Test your understanding ofrelative pronouns with this grammar exercise.
1He was loved and respected by the people ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"That he worked with" and "with whom he worked" are both correct ways to make a relative clause about people.
2This is the house ............... I was born.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Where" and "in which" are both correct for referring to the place of birth.
3In that year she met James, ............... she was later to marry.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Whom" and "who" can both refer to James as the object of "marry" in this relative clause.
4Is this all ............... is left?
Wrong!
"That" is preferred after "all" in this kind of relative clause.
5It is the best film ............... has ever been made about dementia.
Wrong!
"That" is preferred after a superlative such as "the best."
6All ............... you say is true.
Wrong!
"That" is correct after "all" when it means the things that are true.
7I saw a girl ............... beauty took my breath away.
Wrong!
"Whose" is the possessive relative pronoun used before the noun "beauty."
8He has launched a business ............... I have forgotten.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Whose name" and "the name of which" are both correct ways to show possession for the business.
9............... she said made me angry.
Wrong!
"What" means the thing or things that she said.
10The only thing ............... keeps me awake is coffee.
Wrong!
"That" is correct because it refers back to "the only thing."
11We have ............... we need.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"What" and "that which" can both mean the thing or things that we need.
12He got married again a few months later, ............... surprised everybody.
Wrong!
"Which" can refer to the whole previous clause after a comma.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- He was loved and respected by the people that he worked with / with whom he worked
- This is the house where / in which I was born.
- In that year she met James, whom / who 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 whose name / the name of which I have forgotten.
- What she said made me angry.
- The only thing that keeps me awake is coffee.
- We have what / that which we need.
- He got married again a few months later, which surprised everybody.
