Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.
1Have you got a novel ............... is really interesting to read?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"That" and "which" can both refer to a thing in a defining relative clause.
2She has acted in a movie ............... name I have forgotten.
Wrong!
"Whose" shows possession before a noun such as "name".
3He is married to a writer ............... you may have heard.
Wrong!
"Of whom" is used because the preposition "of" belongs with "heard" in formal English.
4It was a meeting ............... purpose I did not understand.
Wrong!
"Whose" shows possession before a noun such as "purpose".
5We became friendly with some students ............... we met on the train.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
"That", "whom", and "who" can refer to people as the object of "met" in a defining relative clause.
6Alice married her boyfriend, ............... made her parents very unhappy.
Wrong!
"Which" can refer to the whole previous clause in a non-defining relative clause.
7Mary, ............... teaches my daughter English, has moved to another city.
Wrong!
"Who" is used for a person in this non-defining relative clause.
8I know a shop ............... they sell imported perfumes.
Wrong!
"Where" introduces a relative clause referring to a place.
9It is the best film ............... has ever been made about the French Revolution.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"That" is the usual choice after a superlative such as "the best", but "which" is also grammatically correct.
10I have got something ............... belongs to you.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"That" is commonly used after an indefinite pronoun such as "something", but "which" is also grammatically correct.
11I have got ............... I need.
Wrong!
"What" means "the thing that" in this sentence.
12He was respected by the people with ............... he worked.
Wrong!
"Whom" is the object of the preposition "with".
Answers
- Have you got a novel that / which is really interesting to read?
- She has acted in a movie whose name I have forgotten.
- He is married to a writer of whom you may have heard.
- It was a meeting whose purpose I did not understand.
- We became friendly with some students that / whom / who we met on the train.
- Alice married her boyfriend, which made her parents very unhappy.
- Mary, who teaches my daughter English, has moved to another city.
- I know a shop where they sell imported perfumes.
- It is the best film that / which has ever been made about the French Revolution.
- I have got something that / which belongs to you.
- I have got what I need.
- He was respected by the people with whom he worked.