Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.
1Do you know the man ............... called this morning?
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person who is the subject of the relative clause.
2I know a child ............... can do complex math in her head.
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person who is the subject of the relative clause.
3Maria, ............... parents are rich, considers herself above us.
Wrong!
Use "whose" before a noun to show possession.
4It was a puzzle ............... no one could solve.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "which" or "that" for a thing in a defining relative clause.
5The man ............... legs were amputated can never walk again.
Wrong!
Use "whose" before a noun to show possession.
6The girl ............... he is going to marry is an old friend of mine.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "whom" or "that" for a person who is the object of the relative clause.
7The police arrested the man ............... rants on social media led to a communal clash.
Wrong!
Use "whose" before a noun to show possession.
8The girl ............... parents work abroad lives with her grandmother.
Wrong!
Use "whose" before a noun to show possession.
9He has bought a parrot ............... can speak.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" for an animal in a defining relative clause.
10This is the estate ............... I inherited from my grandfather.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "which" or "that" for a thing in a defining relative clause.
11The birds ............... were kept in the cage were released by the man.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" for animals in a defining relative clause.
12All ............... I have is yours.
Wrong!
Use "that" after "all" in this relative clause.
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 which / that no one could solve.
- The man whose legs were amputated can never walk again.
- The girl whom / that 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 that / which can speak.
- This is the estate which / that I inherited from my grandfather.
- The birds that / which were kept in the cage were released by the man.
- All that I have is yours.
