Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.
1. Get me the file ………………………… is on the table.
Either which or that can be used in identifying relative clauses to refer to things.
2. The house ………………………. she lived was very small.
Where can mean in which.
3. The boy …………………………. fell into the well was rescued.
We use who to refer to people when the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause.
4. The girl ………………………….. we met at the library is an aspiring writer.
We use whom when the relative pronoun is the object of the relative clause.
5. Ravi, ……………………….. is my nephew, is a brilliant student.
That cannot be used in non-identifying relative clauses.
6. This is the dog ………………………… I was talking about.
Please select 2 correct answers
Either that or which can refer to animals in identifying relative clauses.
7. The exhibition ………………………….. was held in the town hall attracted tens of thousands of people.
8. Where are the books ………………………. I left on the table?
Either that or which can refer to things in identifying relative clauses.
9. The man ………………………… car was stolen went to the police.
10. I know a girl …………………………. brother serves in the army.
11. The rope ………………………… was old snapped.
Answers
1. Get me the file which / that is on the table.
2. The house where she lived was very small.
3. The boy who fell into the well was rescued.
4. The girl whom we met at the library is an aspiring writer.
5. Ravi, who is my nephew, is a brilliant student.
6. This is the dog that / which I was talking about.
7. The exhibition which was held in the town hall attracted tens of thousands of people.
8. Where are the books that I left on the table?
9. The man whose car was stolen went to the police.
10. I know a girl whose brother serves in the army.
11. The rope which was old snapped.
