Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.
1The know the man ............... filed the complaint.
Wrong!
Use who to refer to people.
2This is the boy ............... I was talking about.
Wrong!
In identifying relative clauses that can be used instead of whom.
3I know a woman ............... sells spices in the market.
Wrong!
Use who to refer to people.
4It was a question ............... no one could answer.
Wrong!
In identifying relative clauses, either which or that can refer to things, ideas etc.
5The plants ............... I bought from the nursery last week have died.
Wrong!
6The woman ............... knee was broken required surgery.
Wrong!
The woman required surgery. Her knee was broken. We use whose in the place of possessive adjectives like his, her, their etc. The woman whose knee was broken required surgery.
7The child ............... parents had died now lives in an orphanage.
Wrong!
8The flowers ............... were used to decorate the stage were not real.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Either that or which is possible here.
9The parrot ............... I have been keeping for a while can speak a few words.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
10The boys ............... have been selected for the team are practicing in the stadium.
Wrong!
11This is the house ............... I bought from my uncle.
Wrong!
12The man released the birds ............... were kept in a cage.
Wrong!
Either which or that can refer to things, animals etc in identifying relative clauses.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- The know the man who filed the complaint.
- This is the boy that I was talking about.
- I know a woman who sells spices in the market.
- It was a question Either could be used here no one could answer.
- The plants Either could be used here I bought from the nursery last week have died.
- The woman whose knee was broken required surgery.
- The child whose parents had died now lives in an orphanage.
- The flowers that/which were used to decorate the stage were not real.
- The parrot that/which I have been keeping for a while can speak a few words.
- The boys who have been selected for the team are practicing in the stadium.
- This is the house Either could be used here I bought from my uncle.
- The man released the birds Either could be used here were kept in a cage.
