Grammar: Relative clauses

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Grammar: Relative clauses
Practice Pag. 32

1) Here are the other five types that Spranger identifies.

A) Complete the texts. Put these relative clauses in the correct places, using that as the relative pronoun.

1. govern the universe
2. take place next year
3. concern him
4. she has sold
5. he got for his birthday
6. she wants
7. needs support or a shoulder to cry on
8. are sick
9. she thinks are wrong with society
10. he leads
11. genuinely likes people
12. she gets from her involvement in politics

Selina is an artist. Some of the paintings that she has sold have fetched high prices, but Selina is not very interested in money. As long as she has enough for the things that she wants, she’s content.

Bjorn is fascinated by the laws that govern the universe. When he was a child he loved to study the starts with a telescope that he got for his birthday. Today he works in the science department of a university.

Clara is the kind of person that genuinely likes people. She’s always ready to help anyone that needs support or shoulder to cry on. Her job as a nurse gives her the opportunity to help people that are sick.

Katrin loves the feeling that she gets from her involvement in politics. She wants to change the things that she thinks are wrong with society. She has decided to stand in the local elections that take place next year.

Tamas is interested in the deeper meaning of life. The questions that concern him are: Why are we here? What is the purpose of life? The life that he leads is very simple and he meditates for at least two hours a day.