Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun or adverb.
1. .......................... she said made no sense to me.
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Wrong!
What means the thing that which.
2. All ............................ I want is something to eat.
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Wrong!
The relative pronoun that can refer to things. It is common after all, any etc.
3. I can give you ............................. you need.
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Wrong!
4. She got married again after two months, ................................. made her parents angry.
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Wrong!
Which can modify an entire clause.
5. He has acted in a movie ............................. name I don't remember.
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Wrong!
Whose replaces pronouns like his, her, its. He has acted in a movie. I don't remember its name. He has acted in a movie whose name I don't remember.
6. He has acted in a movie the name of ............................ I can't remember.
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Wrong!
The name of which means the same as whose name.
7. He married a highly successful business woman ............................... you may have heard of.
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Wrong!
8. He married a rich heiress of ............................... you may have heard.
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9. You know Mary ................................. mother is a writer?
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10. I went to see some old neighbors .............................. children I used to play with when I was small.
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11. Where is the girl ............................... sells books?
Please select 2 correct answers
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In identifying relative clauses, that can refer to people in an informal style.
12. Where is Janaki ................................. sells tickets?
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Wrong!
That cannot be used in non-identifying relative clauses.
Answers
- What she said made no sense to me.
- All that I want is something to eat.
- I can give you what you need.
- She got married again after two months, which made her parents angry.
- He has acted in a movie whose name I don’t remember.
- He has acted in a movie the name of which I can’t remember.
- He married a highly successful business woman that you may have heard of.
- He married a rich heiress of whom you may have heard.
- You know Mary whose mother is a writer?
- I went to see some old neighbors whose children I used to play with when I was small.
- Where is the girl who/that sells books?
- Where is Janaki who sells tickets?
