English Grammar Drills is organized into three parts: Part 1 covers noun phrases, the first of the two fundamental building blocks of English grammar. Noun phrases function as the subjects of sentences, the objects or complements of verbs, and the objects of prepositions. | Post-Noun Modifiers 55 In the following examples the antecedent noun is in bold Human This is the young man whom I was telling you about. Nonhuman This is the computer that I was telling you about. Spatial noun Temporal noun This is the place where we agreed to meet. This is the time when that we agreed to meet. Exercise Fill in the blank with an appropriate relative pronoun. The antecedent noun is in bold and the adjective clause is underlined. I know a Chinese restaurant where we can get really good dim sum. 1. It is a book has influenced us all. 2. It is a book message really influenced me. 3. He is staying with a cousin name is Williams. 4. He is staying with a cousin lives somewhere in Brookline. 5. We picked a date we could all get together. 6. Let me introduce you to my Uncle Jackson lives in Florida. 7. Let me introduce you to my Uncle Jackson I believe you have met before. 8. Let me introduce you to my Uncle Jackson company you may know about. 9. Hollywood is a city dreams seldom come true. 10. Do you remember the year Donna graduated from college 11. The meals you get at camp leave a lot to be desired. 12. English is especially difficult for nonnative speakers school systems never used English as a language of instruction. 13. The stove they just bought takes up most of their kitchen. 14. Please ask the operator is on duty. 15. Please ask the operator you already talked to. 16. The union called off the strike was scheduled to take place tomorrow. 17. Residents of the city have not registered will not be able to vote. 56 Noun Phrases 18. The neighborhood I live is getting more expensive all the time. 19. A professor I had in college advocated pricing oil in Euros. 20. A professor you all know advocates pricing oil in Euros. The following chart summarizes the basic rules about how the external and internal considerations jointly determine the form of the relative pronouns RELATIVE PRONOUN S ROLE INSIDE ADJECTIVE CLAUSE External antecedent Human Nonhuman
