Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1Please confirm the address ............... the documents should be sent before Friday.
Wrong!
Use "to which" because in a formal relative clause the preposition can come before which.
2The consultant ............... I spoke with recommended a simpler database design.
Wrong!
Use "whom" because the relative clause refers to a person, and whom can be the object of the preposition with.
3The auditors questioned the report from ............... the figures were taken.
Wrong!
Use "which" because after a fronted preposition such as from, a thing takes which, not where.
4The village ............... has changed beyond recognition since the 1980s.
Wrong!
Use "in which I grew up": when the preposition is placed before which, it must not be repeated at the end of the clause.
5The committee may withdraw the funding ............... the project depends.
Wrong!
Use "on which" because depend is followed by the preposition on.
6She thanked the colleagues with ............... she had collaborated during the trial.
Wrong!
Use "whom" after with because the relative clause refers to people.
7The graph shows the exact point ............... the signal becomes unstable.
Wrong!
Use "at which" because formal relative clauses place the preposition before which.
8The minutes do not name the policy ............... the board argued for nearly an hour.
Wrong!
Use "about which" because argue, meaning disagree or debate a topic, is normally followed by about.
9In the final report, we listed the research areas ............... for future investment.
Wrong!
Use "in which we are interested" in a formal report because it places the preposition before which.
10The university contacted the students for ............... the grant was intended.
Wrong!
Use "whom" because the grant recipients are people, so the object of for is whom.
11I could not find the clause ............... the lawyer referred in her email.
Wrong!
Use "to which" because refer is followed by to when it means mention or direct attention to something.
12The room ............... the interviews were held had no windows.
Wrong!
Use "in which" because the antecedent is a room, a place, not a time.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Please confirm the address to which the documents should be sent before Friday.
- The consultant whom I spoke with recommended a simpler database design.
- The auditors questioned the report from which the figures were taken.
- The village in which I grew up has changed beyond recognition since the 1980s.
- The committee may withdraw the funding on which the project depends.
- She thanked the colleagues with whom she had collaborated during the trial.
- The graph shows the exact point at which the signal becomes unstable.
- The minutes do not name the policy about which the board argued for nearly an hour.
- In the final report, we listed the research areas in which we are interested for future investment.
- The university contacted the students for whom the grant was intended.
- I could not find the clause to which the lawyer referred in her email.
- The room in which the interviews were held had no windows.