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