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Leave the extra word unused; keep punctuation attached to its word.","Free Relative Clauses: Building References","Practise free relative clauses by ordering word tiles about repairs, discoveries, routes and enquiries, distinguishing references from embedded questions.",2,"sentence_builder",[13,39,58,80,102,124,144,164,185,205],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":16,"explanation":17,"exampleSentence":18,"blanks":19},"01a0e1ab-da47-76d3-93e4-66136e245584","Build the sentence: __1__",0,"We precedes repaired, whose object is the entire free relative what the explosion damaged. Inside that clause, what is the object before subject the explosion and final verb damaged. Fused what needs no antecedent; that cannot replace it here. Compare the same wh-clause after sought to establish in the next item.","The conservator restored what the fire spared.",[20],{"id":21,"blankNumber":22,"options":23,"tiles":32},"01a0e1ab-da47-7653-93e4-66136d365122",1,[24,28],{"id":25,"optionText":26,"isCorrect":27,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-da47-75af-93e4-66136c9095e7","that",false,{"id":29,"optionText":30,"isCorrect":31,"displayOrder":22},"01a0e1ab-da47-7613-93e4-66136ccd3fff","We repaired what the explosion damaged.",true,[33,34,35,36,37,38],"We","repaired","what","the","explosion","damaged.",{"id":40,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":22,"explanation":41,"exampleSentence":42,"blanks":43},"01a0e1ab-da47-7817-93e4-66136f6926aa","Investigators precedes sought and its infinitive complement to establish, which introduces an embedded question. Within that question, object what precedes subject the explosion and finite verb damaged, without inversion. Damaging cannot supply that finite verb. The same wh-clause after repaired refers to damaged things; here it presents a question about them.","The investigator wondered what the fire spared.",[44],{"id":45,"blankNumber":22,"options":46,"tiles":53},"01a0e1ab-da47-77c3-93e4-66136f339fb1",[47,50],{"id":48,"optionText":49,"isCorrect":31,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-da47-7753-93e4-66136e426fa4","Investigators sought to establish what the explosion damaged.",{"id":51,"optionText":52,"isCorrect":27,"displayOrder":22},"01a0e1ab-da47-778f-93e4-66136e47798d","damaging.",[54,55,56,57,35,36,37,38],"Investigators","sought","to","establish",{"id":59,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":10,"explanation":60,"exampleSentence":61,"blanks":62},"01a0e1ab-da47-7933-93e4-6613718827cd","Whatever they donated forms the whole subject of became. Within it, whatever is the object before subject they and finite verb donated. Became then takes the complement part of the collection; donating would leave the free relative without a finite verb.","Whatever the charity receives goes into storage.",[63],{"id":64,"blankNumber":22,"options":65,"tiles":72},"01a0e1ab-da47-78e7-93e4-661371575b7e",[66,69],{"id":67,"optionText":68,"isCorrect":27,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-da47-787f-93e4-66136fe84376","donating",{"id":70,"optionText":71,"isCorrect":31,"displayOrder":22},"01a0e1ab-da47-78b3-93e4-661370ced4a2","Whatever they donated became part of the collection.",[73,74,75,76,77,78,36,79],"Whatever","they","donated","became","part","of","collection.",{"id":81,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":82,"explanation":83,"exampleSentence":84,"blanks":85},"01a0e1ab-da47-7a4f-93e4-6613742a64b8",3,"The imperative Choose takes the whole whichever-clause as its object. Of these versions specifies the limited choice after whichever; subject you then precedes finite verb prefer. These must accompany versions, and the final punctuation anchors prefer. Prefers does not agree with you.","Use whichever of the two entrances remains open.",[86],{"id":87,"blankNumber":22,"options":88,"tiles":95},"01a0e1ab-da47-79ff-93e4-661373548527",[89,92],{"id":90,"optionText":91,"isCorrect":31,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-da47-7997-93e4-661371ec3fc0","Choose whichever of these versions you prefer.",{"id":93,"optionText":94,"isCorrect":27,"displayOrder":22},"01a0e1ab-da47-79cf-93e4-66137299ce24","prefers.",[96,97,78,98,99,100,101],"Choose","whichever","these","versions","you","prefer.",{"id":103,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":104,"explanation":105,"exampleSentence":106,"blanks":107},"01a0e1ab-da47-7b87-93e4-6613767b6a9b",4,"Where introduces the place reference after subject They and verb stayed. Inside it, subject the river precedes finite verb meets and object the sea. The final full stop anchors sea at the end. Which cannot replace where: this clause needs a place expression, not another subject or object.","The walkers rested where the two paths converge.",[108],{"id":109,"blankNumber":22,"options":110,"tiles":117},"01a0e1ab-da47-7b37-93e4-661375db436c",[111,114],{"id":112,"optionText":113,"isCorrect":27,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-da47-7ad3-93e4-661374fc0a6d","which",{"id":115,"optionText":116,"isCorrect":31,"displayOrder":22},"01a0e1ab-da47-7b07-93e4-661375158c78","They