Complete the following sentences using appropriate relative pronouns.
1The sun ............... rays sustain life on earth is regarded as a god.
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show that the rays belong to the sun.
2The moment ............... is lost is lost forever.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Which" and "that" can both refer to "the moment" in this defining relative clause.
3They sent for the doctor ............... came at once.
Wrong!
Use "who" because it refers to the doctor as the subject of "came".
4This is the boy ............... I told you of.
Wrong!
Use "that" because it refers to "the boy" as the object of the relative clause.
5I know the house ............... he lives in.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"That" and "which" can both refer to "the house" before "he lives in".
6He ............... is not with me is against me.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Who" and "that" can both refer to a person in this general statement.
7He was the most prolific writer ............... I ever read.
Wrong!
Use "that" after the superlative phrase "the most prolific" in this defining relative clause.
8I have lost the envelope ............... you gave me.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"That" and "which" can both refer to "the envelope" in this defining relative clause.
9Even the wisest men ............... ever lived made mistakes.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"That" and "who" can both refer to people after the superlative expression "the wisest".
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- The sun whose rays sustain life on earth is regarded as a god.
- The moment which / that is lost is lost forever.
- They sent for the doctor who came at once.
- This is the boy that I told you of.
- I know the house that / which he lives in.
- He who / that is not with me is against me.
- He was the most prolific writer that I ever read.
- I have lost the envelope that / which you gave me.
- Even the wisest men that / who ever lived made mistakes.