Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.
1. ……………………………… cannot be cured must be endured.
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Wrong!
What means that which.
2. …………………………. I want is a place to lie down.
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Wrong!
3. I can give you all ………………………… you need.
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Wrong!
4. She called off her wedding at the last minute, …………………………… made her parents angry.
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Wrong!
The relative pronoun which can modify an entire clause.
5. I know an old couple ……………………………….. only son died in the war.
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Wrong!
6. He has written a novel the name of ………………………….. I can't remember.
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Wrong!
The name of which means the same as whose name.
7. She married a rich guy …………………………….. you may have heard of.
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Wrong!
In a that-clause, it is common for the preposition to go at the end.
8. He married an aspiring actress of ………………………….. you may have heard.
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Of whom you may have heard means the same as that you may have heard of.
9. You know Martin ………………………….. wants to become an astronaut?
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Wrong!
We cannot use that to refer to a proper noun.
10. Yesterday I met an old man ……………………………. grandson was my classmate at university.
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Wrong!
11. Can I talk to the person …………………………… runs this store?
Please select 2 correct answers
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Wrong!
That can refer to people in an informal style.
12. This is Peter ………………………… runs this café.
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Wrong!
The relative pronoun that cannot go after a proper noun.
Answers
- What cannot be cured must be endured.
- What I want is a place to lie down.
- I can give you all that you need.
- She called off her wedding at the last minute, which made her parents angry.
- I know an old couple whose only son died in the war.
- He has written a novel the name of which I can’t remember.
- She married a rich guy that you may have heard of.
- He married an aspiring actress of whom you may have heard.
- You know Martin who wants to become an astronaut?
- Yesterday I met an old man whose grandson was my classmate at university.
- Can I talk to the person who / that runs this store?
- This is Peter who runs this café.
