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Unit
Exercises 96

96.1 Complete the sentences. Use a preposition + whom or which. Choose a preposition from:
after for in of of to with without
1 Fortunately we had a good map, without which we would have got lost.
2 The accident, two people were injured, happened late last night.
3 I share an office with my boss, I get on really well.
4 The wedding, only family members were invited, was a lovely occasion.
5 Ben showed me his new car, he’s very proud.
6 Sarah showed us a picture of her son, she’s very proud.
7 Laura bought a very nice leather bag, she paid twenty pounds.
8 We had lunch, we went for a long walk.
96.2 Use the information in the first sentence to complete the second one. Use all of / most of etc.
1 All of Helen’s brothers are married.
Helen has three brothers, all of whom are married .
2 Most of the information we were given was useless.
We were given a lot of information, .
3 None of the ten people who applied for the job was suitable.
Ten people applied for the job, .
4 My neighbours have two cars. They never use one of them.
My neighbours have two cars, .
5 James won a lot of money. He gave half of it to his parents.
James won £100,000, .
6 Both of Julia’s sisters are lawyers.
Julia has two sisters, .
7 Jane replied to neither of the emails I sent her.
I sent Jane two emails, .
8 I went to a party – I knew only a few of the people there.
There were a lot of people at the party, .
Now use the … of which … .
9 You stayed in a hotel when you were on holiday but you don’t remember the name.
We stayed at a very nice hotel, the name of which I don’t remember .
10 We drove along the road. The sides of the road were lined with trees.
We drove along the road, the .
11 The aim of the company’s new business plan is to save money.
The company has a new business plan, .

96.3 Complete the sentences. Choose from the box and use which.
This is good news. This makes it hard to contact her.
This was a shame. This means we can’t go away tomorrow.
She apologised for this This makes it difficult to sleep sometimes.
This was very kind of her. This meant I had to wait two hours at the airport.

1 Laura couldn’t come to the party, which was a shame.
2 The street I live in is noisy at night,
3 Kate let me stay at her house,
4 Jane doesn’t have a phone,
5 Alex passed his exams,
6 My flight was delayed,
7 Our car has broken down,
8 Amy was twenty minutes late,

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