Complete the following sentences using appropriate relative pronouns.
1I talked to the man ............... bag was stolen.
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show possession before the noun "bag".
2I don't know ............... he wants.
Wrong!
Use "what" to mean "the thing that" in this noun clause.
3It is an ill wind ............... blows nobody good.
Wrong!
Use "that" in the proverb "an ill wind that blows nobody good".
4God helps those ............... help themselves.
Wrong!
Use "who" for people when the pronoun is the subject of the relative clause.
5Please try to understand ............... I mean.
Wrong!
Use "what" to mean "the thing that" after "understand".
6The flowers ............... grow on the mountains are very beautiful.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "which" and "that" can refer to things in this defining relative clause.
7This is the only chapter in the book ............... is worth reading.
Wrong!
Use "that" after "the only" in a defining relative clause.
8All ............... you say is certainly true.
Wrong!
Use "that" after "all" in this relative clause.
9He ............... dies for a noble cause lives forever.
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person when the pronoun is the subject of the relative clause.
10I hope the little ............... I have done has been useful.
Wrong!
Use "that" after "the little" in this relative clause.
Done.
Score: 0/10
Answers
- I talked to the man whose bag was stolen.
- I don’t know what he wants.
- It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
- God helps those who help themselves.
- Please try to understand what I mean.
- The flowers which / that grow on the mountains are very beautiful.
- This is the only chapter in the book that is worth reading.
- All that you say is certainly true.
- He who dies for a noble cause lives forever.
- I hope the little that I have done has been useful.
Notes
- After quantifiers like all, every, everything, some, something, any, anything, no, nothing, none, little, few, much and only, we use that. Which is not normally used in this case.
- That is also common after superlatives.
