Complete the following sentences using appropriate relative pronouns.
1Have you got anything ............... belongs to me?
Wrong!
We usually use "that" after indefinite words such as "anything" in defining relative clauses.
2This is Mr. Mathews, ............... is joining us next week.
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person as the subject of a non-defining relative clause.
3Ruth, ............... does my hair, has moved to another hairdresser's.
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person as the subject of a non-defining relative clause.
4I hope the little ............... I have done has been useful.
Wrong!
Use "that" after "the little" when it means the small amount.
5He got married a year later, ............... surprised everybody.
Wrong!
Use "which" to refer back to a whole previous clause.
6What is the name of the woman ............... just came in?
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person as the subject of a defining relative clause.
7The idea ............... she put forward was interesting.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "which" and "that" can refer to a thing in a defining relative clause.
Answers
- Have you got anything that belongs to me?
- This is Mr. Mathews, who is joining us next week.
- Ruth, who does my hair, has moved to another hairdresser’s.
- I hope the little that I have done has been useful.
- He got married a year later, which surprised everybody.
- What is the name of the woman who just came in?
- The idea which / that she put forward was interesting.
