Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun or relative adverb.
1. I helped the man ........................... had lost his way.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. I helped the people ......................... car had broken down.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. I have never talked to the people ............................. live next door.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. I now teach two boys ......................... mother I went to school with.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. My grandmother is a person ............................ I admire a lot.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. I get on well with the people ......................... I work with.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. She doesn't like the people with ......................... she works.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. The reason ............................ I am calling is to ask your help.
Correct!
Wrong!
Why is considered more appropriate here.
9. The last time ......................... I saw her, she looked quite ill.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. The restaurant ......................... we had dinner was expensive.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. I spoke to the woman ............................ runs the restaurant.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. This is the park......................... we meet.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
1. I helped the man who had lost his way.
2. I helped the people whose car had broken down.
3. I have never talked to the people who live next door.
4. I now teach two boys whose mother I went to school with.
5. My grandmother is a person whom / who / that I admire a lot.
6. I get on well with the people that / who I wok with.
7. She doesn’t like the people with whom she works.
8. The reason that I am calling is to ask your help.
9. The last time that I saw her, she looked quite ill.
10. The restaurant where we had dinner was expensive.
11. I spoke to the woman who runs the restaurant.
12. This is the park where we meet.
