Grammar: Defining relative clauses p. 31

Read the sentences (1-6) and match them to the rules (A-E). Write the correct letter in the gaps.
1 The young man who started working here yesterday seems very efficient. ________
2 The book in which I am interested came out last week. ________
3 There's the cat that always comes into our garden. ________
4 The pizza we ate last night at 'Made in Italy' was delicious! ________
5 Who is the lady you were talking to? ________
6 The man to whom I spoke a minute ago is our new German teacher. ________

A The pronoun that can always substitute who or which.
B The object pronoun is often omitted.
C In informal language, prepositions come at the end of the sentence.
D You cannot omit the relative pronoun if it is followed by a verb.
E In formal language, we never omit the pronoun and put the preposition before it.
F This pronoun refers to people and can substitute who / that in formal language.

Complete the story with the correct relative pronoun. Write zero (0) when the relative pronoun can be omitted.

Tina's first flight
Last summer Tina decided to break the bank and spend the money ________ earned up to that time on a relaxing holiday. Here's how it went. She was travelling on her own for the very first time. She was on a plane ________ was flying to Tenerife. She was excited but a bit nervous. The young man ________ was sitting beside her was sleeping peacefully. She wanted to chat to release the tension but couldn't. The food ________ the flight assistant brought her was nice, but she wasn't hungry. Suddenly the captain announced that the airport ________ they were supposed to land was closed because of a violent storm. They would land in Lanzarote instead. Tina panicked: a storm! Would she survive?! She called for the flight assistant ________ had brought her the meal and almost shouted: 'Is the person in charge of the plane sure we will land ________ it is safe to do so?' The flight assistant reassured her: 'The man ________ you are talking about and ________ son is sitting right beside you is the best pilot we have in our company.' In that very moment, the man in the seat beside Tina woke up and said: 'What a relaxing flight this is!'