Grammar Exercises Relative Pronouns
I. In the exercise you have to explain what some words mean. Choose the right meaning from the box and then write a sentence with ‘who’
E.g. An investigator is a person who deals with crimes. Magistrates are people who are laymen.
Steals from a shop 1. a counsel for defence
Protects people in the court 2. an offender
Breaks the law 3. a burglar
No longer works and gets money from the state 4. a lawyer
Studies law 5. policemen
Works at the Bar 6. a law student
Breaks into a house to steal things 7. an investigator
He/She accuses people in the court 8.a counsel for prosecution
Doesn’t believe in God 9. a kidnapper
Are laymen 10. an assassin
Have the right to arrest people 11. witnesses
Renders a verdict 12. the jury
Murders people 13. magistrates
Deals with crimes 14. an atheist
Demands ransom for people 15. a shoplifter
Give testimony at the trial 16. a customer
Buys something from a shop 17. a pensioner
Complete the sentences.
1. The crime scene is the place or the area where …
2. An investigator is a lawyer who …
3. A field criminalist is a lawyer whose responsibilities …
4. A suspect is a person who …
5. A witness is a person who …
6. An eye-witness is a person who …
7. It is the crime scene that …
8. It is an investigator that …
9. A diagram of the crime scene is a simplified drawing on which …
10. A victim is a person who …
11. A crime scene tape is a police tool with the help of which …
12. A crime lab is a place where …
III. Make one sentence from two. Use who/which/that :
E.g. A girl was mugged 2 days ago. Now she is in hospital.- The girl who was mugged is in hospital.
1. A band committed a crime. Now it is court-room.
2. We study Civil and Criminal Laws. They are of great importance.
3. There are more than 50000 solicitors in England. They work in the offices.
4. A lawyer is a very popular profession. It is rather well-paid.
5. A barrister defends an accused. He’s committed a theft.
6. A judge decides questions of law. They are not for the jury.
7. Some people were arrested. They have been released.
8. Justices of the peace are laymen. They work at the Magistrates’ Courts.
9. A witness gave testimony. They were false.
10. A defendant pleaded his guilt. It was obvious.
IV. Add one of the pieces of information below to each sentence and use who (whom)/which/whose/where. Don’t forget about commas:
E.g: The police are looking for 2 boys aged 14…
The police are looking for 2 boys aged 14, who have stolen a computer from the office.
our father graduated from
lives in New York
will be heard by the Magistrates’ court
stole a computer from the office
I hadn’t seen since the last trial
handbag had been stolen
justice in minor civil cases is administered
is a Queen’s Counsel
many crimes happen
can hold some investigating departments
was committed by a juvenile
I spoke on the phone last week
was wrongfully arrested
the murder of their servant was committed
speaks French and Italian
V. Translate the sentences, point out your attention to the relative clauses:
1. The term “punishment” means those measures which in different ways involve restriction of certain rights.
2. Life in the country isn’t what is used to be, you know.
3. Barristers are the court-room lawyers, whose wigs and robes are familiar to anyone who has seen motion pictures or stage plays about English trials.
4. The Lord Chief Justice, who presides over the Queen ’s Bench Division of the High Court, normally sits when criminal appeals are under consideration.
5. Meg loved her little brother to whom she had been a second mother.
6. The Bar is actually the barrier in the courts beyond which no one may pass the privilege of Queen’s counsel who has been called within the Bar.
7. At the time I was reading an interesting book which later on I gave as a present to my niece.
8. There are newspapers in G. B. whose pages are largely filled with news of sport and with stories of film-stars, or accounts of crime and of lawcourt trials.
9. He went one day to a picture dealer in whose shop my brother thought he could buy a picture or two.
10. Every police force in G. B. has its own detective complement staffed by police officers who, during their service as uniformed constables, showed a special aptitude for the investigation of crime.
VI. Police have arrested bank robber Hank Williams. They’re promised to let him go if he gives them some information. He’s telling them about the gang he belongs to. Look at the detective’s notes and give Hank’s words. Use “it” and “who/that”. Examples: William joined the gang last March. – “It was last March that I joined the gang”.
Grabski organizes the bank raids. – “It’s Grabski who organizes the bank raids”.
1. Bozo shot the policeman in Marseilles.
2. He went into hiding in Monaco.
3. Ross bought the guns.
4. They’re planning to rob the Standard Bank next.
5. Gregory finds out all the inside information.
6. They’re going to meet on Long Island next week.
7. Grabski intends to go to Morocco afterwards.
8. He’s afraid of the Mafia.
TEST YOURSELF