Point out the continuative clauses. Translate into Russian. Analyse the antecedent and the conjunction.

1. And he went off quietly after he had drunk it and got into another carriage, which I thought mean. 2. George said that if anything was broken it was broken, which reflection seemed to comfort him. 3. I can’t say I altogether blame the man (which is doubtless a great relief to his mind). 4. They were shivering, which was unsurprising, given that their robes seemed to be made of fine silk. 5. Hermione suggested going to the library, which was quite predictable. 6. Whenever they decided to go to Hagrid, which happened rather often, they needed to wear an Invisibility Cloak. 7. Denny expressed his belief that W. never intended to go there, which was repeated to Colonel F. 8. Catherine and Lydia had been fortunate enough to be never without partners, which was all that they had yet learnt to care for at a ball. 9. I find myself very unwell this morning, which, I suppose, is to be imputed to my getting wet through yesterday. 10. The men could pick up girls along that road if they promised to take them where they wanted to go, buxom, young, homely, grinning girls with missing teeth whom they could drive off the road and lied down in the wild grass with, and Yossarian did whenever he could, which was not really as often as Hungry Joe. 11. Having him lying around all day annoyed Yossarian so much that he had gone to the orderly room several times to complain to Sergeant Towser, who refused to admit that the dead man even existed, which, of course he no longer did. 12. Even Clevinger, who should have known better, but didn’t, had told him he was crazy the last time they had seen each other, which was just before Yossarian had fled into the hospital.

 

Complete the sentences with a suitable attributive clause.

1. She didn’t utter a single word, which …………………

2. The words, which …………………………, seemed to be vaguely familiar.

3. The words which …………………. seemed to heal my pain.

4. The lark …………………………… lives under the eave of my house.

5. The lark was eating crumbs from my daughter’s palm, which ………………

6. I don’t mind larks, which ………………………

7. My mother-in-law distrusts plumbers who ………………………

8. To fix the taps and repair the pipes we hired a plumber, which …………………….

9. I can recommend you the plumber who ………………………….

10. I am phoning about a carpenter whose ……………………….

11. The carpenter with whom …………………………. is now down with flu.

 

Define the type of attributive clauses (appositive, limiting, non-limiting, continuative). Translate into Russian.

1. It’s odd, because he usually gives us a reason why we’re not allowed to go somewhere – the forest’s full of dangerous beasts, everyone knows that. 2. And slowly, Harry looked into the faces of the other people in the mirror and saw other pairs of green eyes like his, other noses like his, even a little old man who looked as though he had Harry’s knobbly knees – Harry was looking at his family, for the first time in his life. 3. Harry nodded, but he couldn’t shake off a lurking feeling that there was something he’d forgotten to do, something important. 4. Harry put the plates of egg and bacon on the table, which was difficult as there wasn’t much room. 5. He slipped into a seat between Ron and Hermione at the Gryffindor table and tried to ignore the fact that people were standing up to look at him. 6. Her eyes lingered for a moment on Neville’s cloak, which was fastened under his left ear, and on Ron’s smudged nose. 7. It was lit by thousands and thousands of candles which were floating in mid-air over four long tables, where the rest of the students were sitting. 8. No one was talking much except Hermione Granger, who was whispering very fast about all the spells she’d learnt and wondering which one she’d need. 9. On the last day of August he thought he’d better speak to his aunt and uncle about getting to King’s Cross station next day, so he went down to the living-room, where they were watching a quiz show on television. 10. Snape was sweeping about in his usual bad temper, which surely meant that the Stone was still safe. 11. Uncle Vernon had to wrestle Dudley to the ground to get the letter from him, which was made difficult by the fact that Harry had grabbed Uncle Vernon around the neck from behind.