its kind in Turkey.
8)A teacher is an instructor.He's trained to teach a special subject in a school.It belongs to the state or to an individual person.
E)Complete these sentences,making noun and relative clauses

1)Where is the letter?It was sent to me by penfriend living in England.
-Do you know ..................................?
2)How can I get to go Ephesus? It was very a famous city in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
-Can you tell me...............................?
3)How much money did the woman spend on her clothes? She inherited a lot of money and property from her father last year.
-Do you know...................................?
4)Where have you put the book?One of your old friends had given it to you as a birthday present.
-I wonder..........................................?
5)how long ago did he start collecting stamps? Most of them are from foreign countries.
-Do you know..................................?
6)Where is the teacher teaching at present? She taught us history at secondary school.
-I wonder..........................................?
7)How much did you tip the waiter? He served us well.
-Would you tell me..........................?

F)Complete these sentences,using the words given in the box to make relative clauses.



1)It is not my problem........... you come to work but I want you to come on time.
2)I'm going to visit the boy..........left arm was broken in a traffic accident last week.
3)They don't know the reason.............the teacher postponed the exam for one week.
4)The ancient temple..........roof was blown off by the storm will be restored this year.
5)This is the site............the famous liblary of the ancient Pergamon once used to stand with all its splendour.
6)Do you know the way in.............he earns such a lot of money?