Relative Clauses – Free Exercise

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Exercise

Choose the correct relative pronoun.

  1. La maison je suis né n’existe plus.referring to a location → oúThe house where I was born doesn’t exist anymore.
  2. Ce à je pense ne t’intéresse pas.referring to ce and representing an indirect object (signal: à) → quoiWhat I’m thinking about wouldn’t interest you.
  3. Mes enfants, je vois peu, m’écrivent régulièrement.referring to the direct object of the sentence (mes enfants) → queMy children, whom I rarely see, write to me often.
  4. La veste il rêve est hors de prix.the verb rêver takes the preposition de → dontThe jacket that he dreams about is very expensive.
  5. C’est une région attire de nombreux touristes.referring to the subject of the sentence (une région) → quiIt’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   ? la moto = direct object → relative pronoun que
    the past participle agrees with the object moto
    feminine singular → add an -e    Is this the motorbike that you bought?
  2. Tu as un tatouage. Tu as imaginé le dessin de ton tatouage.
    → Tu as un tatouage  . preposition de → relative pronoun dontYou 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  .la jupe = direct object
    preposition sur → sur laquelle    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  . un ami = subject of the sentence → relative pronoun quiMy cousins have a friend who lives in Frankfurt.
  5. Voici mon amie. Je lui ai prêté ma voiture.
    → Voici l'amie  . l’amie = indirect object
    préter takes the preposiiton à → à qui/à laquelle    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 = feminine singular → laquelleThe injury that caused me to miss the race is hurting.
  2. Le magasin je suis allé était minuscule.magasin = masculine singular → auquelThe shop I went into was tiny.
  3. Les chemins par tu passes ne sont pas les plus simples.chemins = masucline plural → lesquelsThe roads you take are not the easiest.
  4. Les dames avec il travaille l’apprécient.dames = feminine plural → lesquellesThe women with whom he works appreciate him.
  5. L’exposé pour j’ai tant travaillé a été reporté.exposé = masculine singular → lequelThe presentation I worked so hard on was postponed.