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B. Join these pairs of sentences using suitable relative pronouns.

1. Jacob is a champion swimmer. Jacob lives in the house next to mine.
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2. Most of the mangoes turned out to be rotten. The mangoes were quite expensive.
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3. I am looking for a nanny for my grandchild. A nanny I can trust.
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4. My friend Vikram lives in Ladakh. Vikram is in the Indian army.

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5. The house was converted into a hotel. The house belonged to a rich zamindar.

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6. This cake has a lot of plums and raisins. The cake that I am having just now.

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7. The tree has become a towering giant. We climbed it as children.

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8. We loved our teacher for his wisdom and kindness. Our teacher was very strict.
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9. Rakhi lives in our building. Rakhi’s brother studied with me.
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10. Mr Vishwas has migrated to Canada with his family. He is my father’s friend.
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Listening & Speaking Time

The teacher will divide the class into four groups and name each group after the club
names found in a school; for example: Cricket Club, Music Club, Quiz Club and Science
Club. Each club member has to think and discuss the club activities and together
prepare a narrative of its highlights. The teacher will instruct that the narrative

present the narrative. Simultaneously, a club member will note down the pronouns
used in his speech. After the speech, the club member will read out the pronouns
noted by him/her.
For example:

Speaker of the club: My name is Adil. I am a member of the Music Club. I play the
guitar. We stage programmes on special days in the school. My singing partner is
must include as many pronouns as possible. The speaker of the club will stand and Pronouns
Riya. She sings in her sweet voice. Ms Ruchee, our music teacher, guides us.
A club member: Some of the pronouns used in this speech are: my, I, we, she, her, our
and us.

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