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Defining relative clause

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M. Read the text, and underline the relative pronouns and the words they refer to.

The Matrix is a cyber-thriller which captures the audience’s attention from the beginning. The movie, directed by the Wachowski brothers, has a storyline that combines action, science fiction, and special effects. The world is a virtual environment created by computers, where people are just slaves to AL machines which generate energy from human bodies.

            Neo is a computer hacker that looks for an answer to the question ‘What’s the Matrix? ’He discovers the truth when he meets the rebels Trinity and Morpheus. Trinity helps Neo and kills ‘agents’, who are really machines in human form. Morpheus shows Neo what the Matrix is – a reality beyond reality that controls human lives. The Matrix is protected by ‘agents’ led by Agent Smith, the character who tries to kill Neo.

            Neo receives strong powers and becomes ‘The One’ who will liberate humankind from the evil artificial intelligence known as the Matrix. In the end, he kills Agent Smith and saves the humans. But … does he really kill him? Find out in the next Matrix movie.

N. Fill in the sentences using who, which, that, whose or where.

1.      She works for a company _______ main office is in Rome.

2.      They’ve invented a digital video camera _______ can be carried in the pocket of your jacket.

3.      Anoto is a digital pen ________ allows you to store and transmit anything you write or draw on paper to any computer.

4.      Bluetooth is a wireless technology ________ doesn’t need cables in order to send and receive information.

5.      Do you know the school _______ he studies?

6.      The man _______ marries Kelly is a millionaire.

7.      She’ll be responsible for anything _______ goes wrong.

8.      A wireless router is a device ______ allows computers to communicate via radio waves.

O. In which sentences can the relative pronoun be left out? Rewrite them without who, that, or which.

1.      Have you got a video camera that I can use?

2.      That is the girl who lives next door.

3.      That is the girl who I met at the conference.

4.      The police have arrested the hacker who broke into the computers of the Pentagon.

5.      That’s the film which I was talking about.

6.      Have you read the report which Jack wrote last week?

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