Relative Clauses – Free Exercise

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Exercise

Choose the correct relative pronoun.

  1. La maison je suis né n’existe plus.The house where I was born doesn’t exist anymore.
  2. Ce à je pense ne t’intéresse pas.The relative pronoun refers to ce and represents an indirect object.What I’m thinking about wouldn’t interest you.
  3. Mes enfants, je vois peu, m’écrivent régulièrement.Que refers to mes enfants and is a direct object in the relative clause.My children, whom I rarely see, write to me often.
  4. La veste il rêve est hors de prix.Rêver takes the preposition de.The jacket that he dreams about is very expensive.
  5. C’est une région attire de nombreux touristes.Qui refers to région and is a subject in the relative clause.It’s a region that attracts a lot of tourists.

Turn the underlined part of the sentence into a relative clause by using relative pronouns.

  1. C’est une moto. Tu as acheté une moto.
    → Est-ce la moto   Que represents moto and is the direct object.|The participle agrees with the object.Is this the motorbike that you bought?
  2. Tu as un tatouage. Tu as imaginé le dessin de ton tatouage.
    → Tu as un tatouage   For phrases with de, we use the relative pronoun dont.You have a tattoo whose design you thought up yourself.
  3. Sylvie porte une jupe. Elle a peint une fleur sur sa jupe.
    → Sylvie porte la jupe  Sylvie is wearing the skirt on which she has painted a flower.
  4. Mes cousins ont un ami. Cet ami habite à Francfort.
    → Mes cousins ont un ami   Qui is the subject of habite.My cousins have a friend who lives in Frankfurt.
  5. Voici mon amie. Je lui ai prêté ma voiture.
    → Voici l'amie   This is the friend who has borrowed my car.

Choose the correct relative pronoun, paying attention to number and gender.

  1. La blessure à cause j’ai raté la course me fait mal.blessure: singular, feminineThe injury that caused me to miss the race is hurting.
  2. Le magasin je suis allé était minuscule.magasin: singular, masculineThe shop I went into was tiny.
  3. Les chemins par tu passes ne sont pas les plus simples.chemins: plural, masculineThe roads you take are not the easiest.
  4. Les dames avec il travaille l’apprécient.dames: singular, feminineThe women with whom he works appreciate him.
  5. L’exposé pour j’ai tant travaillé a été reporté.exposé: singular, masculineThe presentation I worked so hard on was postponed.