Answers to the Grammar

 EXERCISE 10, p. 275.
2. I apologized to the woman whose coffee I spilled.
3. The man whose wallet was stolen called the police.
4. I met the woman whose husband is the president of the corporation.
5. The professor whose course I am taking is excellent.
6. Mr. North teaches a class for students whose native language is not English.
7. The people whose house we visited were nice.
8. I live in a dormitory whose residents come from many countries.
9. I have to call the man whose umbrella I accidentally picked up after the meeting.
10. The man whose beard caught on fire when he lit a cigarette poured a glass of water on his face. [Note: when he lit a cigarette is an adverb clause connected to an adjective clause.]

EXERCISE 11, p. 275. Using WHOSE in adjective clauses. (Chart 13-6) For a review of a/an vs. the, see Chart 7-8 (a) and (b). An adjective clause identifies the noun it modifies, i.e., makes it specific for the listener/reader. Therefore, many nouns modified by an adjective clause will use the.

ANSWERS:
1. Maria is a student. I found her book. Maria is the student whose book I found.
2. Omar is a student. I borrowed his dictionary. Omar is the student whose dictionary I borrowed.
3. I used a woman’s phone. I thanked her. I thanked the woman whose phone I used.
4. I broke a child’s toy. He started to cry. The child whose toy I broke started to cry.
5. I stayed at a family’s house. They were very kind. The family at whose house I stayed were very kind. OR The family whose house I stayed at were very kind.
6. A woman’s purse was stolen. She called the police. The woman whose purse was stolen called the police.
7. (Placido Domingo) is a singer. I like his music best. (Placido Domingo) is the singer whose music I like best.
8. Everyone tried to help a family. Their house had burned down. Everyone tried to help the family whose house had burned down.

EXERCISE 12, p. 276. Using WHOSE in adjective clauses. (Chart 13-6) There in these sentences is spoken with emphasis, as if one were pointing at someone. This is very different from the expletive There + be (Chart 6-4), which is rarely followed by the.

ANSWERS:
3. There is the boy whose father is a doctor.
4. There is the girl whose mother is a dentist.
5. There is the person whose picture was in the newspaper.
6. There is the woman whose car was stolen.
7. There is the man whose daughter won a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
8. There is the woman whose keys I found.
9. There is the teacher whose class I’m in.
10. There is the man whose wife we met.
11. There is the author whose book I read.
12. There is the student whose lecture notes I borrowed.

EXERCISE 13, p. 276.
 ANSWERS: 3. The students whose names were called raised their hands.
4. Jack knows a man whose name isWilliam Blueheart Duckbill, Jr.
5. The police came to question the woman whose purse was stolen outside the supermarket.
6. The day care center was established to take care of children whose parents work during the day. [day care center = a place where very young children are cared for while their parents are at work]
7. We couldn’t find the person whose car was blocking the driveway.
8. The professor told the three students whose reports were turned in late that he would accept the papers this time but never again.