Fill in the blanks with suitable relative pronouns.
1Do you know ............... has happened?
Wrong!
Use "what" to mean "the thing that" in this indirect question.
2He always preaches ............... he never practices.
Wrong!
Use "what" to mean "the thing that" as the object of "preaches" and "practices".
3Where is the book ............... I lent you?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "that" and "which" can refer to a thing in this defining relative clause.
4He has no sword with ............... to fight.
Wrong!
Use "which" after the preposition "with" to refer to a thing.
5Where is the man ............... purse was lost?
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show that the purse belonged to the man.
6I met a man ............... had just returned from America.
Wrong!
Use "who" as the subject of the relative clause about a person.
7Only he ............... wears the shoe knows where it pinches.
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person as the subject of "wears" in this formal saying.
8This is the house ............... my grandfather built.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "that" and "which" can refer to a thing in this defining relative clause.
9The spectators applauded the batsman ............... performance was spectacular.
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show that the performance belonged to the batsman.
10............... the gods love die young.
Wrong!
Use "Whom" as the object of "love" in this formal expression.
Answers
- Do you know what has happened?
- He always preaches what he never practices.
- Where is the book that / which I lent you?
- He has no sword with which to fight.
- Where is the man whose purse was lost?
- I met a man who had just returned from America.
- Only he who wears the shoe knows where it pinches.
- This is the house that / which my grandfather built.
- The spectators applauded the batsman whose performance was spectacular.
- Whom the gods love die young.
