1The people ............... walked in just now seem to be rich.
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Use "who" for people when the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause.
2The girl ............... answered the phone seemed rather clueless.
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Use "who" for a person when the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause.
3Where is the person ............... called the police?
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Use "who" for a person when the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause.
4I have lost the paper on ............... I had written her address.
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Use "which" after a preposition to refer to a thing in a relative clause.
5She is the woman ............... I have always wanted to marry.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "who" and "whom" can refer to the woman as the object of the verb "marry" in this sentence.
6The woman ............... child had gone missing was frantic.
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Use "whose" to show that the child belongs to the woman.
7I know a girl ............... father is an artist.
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Use "whose" to show that the father belongs to the girl.
8The man ............... bag was stolen complained to the police.
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Use "whose" to show that the bag belongs to the man.
9Who is that girl ............... is sitting beside James?
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Use "who" for a person when the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause.
10I talked to a man ............... had just returned from an overseas trip.
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Use "who" for a person when the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause.
11He ............... has nothing to lose has no worries.
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Use "who" for a person when the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause.
12The woman ............... you can see over there is my cousin.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "who" and "whom" can refer to the woman as the object of the verb "see" in this sentence.
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- The people who walked in just now seem to be rich.
- The girl who answered the phone seemed rather clueless.
- Where is the person who called the police?
- I have lost the paper on which I had written her address.
- She is the woman who / whom I have always wanted to marry.
- The woman whose child had gone missing was frantic.
- I know a girl whose father is an artist.
- The man whose bag was stolen complained to the police.
- Who is that girl who is sitting beside James?
- I talked to a man who had just returned from an overseas trip.
- He who has nothing to lose has no worries.
- The woman who / whom you can see over there is my cousin.