Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun or adverb.
1............... she said made no sense to me.
Wrong!
Use "What" to mean "the thing that" when there is no noun before the relative clause.
2All ............... I want is something to eat.
Wrong!
Use "that" after "all" in this kind of defining relative clause.
3I can give you ............... you need.
Wrong!
Use "what" to mean "the thing that" when the relative clause has no noun before it.
4She got married again after two months, ............... made her parents angry.
Wrong!
Use "which" to refer back to the whole previous clause.
5He has acted in a movie ............... name I don't remember.
Wrong!
Use "whose" before a noun to show possession in a relative clause.
6He has acted in a movie the name of ............... I can't remember.
Wrong!
Use "which" after "of" to refer to the thing already mentioned.
7He married a highly successful businesswoman ............... you may have heard of.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "whom" and "that" can refer to a person in this defining relative clause.
8He married a rich heiress of ............... you may have heard.
Wrong!
Use "whom" after the preposition "of" when referring to a person.
9Do you know Mary, ............... mother is a writer?
Wrong!
Use "whose" before a noun to show possession by a person.
10I went to see some old neighbors ............... children I used to play with when I was small.
Wrong!
Use "whose" before "children" to show possession in a relative clause.
11Where is the girl ............... sells books?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "who" and "that" can refer to a person in a defining relative clause.
12Where is Janaki, ............... sells tickets?
Wrong!
Use "who" in this non-defining relative clause about a named person.
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 businesswoman whom / that you may have heard of.
- He married a rich heiress of whom you may have heard.
- Do 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?
