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Jokes and Stories 10

D. Circle the correct article in the sentences below.
1. Napoleon the / a Great was born in Corsica.

2. The / A best coffee comes from Kenya.
3. The / An Alps are the highest mountains in Europe.
4. The / A Aegean Sea has a lot of islands.
5. He fell and was taken to a / the hospital.
6. We must always do our best for the / a poor person
in need of help.
7. This cup was made in the / an United Kingdom.

8. The / An Americans like chips but the / a Germans
prefer hamburger.
9. The / - silver is one of the heaviest metals.
10. The / A Amazon Forests are the most important forests in
the world.

Defining relative clauses

Relative clauses give information about a person, animal,
or thing. They always follow the nouns they describe.
Relative clauses begin with a relative pronoun.
We use:

• who for people.
I like the people who keep their promises.

• which for animals or things.
Tom has got a parrot which speaks a few words.
• whose instead of possessive adjectives (my, your, his, etc.)
with people, things, and animals to express possession.
That’s the student whose dictionary I borrowed.
a. Defining relative clauses provide us with important
information about that person or object. Without this
information, the meaning of the sentence will change.
The man who is standing over there is my uncle.
Greek mythology is an area that has fascinated me since
I was a child.
b. Non-defining relative clauses give us extra information.
We can still understand the sentence without this
information.
I visited Buckingham Palace, which is close to Hyde Park.
Enrico’s grandmother, who lives in Sicily, has 8 children.
(We know Enrico’s grandmother; we just want to give
extra information about her.)

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