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Relative pronouns Exercise

August 9, 2015 - B1pdf

Complete the following sentences using appropriate relative pronouns.

Progress 0 of 9 answered
1Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: "A man who/that is dead needs no wealth or fame"?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "who" or "that" for a person who is the subject of a defining relative clause.
2Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: "I have been to the estate which/that belongs to Kabir"?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "which" or "that" for a thing that is the subject of a defining relative clause.
3Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: "He was the most successful writer who/that lived at that time"?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "who" or "that" for a person who is the subject of the defining relative clause.
4Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: "The smell which/that comes from that room is very bad"?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "which" or "that" for a thing that is the subject of a defining relative clause.
5Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: "This is the necklace which/that belongs to my grandmother"?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "which" or "that" for a thing that is the subject of a defining relative clause.
6Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: "I saw a man who/that was blind"?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "who" or "that" for a person who is the subject of a defining relative clause.
7Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: "She married an engineer who/whom she met on a bus"?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "who" or "whom" for a person who is the object of the verb in a defining relative clause.
8Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: "These are the keys that/which you were looking for"?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" for things that are the object of a defining relative clause.
9Which relative pronoun best completes this sentence: "The most important thing that Wycliffe and his friends accomplished was that they got the Bible translated into English"?
Wrong!
Use "that" after "the most important thing" in this defining relative clause.
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Answers

  1. Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: “A man who/that is dead needs no wealth or fame”? — who / that
  2. Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: “I have been to the estate which/that belongs to Kabir”? — which / that
  3. Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: “He was the most successful writer who/that lived at that time”? — who / that
  4. Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: “The smell which/that comes from that room is very bad”? — which / that
  5. Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: “This is the necklace which/that belongs to my grandmother”? — which / that
  6. Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: “I saw a man who/that was blind”? — who / that
  7. Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: “She married an engineer who/whom she met on a bus”? — who / whom
  8. Which relative pronoun can complete this sentence: “These are the keys that/which you were looking for”? — that / which
  9. Which relative pronoun best completes this sentence: “The most important thing that Wycliffe and his friends accomplished was that they got the Bible translated into English”? — that
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