FIRST Gold Experience: Grammar review unit 7 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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To omit or not to omit? My colleague with whom I'm doing the project should be here as soon as possible

Nope! Cannot be omitted after preposition + whom/which (at which, with whom, among whom etc.)!

CORRECT OR NOT? The manager, who number I tried to call, just rang me back.

WHOSE

"He's too short to be a basketball player." Re-write it using "enough".

He isn´t tall enough to be a basketball player.

To omit or not to omit? A doctor is a person who looks after people's health.

No can do! Here the relative pronoun is the subject of the clause, so you can´t eliminate it

She plays _______ well (that) she could be a professional.

so

To omit or not to omit? This was the hotel that we stayed in for two weeks.

Yes you can! After the pronoun you have a subject, so the relative pronoun is an OBJECT pronoun

CORRECT OR NOT? My neighbour, with who I´ve had lots of arguments, turned out to be a really kind person.

with WHOM (use whom with a proposition)

"It's hot today." Rephrase it using "such"

It´s such a hot day today

To omit or not to omit? Mrs. Smith, who is very smart, lives on the fourth floor.

Nope! Never in a non-defining clause

CORRECT OR NOT? 7. This phone, that I only bought six months ago, keeps freezing.

,which : no that after a comma!

Unscramble this sentence: ENOUGH / TEAM / I'M / BE / THE / NOT / TO / IN / GOOD

I´m not good enough to be in the team

To omit or not to omit? That's the woman whose house has been broken into.

No can do! Never omit whose!

CORRECT OR NOT? 3. My passport was in my car, where I´d left it, the night before.

It should not be in a comma sandwich, as it is eesential information!

CORRECT OR NOT? It was a friend that told me about this restaurant

It's fine! Or "who"

Our teacher gives us _________ homework.

too much / so much / very little ...etc

CORRECT OR NOT? My house that has a blue door needs painting.

,which has a blue door: not essential info!