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Part 2. Train Your Competence

PRACTICE TEST
(30 points)


Task 1. Study the following sentences with attributive clauses and answer the questions below. (11 points)
1. Which three attributive clauses are relative defining particularizing?









2. Which two clauses are relative defining classifying?









3. Which two clauses are attributive appositive?









4. Which three clauses are relative non-defining?









5. Which non-defining clause is a sentence-relative one?










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Task 2. Fill in the correct relative pronoun/adverb. (14 points)


1. I saw a friend told me about her engagement.
2. This is the building windows were smashed last night.
3. This is the reason I haven’t finished my report.
4. The papers you gave me to check are missing.
5. She avoided looking me in the face, was a bit odd.
6. Stephen King, has written a lot of successful books, is my favourite author.
7. You are the best friend I have ever had.
8. His flat, he bought three years ago, is modern and spacious.
9. The strain under she was laboring showed itself in the red patches on her cheeks.
10. Can you show me the flat Einstein lived in?
11. I am afraid he has forgotten everything I told him.
12. The day she got married was the happiest day of her life.
13. His idea she should wait with her decision was not agreed with.
14. Kate loved being in London, there was so much to do.

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Task 3. Add commas where necessary. (5 points)


1. The two friends who were soaked to the skin eventually arrived home.

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2. Tell the people who are waiting outside to come in.

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3. This book which I bought secondhand was really cheap.

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4. We saw a small house behind the fence all the windows of which were wide open.

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5. I am afraid of water which is why I never swim in the sea.

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