Mixed Sentence Combining Practice

This exercise brings together all sentence-combining skills. You will join two separate sentences into one using the correct relative pronoun: who for people, which for things, whose for possession, where for places, and when for times. The key decision is identifying what the two sentences have in common — a shared person, thing, place, time, or possessive link — and then choosing the pronoun that fits.

Follow a clear strategy: first, read both sentences and find the repeated element. Second, decide if it refers to a person, thing, place, time, or ownership. Third, replace the repeated word with the correct pronoun and join the sentences, making sure the relative clause goes directly after the noun it describes. Common mistakes include choosing the wrong pronoun ("the house who" instead of "the house which"), keeping the repeated word ("the friend who she"), and placing the clause too far from the noun. This type of sentence-transformation task is a core part of Cambridge B1 and B2 writing and use-of-English exams.