Relative clauses - B2 - Context Listening

 
1)
 You are going to hear a man showing some visitors round the castle where he lives. He's talking about some paintings. Before you listen, look at each painting and answer these questions.
 
  
  1. Can you guess when the people lived?
  2. Do you think they were members of the same family?
Listen and check if you were right. As you listen, match the corect names with the paintings.
 
Andrew | Edmund | George | Henry | Jane | Jasper | Margaret | William
 
A B  C and D and  with their children.

2) Listen again and complete the answers to these questions. Stop the recording when you need to.

 

  • 1. What do we learn about the ship in the picture of Edmund?
  • It's the one which he commanded during a famous naval battle.
  • 2. Which is the picture of Henry and William?
  • It's the picture .
  • 3. How do we know who William is?
  • He's the one .
  • 4. Which side did Henry support in the Civil War?
  • It was the side .
  • 5. In which year was the picture of Jane and her children painted?
  • It was the year .

 

Look at the first word in each of the answers above. They are all words which can introduce relative clauses. What does each word refer to?