A relative pronoun is used to repeat the meaning of a previous noun; at the same time it connects a relative clause to the rest of the sentence. So it acts as a conjunction and a pronoun at the same time. Test your knowledge of relative pronouns with this grammar test.
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1. I know a man who has just been to Australia.
2. Show me the road that / which leads to the railway station.
3. Here is the doctor who / that cured me of typhoid.
4. He who does his best should be rewarded.
5. Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, was a great general.
6. He is a rascal whom no one trusts.
7. The boy whom/ that you saw yesterday is my nephew.
8. The man who / that stole the money has been arrested.
9. This is the house which/that was built in two weeks.
10. The news that I heard astonished me.
