Combining Sentences: Possession and Place

This exercise focuses on combining sentences using whose, where, and when — three relative pronouns that many learners find more challenging than "who" or "which." Use whose to replace possessive words like "his," "her," or "their": "I met a woman. Her daughter is a famous actress" becomes "I met a woman whose daughter is a famous actress." Use where to replace place references: "This is the city. I was born here" becomes "This is the city where I was born."

For time references, use when: "I remember the day. We first met then" becomes "I remember the day when we first met." A key point: with where and when, you must remove the place or time word from the second sentence — "the city where I was born here" is wrong because "where" already means "here." Similarly, with whose, remove the possessive: "a woman whose her daughter" is wrong. These three pronouns are frequently tested in Cambridge B1 and B2 sentence-transformation exercises, so careful practice now will help you in exams.