Escola Secundária C/ 3.

º Ciclo EB Joaquim de Araújo

Penafiel
English Worksheet – Year 10
1. We took our time in order to/ to avoid making mistakes.
School Year 2010 / 11
2. You must not eat sweets this Christmas in order to/to keep fit.

3. I’ll take my raincoat so that I don’t get wet.

 get
4. She left home five minutes earlier so that she could go to school with her neighbour.
 alarm
5. Kimberly went to a Summer course in order to /to improve her English.
 explain
6. They didn’t say anything in order not to alarm the students.

7 She didn’t buy many gifts this Christmas in order to / to save money for her surgery.
 go

8. He sat at the back so that the teacher wouldn’t see him cheating.  avoid

9. The boss sent them an email in order to/ to explain the new rules.  see

10. He went downtown in order to/ to buy a gift.  buy

 keep

 save

A. Build purpose clauses using the verbs in the box.

B. Now rewrite these sentences using the words given.

1. They went three hours earlier to the theatre. They wanted to get a good seat.  (so that)

_They went three hours earlier to the theatre so that they could get a good seat.

2. John left home early. He didn’t want to miss the train.  (in order to)

John left home early in order not to miss the train

3. She invited her friends for a dinner party. She wanted to thank them for their kindness.  ((in order to)

She invited her friends for a dinner party in order to thank them for their kindness

4. She called her boyfriend. She didn’t know how to get to the Smith’s house.  (so that)

She called her boyfriend so that she could get to the Smith’s house.

5. He closed his eyes. He needed to rest.  (in order to)

He closed his eyes in order to rest.

C. Combine the sentences with a relative pronoun and decide if they are defining or
non-defining including commas where necessary.

a) Mr Brown has been invited to join our club. He enjoys going to the
theatre.
Mr Brown, who has been invited to join our club, enjoys going to the
theatre. ND
b) Jim is very nice. We met him yesterday.
Jim, who we met yesterday, is very nice. ND
c) The boy is my best friend. You see sitting over there.

The boy who you see sitting over there is my best friend D
d) The boy is going to travel with me. You saw him sitting next to me
yesterday.

The boy who you saw him sitting next to me yesterday is going to
travel with me. D

e) She didn’t see the man. He had stolen her bicycle.

She didn’t see the man who had stolen her bicycle. D

f) Mark Smith plays in a rock band. He lives next door to us.

Mark Smith, who lives next door to us , plays in a rock band. ND

g) New York is one of the biggest cities in the world. We went there last year.
New York, where we went last year, is one of the biggest cities in the
world. ND
h)That’s the church. They got married there.
That’s the church where they got married. D
i)- John is our new boss. His sister lives in China
John, whose sister lives in China, is our new boss. ND

D. Cross the unnecessary relative pronoun out. (Contact clauses)

a. The man whose coat had been stolen immediately reported the
theft.
b. The person (that) he takes after is his mother.
c. This is something (which) I refuse to put up with.
d. The teacher who looked after our class today doesn’t normally
work here.
e. The flowers (that)I bought yesterday have already died.
f. The book (which) she is referring to is no longer published.
g. Do you know the young girl that offered you a seat?
h. They were the builders who fitted our kitchen.
i. Anna is someone (that) I really admire.
E. Write the plurals

singular plural

man men

woman women

tooth teeth

foot feet

child children