Grammar and Vocabulary for FCE
A.
Review: relative clauses
Put one suitable word in each space, or leave the space blank wherever possible.
Murder At The Station by Lorraine Small. Episode 5. Trouble on the 6.15.
The story so far: Jane Platt, who is travelling to London because of a mysterious letter, is the only
person who witnesses a murder at Victoria Station. The detective to whom she gives her
statement then disappears. Jane goes to an office in Soho to answer the letter ____________ she
had received. There she discovers that her uncle Gordon, who lives in South America, has sent
her a small box which she is only to open if in trouble. Jane, whose parents have never
mentioned an Uncle Gordon, is suspicious of the box, which she gives to her friend Tony. They go
to Scotland Yard and see Inspector Groves, who has not heard of the Victoria Station murder,
which was not reported to the police. Jane gives Inspector Groves the murdered man’s ticket
which she found beside his body. Then Jane and Tony decide to go to Redhill, which was the
town ____________ the murdered man had come from. On the train they meet a man, whose face
is somehow familiar to Jane, who says he knows her Uncle Gordon. Now read on.
B.
Make one sentence from each group of sentences, beginning as shown.
1.
I got on a train. I wanted to go to a station. The train didn’t stop there.
The train I got on didn’t stop at the station I wanted to go to.
2.
I read a book. You recommended a book to me. This was the book.
The book I read was the book/one you recommended to me.
3.
The ship hit an iceberg and sank. Warning messages had been sent to it. The ship ignored
these.
The ship, which had ignored the warning messages sent to it, hit an iceberg and sank.
4.
The postman realised I was on holiday. You had sent me a parcel. The postman left it next
door.
The postman, who realised I was on holiday, left the parcel you (had) sent me next door.
5.
I used to own a dog. People came to the door. The dog never barked at them.
The dog I used to own never barked at people who came to the door.
6.
I bought my car from a woman. She lives in a house. You can see the house over there.
The woman I bought my car from lives in the house you can see over there.
7.
We went to a beach on the first day of our holiday. It was covered in seaweed. This smelled a
lot.
The beach we went to on the first day of our holiday was covered in seaweed which
smelled a lot.
8.
My neighbours have three small children. The children make a lot of noise. My neighbours
never apologise.
My neighbours, whose three small children make a lot of noise, never apologise.
9.
I bought a new typewriter. It cost me a lot of money.
The new typewriter I bought cost me a lot of money.
10. I lost my wallet last week. It was found by a workman. He was digging a hole in the street
outside our house.
The wallet I lost last week was found by a workman who was doffing a hole in the street
outside our house.