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Relative Pronouns Exercise

December 24, 2021 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.

Progress 0 of 12 answered
1. Do you know the man ……………………….. called this morning?
Wrong!
Use who to refer to people. The relative pronoun who acts as the subject of the relative clause.
2. I know a child ………………………. can do complex math in her head.
Wrong!
Use who to refer to people. The relative pronoun who acts as the subject of the relative clause.
3. Maria ………………………… parents are rich considers herself above us.
Wrong!
The relative pronoun whose replaces pronouns like his, her or their. Maria considers herself above us. Her parents are rich. Maria whose parents are rich considers herself above us.
4. It was a puzzle …………………………. no one could solve.
Wrong!
5. The man ……………………….. legs were amputated can never walk again.
Wrong!
6. The girl ………………………….. he is going to marry is an old friend of mine.
Wrong!
That can replace whom in identifying relative clauses.
7. The police arrested the man …………………………. rants on social media led to a communal clash.
Wrong!
8. The girl ………………………… parents work abroad lives with her grandmother.
Wrong!
9. He has bought a parrot ……………………….. can speak.
Wrong!
10. This is the estate ………………………. I inherited from my grandfather.
Wrong!
Either which or that can refer to things.
11. The birds …………………………. were kept in the cage were released by the man.
Wrong!
12. All ………………………….. I have is yours.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12

Answers

  1. Do you know the man who called this morning?
  2. I know a child who can do complex math in her head.
  3. Maria whose parents are rich considers herself above us.
  4. It was a puzzle which/that no one could solve.
  5. The man whose legs were amputated can never walk again.
  6. The girl whom/that he is going to marry is an old friend of mine.
  7. The police arrested the man whose rants on social media led to a communal clash.
  8. The girl whose parents work abroad lives with her grandmother.
  9. He has bought a parrot which/that can speak.
  10. This is the estate which/that I inherited from my grandfather.
  11. The birds which/that were kept in the cage were released by the man.
  12. All that I have is yours.
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