French Conversation and Composition · Chapter 113Grammar Review.--Lesson XVI
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Relative Pronouns.
Examples
A. 1. That man who is stopping before the picture, and whose attitude shows contempt, is a celebrated painter. 2. There is the picture that I like most.[1] 3. A horse that had no bit wouldn't have his[2] mouth covered with foam. 4. The coachman whose horse you saw didn't like the picture. 5. The man for whom he made the picture was in the crowd. 6. Here is a salon in which you can admire the pictures about which we were talking. 7. The bourgeois has eaten all[3] he has. 8. I haven't anything[4] to write with.[4] 9. She has enough[4] to live on.[5] 10. The uncle saw which[6] way the wind blew.[7] 11. The wife of the inventor, who (i.e. the wife) wrote me a letter, wishes to see me. 12. The machine that we made use of was invented by Edison. 13. There is the man with whose uncle I was walking. 14. He[8] is a man whose opinion I respect. 15. That person whose aspect[9] is so severe is the grenadier to whom the king spoke. 16. What made me mad, was[10] that they invited me to a dinner at which I found several of my relatives. 17. He fell dead at the moment when I freed my arms. 18. This painter whose uncle I am is a famous man. 19. There is nothing to be astonished about.[4] 20. The city from which he comes is Lyons.
[Footnotes 1: le mieux. 2: la. 3: supply "that which." 4: de quoi. 5: omit. 6-7: de quoi il retournait. 8: Ce. 9: l'aspect. 10: c'est.]
B. Word Study. Find opposites of the following words in the anecdotes included in this lesson: mauvais, recevoir, petit, sécurité, mal, avant, court, fermer, laid, admiration, pauvre, mourir, près, âgé, beaucoup, ignorer, demander, défendre de, commencement, tranquille, lent, hardi, vieux.
Use these words and their opposites in original sentences.