stayed where the river meets the sea.",[118,119,120,36,121,122,36,123],"They","stayed","where","river","meets","sea.",{"id":125,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":126,"explanation":127,"exampleSentence":128,"blanks":129},"01a0e1ab-da47-7cab-93e4-661378767e46",5,"Asked introduces an embedded question about location. Where precedes subject the missing documents and finite verb were, with no question inversion. The plural subject requires were rather than was.","The archivist asked where the original manuscripts were.",[130],{"id":131,"blankNumber":22,"options":132,"tiles":139},"01a0e1ab-da47-7c53-93e4-6613785ae025",[133,136],{"id":134,"optionText":135,"isCorrect":31,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-da47-7bef-93e4-661376f8ad61","We asked where the missing documents were.",{"id":137,"optionText":138,"isCorrect":27,"displayOrder":22},"01a0e1ab-da47-7c23-93e4-661377caf607","was.",[33,140,120,36,141,142,143],"asked","missing","documents","were.",{"id":145,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":146,"explanation":147,"exampleSentence":148,"blanks":149},"01a0e1ab-da47-7dbf-93e4-66137b4d7ab9",6,"Please introduces the imperative retain, followed by its entire free-relative object. Whatever is the internal object before subject the inspection and final verb reveals. The inspection cannot serve as the subject of imperative retain. That cannot replace whatever without a separate antecedent for the relative clause.","Preserve whatever the excavation uncovers.",[150],{"id":151,"blankNumber":22,"options":152,"tiles":158},"01a0e1ab-da47-7d73-93e4-66137a74ba0b",[153,155],{"id":154,"optionText":26,"isCorrect":27,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-da47-7d0b-93e4-66137951c4b7",{"id":156,"optionText":157,"isCorrect":31,"displayOrder":22},"01a0e1ab-da47-7d43-93e4-661379c17570","Please retain whatever the inspection reveals.",[159,160,161,36,162,163],"Please","retain","whatever","inspection","reveals.",{"id":165,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":166,"explanation":167,"exampleSentence":168,"blanks":169},"01a0e1ab-da47-7ee3-93e4-66137ccb6ca3",7,"Instructions is the main subject, followed by await and its whole free-relative object. Inside that object, whoever is the subject of supervises and the entrance is its object. Internal subject case requires whoever, despite the whole clause being an object.","A badge awaits whoever checks in.",[170],{"id":171,"blankNumber":22,"options":172,"tiles":179},"01a0e1ab-da47-7e97-93e4-66137cbe9c86",[173,176],{"id":174,"optionText":175,"isCorrect":31,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-da47-7e23-93e4-66137c3e1ba5","Instructions await whoever supervises the entrance.",{"id":177,"optionText":178,"isCorrect":27,"displayOrder":22},"01a0e1ab-da47-7e5f-93e4-66137c5b2c6d","whomever",[180,181,182,183,36,184],"Instructions","await","whoever","supervises","entrance.",{"id":186,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":187,"explanation":188,"exampleSentence":189,"blanks":190},"01a0e1ab-da48-706a-b3da-b7dd345db5e9",8,"We precedes depend, which requires on before its complement. The whole free relative follows on; within it, formal whomever is the object before subject the director and final verb appoints. The singular subject requires appoints, not appoint. Whoever is also acceptable as an internal object in less formal usage.","The organisers rely on whomever the chair nominates.",[191],{"id":192,"blankNumber":22,"options":193,"tiles":200},"01a0e1ab-da48-700e-b3da-b7dd33bc049c",[194,197],{"id":195,"optionText":196,"isCorrect":27,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-da47-7f47-93e4-66137daa55d6","appoint.",{"id":198,"optionText":199,"isCorrect":31,"displayOrder":22},"01a0e1ab-da47-7f7f-93e4-66137e1070c8","We depend on whomever the director appoints.",[33,201,202,178,36,203,204],"depend","on","director","appoints.",{"id":206,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":207,"explanation":208,"exampleSentence":209,"blanks":210},"01a0e1ab-da48-7192-b3da-b7dd35052040",9,"What she assumed forms the whole subject: what is the internal object before subject she and verb assumed. The main finite verb remained follows that clause and takes open to question as its complement. Remaining cannot supply the main finite verb.","What the researchers took for granted deserves closer examination.",[211],{"id":212,"blankNumber":22,"options":213,"tiles":220},"01a0e1ab-da48-7142-b3da-b7dd34aeb8f8",[214,217],{"id":215,"optionText":216,"isCorrect":31,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-da48-70ce-b3da-b7dd3493ed60","What she assumed remained open to question.",{"id":218,"optionText":219,"isCorrect":27,"displayOrder":22},"01a0e1ab-da48-7102-b3da-b7dd3499ad5e","remaining",[221,222,223,224,225,56,226],"What","she","assumed","remained","open","question.","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_53cf8596-88eb-4e05-bf3d-b1a33b4250bf_hero.webp?v=1790492531",{"title":229,"slug":230,"language":231,"level":232},"Free Relative Clauses: Reference and Ambiguity","free-relative-clauses-reference-and-ambiguity","en","C2"]