EXERCISES

I/ Choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:

1/ We will have the newspaper……………to your house early in the morning.

A. deliver B. delivered C. delivering D. to deliver

2/ They live in a house………….roof could collapse at any time.

A. whose B. which C. whom D. who

3/ This computer system is……….from intruders.

A. speedy B. ordinary C. secure D. spacious

4/ The course aims to……..people with the skills necessary for a job in this technological age.

       A. equip B. transfer C. transmit D. shape

5/ Children ……diets contain high levels of protein do better in examination.

A. who B. which C. whose D. where

6/ Oxford, ………. attracts many tourists, is often crowded in the summer.

A. that B. which C. whose D. who

7/ The student ..................... sits next to me is from China.

  A. whom B. whose C. which D. that

 8/ The house ...................... we want to buy is very beautiful.

  A. which B. whom C. who D. whose

 9/ She hates the job ............... is really boring.

  A. which B. that C. who D.A&B

 10/ I'll be staying with Adrian, ...................... is one of my closest friends.

  A. who B. whose C. that D. whom

11/ The post office offers the…………………Mail Service which is particularly

A. secure B. efficient C. express D. reliable

12/ The hotel staff are always friendly and courteous

A. efficient B. polite C. helpful D. perfect

13/ He is very capable……..learning and understanding things

A. with B. at C. about D. of

14/ The girl……photo was in the local paper lives near my house

A. who B. whose C. whom D. which

 15/ I've just met a woman ............... son won the championship.

     A. who B. whose C. that D. A&C

16/ If you don’t have telephones , we can………..a phone call at the post office

   A.do B. make C. take D. put

17/ Our new post office is equipped with…………technology

A. advance B. advancing C. advanced D. advancement

18/ Here are some contracts……….. they may sign at the meeting

A. which B. where C. whose D. whom

19/ The woman ……..you mentioned is our director

A. which B. whose C. why D. whom

20/ People are cutting down a lot of trees in the forests,. …………. can change the weather condition

A. that B. who C. which D. whose

II/ Join each pair of sentences, using a relative pronoun. Use commas if necessary :

1/ The girl is very sad. Her father has just died.

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2/ Her son was injured in the accident. He is now in hospital.

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3/ The men are walking on the street. Their dogs make a lot of noise.

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4/ Mrs. Baker hasn’t arrived yet. We invited her to dinner.

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5/ The school was destroyed in the fire. It has now been rebuilt.

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6/ I always stay up late. It makes me tired.

→……………………………………………………………………………………

7/ The woman has just returned from the farm. We want to talk to her.

→…………………………………………………………………………………..

8/ Mr. Long had to go home by taxi. His car was stolen.

……………………………………………………………………………………………

9/ My husband wants you to come to lunch. You were speaking to him.

……………………………………………………………………………………………

10/ The girl was found last night. She had been missing since last week.

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

11/She always comes to class late. This makes her teacher angry.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

12/ The letter was from my friend. I received it this evening.

……………………………………………………………………………………………..

13/ The boy is a student. His dog is sick.

…………………………………………………………………………………………….

14/ The boy is intelligent. We met him yesterday.

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15/ Mr. Ba was injured in the accident. His car was damaged.

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16/ This film is interesting. I've ever seen it.

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17/ This is the village. It lies along the coast.

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18/ Mr. Long is a good man. We work for him.

→ ……………………………………………………………………………………….

19/ These students will be awarded the present. Their reports are very valuable.

→…………………………………………………………………………………………

20 / My brother wrote this report. He has good knowledge of this subject.

………………………………………………………………………………………..

21/ The children are playing football in the yard. We are looking for them.

……………………………………………………………………………………….

22/ My violin is wonderful. It was my birthday present.

………………………………………………………………………………………….

23/ My sister has two sons. She lives in France.

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24/ The woman works for the company. Her daughter is a good student.

………………………………………………………………………………………….

25/ These boys are in the room. We met them last week.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

   III- Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

Between the Revolutionary period and the World War I, the United States post office was set out to improve transportation of the post office mails. From those early days to the present, the post office has helped develop and subsidize every new mode transportation in the United States. Transportation has been the most important element in mail delivery. Even when the general public had still suspected of the security of a new means of transportation, the post office experimented with inventions that offered potential for moving the mail faster, occasionally suffering embarrassment, ridicule, or even abuse in the process.

 As mail delivery evolved from foot to horseback, stagecoach, steamboat, railroad, automobile, and airplane, with intermediate and overlapping use of balloons, and helicopters, post office mail contracts ensured the income necessary to build the great highways, rail lines, and airways that eventually spanned the continent.

 By the turn of the 19th century, the U.S. Post Office had purchased a number of stagecoaches for operation on the nation’s better post roads – a post road being any road on which the mail travels – and continued to encourage new designs to improve passenger comfort and carry mail safely.

1) The passage is about ____.

 A. transportation of the Post Office in the US B. the Post Office in the Revolutionary period

 C. the Post Office in the World War I D. transportation and public ideas

2) According to the passage, the main purpose of the Post Office is _________.

 A. to develop transportation B. to apply new mean of transportation

 C. to deliver mail as safely and fast as possible D. to subsidize every new mode of transportation

3) Which means of transportation used in the Post Office is NOT referred in the passage?

 A. train B. car C. plane D. motorcycle

4) The word “purchased” in paragraph 3 most probably means ______.

 A. sold B. subscribed C. bought D. delivered

5) The Post Office ___________.

 A. has never used helicopters in delivery

 B. contributes income to build highways, railroads, and airways

 C. has never been the first to use a new means of transportation

 D. makes no contribution to build roads