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The fruit that is grown in Venezuela is delicious.
The fruit grown in Venezuela is delicious.
The girl who has the dark sunglasses is Maria.
The girl with the dark sunglasses is Maria.
(Notice that the verb to have can be changed to the preposition with.
They both show possession, with no change of meaning.
Rewrite the sentences below. Change the relative clauses to preposi -
tional or participial phrases.
1. The tall one who has black hair is Luis.
2. The short one who is in the red suit is Maria.
3. The one who has sunglasses is his sister.
4. The woman who is wearing a beach coat is my mother.
5. The girl who has the bad sunburn is my sister.
6. The food that is sold on the beach always tastes good.
7. Chocolate that is left in the sun will melt.
8. The man who is swimming after those children is the lifeguard.
9. The man who is eating vanilla ice cream is my father.
10. The girl who is from Alaska is Sara Taylor.
11. The children who are playing in the water are my cousins.
12. The tall one who is in the deep water is a good swimmer.
13. The fat one who is on the pink towel is too lazy to swim.
14. All the people who are on the beach are having fun.
15. Many people who are from the city come here every weekend.
V. Sentence Construction Indefinite pronouns: one, ones, and kind
The word one is a pronoun for any single count noun. Answer each
question using the pronoun one and adjectives to define it. Follow the
example.
Do you know any of the girls here? (tall, in the blue suit)
Yes, I know the tall one in the blue suit.
1. Do you have a beach towel here? (red, with the picture of Mickey
Mouse)
2. Do you like any of the books here? (new, about jazz music)
3. Do you know any of those children? (little, with the red hair)
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