8/17/2019 Exercícios de Inglês - Activities Relative Pronouns

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Class: ______________________ Teacher: __________________  

Student: __________________________________ Date: ___/___/___

1.Circle the relative pronoun that cannot be used in each sentence.

a. He is the Italian man ____________ painted Mona Lisa. ( who - that - whom)

b. The "puri dai" is the woman __________ the gypsies respect. (who - which - whom)

c. That's the horse ____________ I told you about. ( who - that - which)

d. Jane is the girl ____________Tarzan loves. (who - which -0)

e. Better Homes is a magazine for people ____________ loves decorations. (who- that - 0)

f. The moon is the only celestial body ___________ goes aroun the earth. (0 - that - which)

2. Mark the sentences in which the relative pronoun can be omitted.

a.( ) I like the things that you say to me.

b.( ) We have problems that need to be considered.

c. ( ) The math teacher who is organizing the exams is at school.

d. ( ) Our mother is somebody whom we can trust.

3.Read the text below and complete it with who, which or 0, if possible. 

Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr., ______________ was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929, became a Baptist

minister and a leader of the Civil Rights Movement.

This movement defended people's right to freedom of religion, speech and press, __________

were protected by the laws of their nation.

In 1959, King visited India to learn more from Gandhi, a man ____________ defended non-violent

resistance.

Four years later, a massive march was organized in Washington D.C.. In this demonstration,

King gave his "I have a dream" speech, ____________ became famous all over the world.

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In 1968, he was killed in a hotel in Atlanta by a man called James Earl Ray.

Coretta Scott King, _____________ was the Reverend's wife, continued his work.

4. "The first idea of having an observatory in space was proposed in 1940 by Lyman Spitzerwho was an American astrophysicist."

The word who, in the sentence, above refers to:

a) the first idea b)an observatory c) Lyman Spitzer d) 1940

5. (Bonus) Can you create sentences using the names, the achievements or definitions and

relative pronouns?

A. the man - the woman - junk e-mail - a small picture or symbol - a secret code - the man

B. created Microsoft / people send to your inbox / fought against apartheid / gives you access

to programs or documents / represents a document or program / devoted her life to the poor

1.Nelson Mandela was ________________________________________________________

2. Bill Gates is _______________________________________________________________

3. Mother Teresa was _________________________________________________________

4. A password is _____________________________________________________________

5. An icon is _________________________________________________________________

6. Spam is __________________________________________________________________