Section 4 / Lesson 2 - Relative Clauses
Below you will find questions to practice the use of relative clauses in IELTS Writing Task One. Using the study notes and the class video, you should be able to answer these questions to practice the language, and then be able to use the language in your IELTS writing test. The answers to all the questions are available to Patreon supporters as a means to support this website and Youtube Channel. Please find them here.
Which
Split this sentence into two separate sentences
1. The wind pushes against the wind turbine's blades, which then rotate.
Put these two sentences together using 'which'.​
2. The gearbox is connected to the blades. The gearbox rotates the shaft that goes to the generator.
3. The generator produces electricity. The electricity is sent through a high-voltage cable.
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Where
Put these two sentences together using 'where'.​
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4. The high-voltage cable goes outside of the wind turbine. A transformer is located outside of the wind turbine.
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5. The transformer is outside the wind turbine. The voltage is increased in the transformer. ​
Overall
Fill in the gaps with the correct relative pronoun (which, where, who, whose)​
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The electricity, 6. ______ is now at a higher voltage, is sent through long-distance cables to the customer's local area. These cables supply a transformer in their neighbourhood, 7. ______ the voltage is decreased again. It is then sent through a local network of cables to a final small transformer, 8. ______ is located on the top of an electricity pylon. The customers, 9. ______ electronic devices need access to 110 volts, receive the power directly from this transformer.