Test your understanding of relative pronouns and relative adverbs with this grammar exercise. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate option.
1This is the house ............... I was born.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "where" or "in which" to mean "in that house."
2This is the town ............... I spent my childhood.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "where" or "in which" to mean "in that town."
3The town ............... we visited last summer was beautiful.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "which" or "that" because the relative pronoun is the object of "visited."
4Do you know a shop ............... I can find sports shoes?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "where" or "at which" to mean "at that shop."
5She got married again a few months later, ............... surprised everybody.
Wrong!
Use "which" to refer back to the whole previous clause.
6I was impressed by the way ............... she did it.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "in which" or "that" after "the way" to describe how something was done.
7We have got everything ............... you ordered.
Wrong!
Use "that" after "everything"; "what" already means "the thing that."
8This is the school ............... I studied.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "where" or "in which" to mean "at that school."
9She may be late, ............... case we ought to wait for her.
Wrong!
Use "in which" in the fixed phrase "in which case."
10We moved to the country so that the kids would have a garden ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "in which to play" or "to play in" after "a garden."
11This is the room ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "in which I was born" or "that I was born in" after "the room."
12The idea ............... she put forward was interesting.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "which" or "that" because the relative pronoun is the object of "put forward."
Answers
- This is the house where / in which I was born.
- This is the town where / in which I spent my childhood.
- The town which / that we visited last summer was beautiful.
- Do you know a shop where / at which I can find sports shoes?
- She got married again a few months later, which surprised everybody.
- I was impressed by the way in which / that she did it.
- We have got everything that you ordered.
- This is the school where / in which I studied.
- She may be late, in which case we ought to wait for her.
- We moved to the country so that the kids would have a garden in which to play / to play in.
- This is the room in which I was born / that I was born in.
- The idea which / that she put forward was interesting.