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C1 Advanced - Relative clauses

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    relative clauses
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  • Jennifer Lawrence’s latest role is playing the part of a woman whose husband is a secret CIA agent. (defining or non-defining?)
    defining
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  • A defining relative clause gives (essential / extra) information about the person or thing just mentioned which is necessary in understanding what is being referred to. It (is / isn't) preceded by a comma.
    essential; isn't
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  • Donnie Yen, whose last film bombed at the box office, is to star in a new martial arts fantasy movie. (defining / non-defining)
    non-defining
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  • A non-defining relative clause gives (essential / extra) information about the person or thing just mentioned, and the sentence would still make sense if you removed it. It (is / isn't) usually separated from the main sentence by a comma.
    extra; is
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  • Relative pronouns that can be used in non-defining clauses (choose three): who, whose, that, which
    who, whose, which
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  • Her laptop, that is very old now to be honest, has a hard disk problem. (the relative pronoun should be "which" / it can be "that")
    which; that cannot be used in non-defining clauses
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  • The movie we saw at the cinema last night was amazing. (it's okay / it's not okay that the relative pronoun "which" is missing)
    it's okay
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  • The movie which we saw at the cinema last night was amazing. (we can / we cannot replace "which" with "that")
    we can
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  • Defining relative clauses can omit the relative pronoun from the relative clause when it is the ______. (subject / object)
    object
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  • She’s that new vlogger (who's / ,whose / whose) channel I have subscribed to.
    whose
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  • The woman I introduced you to earlier is someone ______ I went to university. (who / with whom / with who)
    with whom
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  • My bedroom walls are currently a shade of dark purple, but I’m thinking about painting them a colour ______ more relaxing. (which feels / , which feels)
    which feels
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  • David Mitchell is an author from the UK _____ work I admire greatly, particularly the epic novel Bone clocks.
    whose
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  • She’s not somebody ______ I would want to get into an online dispute with. (choose all that apply: that / who / no relative pronoun)
    that, who, no relative pronoun are all correct
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  • A: Gilberto is a student. His results have improved the most this year. B: The student __________ the most this year is Gilberto.
    whose results have improved
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  • Qatar is the country ______ is due to host the football World Cup in 2022. (where / which)
    which
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