Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns.
1This is Samuel ............... works with me.
Wrong!
Use "who" as the subject of the relative clause about Samuel.
2This is Samuel with ............... I am working at the moment.
Wrong!
Use "whom" as the object after the preposition "with" in formal English.
3John and ............... are going skiing this weekend.
Wrong!
Use "I" because the pronoun is part of the subject of the sentence.
4Between you and ..............., I think there is trouble in their relationship.
Wrong!
Use "me" after the preposition "between" in this expression.
5With ............... did you go?
Wrong!
Use "whom" as the object after the preposition "with" in formal English.
6There is the guy ............... we met at the club yesterday.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "who" or "that" for a person in this defining relative clause.
7This is James, ............... we met at the club yesterday.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "who" or "whom" as the object in this non-defining relative clause about James.
8I have a number of English friends, and most of ............... live in London.
Wrong!
Use "them" because it is the pronoun in the second independent clause after "and".
9She has a number of American relatives, most of ............... live in Chicago.
Wrong!
Use "whom" after "of" in this non-defining relative clause.
10This is the doctor ............... lives next door.
Wrong!
Use "who" as the subject of the relative clause about the doctor.
11............... leaves last should put the lights out.
Wrong!
Use "Whoever" to mean "the person who" as the subject of the sentence.
12It is I ............... need your help.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "who" or "that" to introduce the relative clause referring back to "I".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- This is Samuel who works with me.
- This is Samuel with whom I am working at the moment.
- John and I are going skiing this weekend.
- Between you and me, I think there is trouble in their relationship.
- With whom did you go?
- There is the guy who / that we met at the club yesterday.
- This is James, who / whom we met at the club yesterday.
- I have a number of English friends, and most of them live in London.
- She has a number of American relatives, most of whom live in Chicago.
- This is the doctor who lives next door.
- Whoever leaves last should put the lights out.
- It is I who / that need your help.
