Test your understanding ofrelative pronouns with this grammar exercise.
1He was loved and respected by the people ...............
Wrong!
Prepositions can come either before relative pronouns or at the end of relative clauses.
2This is the house ............... I was born.
Wrong!
In relative clauses 'where' can be used instead of 'in which'.
3In that year she met James, ............... she was later to marry.
Wrong!
Whom is the correct option here, but who is also possible in an informal style.
4Is this all ............... is left?
Wrong!
After quantifiers like all, every, some and any, we prefer 'that' to 'which'.
5It is the best film ............... has ever been made about dementia.
Wrong!
After superlatives, we prefer 'that' to 'which'.
6All ............... you say is true.
Wrong!
What cannot be used instead of that.
7I saw a girl ............... beauty took my breath away.
Wrong!
Whose is a relative possessive word used before nouns in the same way as his, her, its or their.
8He has launched a business ............... I have forgotten.
Wrong!
Instead of whose, we can use of which
9............... she said made me angry.
Wrong!
What means the things which.
10The only thing ............... keeps me awake is coffee.
Wrong!
'What' can only be used to mean ‘the things which’.
11We have ............... we need.
Wrong!
That which is possible here but it is unusual in modern English.
12He got married again a few months later, ............... .. surprised everybody.
Wrong!
Which can refer to the whole of a relative clause.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- He was loved and respected by the people Either could be used here
- This is the house Either could be used here I was born.
- In that year she met James, Either could be used here she was later to marry.
- Is this all that is left?
- It is the best film that has ever been made about dementia.
- All that you say is true.
- I saw a girl whose beauty took my breath away.
- He has launched a business Either could be used here I have forgotten.
- What she said made me angry.
- The only thing that keeps me awake is coffee.
- We have what we need.
- He got married again a few months later, which .. surprised everybody.
