Fill in the blanks.
1. The boy ………………………. sits there is my cousin.
We use who to refer to people.
2. The woman ……………………….. opened the door asked us to leave.
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause, we use who to refer to people.
3. The police arrested the man ………………………… had stolen the bicycle.
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause, we use who to refer to people.
4. We bought some mangoes from …………………………. we extracted the juice.
In relative clauses which is used to refer to inanimate objects.
5. She was a pretty woman ………………………….. everyone seemed to admire.
Here the relative pronoun is the object of the relative clause; hence we use whom.
6. The man ………………………….. car had been stolen called the police.
In relative clauses whose replaces words like her or his.
7. I know a girl ........................................ father is a sailor.
In relative clauses whose replaces words like her or his.
8. The child …………………………… parents are dead lives in foster care.
9. Who is that girl ……………………………… is dancing with Sam?
10. There I met a man ……………………………. seemed to know everything.
11. Uneasy lies the head …………………………………. wears the crown.
12. He is a singer …………………………… enjoys considerable fan-following all over the world.
Answers
1. The boy who sits there is my cousin.
2. The woman who opened the door asked us to leave.
3. The police arrested the man who had stolen the bicycle.
4. We bought some mangoes from which we extracted the juice.
5. She was a pretty woman whom everyone seemed to admire.
6. The man whose car had been stolen called the police.
7. I know a girl whose father is a sailor.
8. The child whose parents are dead lives in foster care.
9. Who is that girl who is dancing with Sam?
10. There I met a man who seemed to know everything.
11. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
12. He is a singer who enjoys considerable fan-following all over the world.
