Unit 5 Music
whose can come after a preposition in attributive clauses. however, it is more natural to put the preposition at the end in less formal contexts and in spoken english:
•we were grateful to mr. marks, in whose car we had traveled home. (or...whose car we had traveled home in.)
•i now turn to freud, from whose work the following quotation is taken. (or...whose work the following quotation is taken from.)
iv. closing down by doing exercises:
join the sentence halves using which or whom after an appropriate preposition. (a)
a. i would never have finished the work.
b. it was primarily written.
c. we know nothing.
d. they got a good view.
e. he learned how to play chess.
f. dennis scored three goals in the final.
g. she was born.
h. it was discovered.
1.they climbed up to the top of a large rock.
2. i would like to thank my tutor.
3. she has now moved back to the house on long island.
4. the star is to be named after patrick jenks.
s. this is the ball.
6. he is now able to beat his father.
7. the book is enjoyed by adults as well as children.
8. there are still many things in our solar system.
key for reference:
1.they climbed up to the top of a large rock, from which they got a good view.
2. i would like to thank my tutor, without whom i would never have finished the work.
3. she has now moved back to the house on long island, in which she was born.
4. the star is to be named after patrick jenks, by whom it was discovered.
s. this is the ball. dennis scored three goals in the final.
6. he is now able to beat his father, from whom he learned how to play chess.
7. the book is enjoyed by adults as well as children, about whom it was primarily written.
8. there are still many things in our solar system, about which we know nothing.
are these correct or appropriate? if they are, put a√. if they are not, give a reason, correct them and give alternatives if you can. (a)
i. it's a piece of jewelry across which i came in an antique shop. --- which i came across in an antique shop. (‘came across’ is a two-word verb.)
2. the extra work which she took on was starting to affect her health.
3. my mother, after whom i looked for over 20 years, died last year.
4. the people whom i work with are all very friendly.
5. some of the criticisms with which they had to put up were very unfair.
6. he had many friends with whom he had a regular correspondence.
7. the woman to who he is engaged comes from poland.
8. the forms which i had to fill in were very complicated.