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Relative Pronouns And Adverbs Exercise

January 6, 2022 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun or adverb.

1. .......................... she said made no sense to me.

Correct! Wrong!

What means the thing that which.

2. All ............................ I want is something to eat.

Correct! Wrong!

The relative pronoun that can refer to things. It is common after all, any etc.

3. I can give you ............................. you need.

Correct! Wrong!

4. She got married again after two months, ................................. made her parents angry.

Correct! Wrong!

Which can modify an entire clause.

5. He has acted in a movie ............................. name I don't remember.

Correct! 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.

Correct! Wrong!

The name of which means the same as whose name.

7. He married a highly successful business woman ............................... you may have heard of.

Correct! Wrong!

8. He married a rich heiress of ............................... you may have heard.

Correct! Wrong!

9. You know Mary ................................. mother is a writer?

Correct! Wrong!

10. I went to see some old neighbors .............................. children I used to play with when I was small.

Correct! Wrong!

11. Where is the girl ............................... sells books?

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

In identifying relative clauses, that can refer to people in an informal style.

12. Where is Janaki ................................. sells tickets?

Correct! Wrong!

That cannot be used in non-identifying relative clauses.

Answers

  1. What she said made no sense to me.
  2. All that I want is something to eat.
  3. I can give you what you need.
  4. She got married again after two months, which made her parents angry.
  5. He has acted in a movie whose name I don’t remember.
  6. He has acted in a movie the name of which I can’t remember.
  7. He married a highly successful business woman that you may have heard of.
  8. He married a rich heiress of whom you may have heard.
  9. You know Mary whose mother is a writer?
  10. I went to see some old neighbors whose children I used to play with when I was small.
  11. Where is the girl who/that sells books?
  12. Where is Janaki who sells tickets?
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