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Exercise 7: Relative Clauses

Rewrite the following sentences using the relative pronoun given.

Example

Q: There are several factors. These factors help to prolong this period to perhaps three or four times that in the male. (which)

A: There are several factors which help to prolong this period to perhaps three or four times that in the male.

  1. The only really important biography was that of George V by Harold Nicolson. It had been published in 1952. (which)
  2. The National Government decided to appeal to the country as a National Government, and the second National Government was a very different animal. The second National Government followed the election. (which)
  3. It was this government. This government ruled Britain until May 1940. (which)
  4. The participants approved a comprehensive statement. This statement pointed out that global warming is occurring at a time when many of the world's life-support systems are already stressed by the growth of population. (which)
  5. We have now learned something: This harmony could be interrupted by the actions of nations very distant from our shores. (that)
  6. Mostafa Tolba pointed something out: Global warming and climate change present a window of opportunity for both the industrialized and the developing countries to address.
  7. This is something: The industrialized countries need to show the required resolve to help the developing countries adopt a development strategy away from dependence on fossil fuel. (where)
  8. Action should be conditioned to a definite scientific proof. This perhaps will never be attained or might be reached only when it becomes too late adequately to tackle the problem. (which)
  9. There is no reason for something: Action should be conditioned to a definite scientific proof, which perhaps will never be attained. (why)
  10. A group in Palawan, the Filipino island with the country's most extensive rainforests, has taken on the wealthy logger. The logger's concession covers 61 per cent of Palawan's forests. (whose)
  11. In the Indian community, a person .... This person accumulates. This person evidently lacks social relations with others. (who, who)

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