Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.
1............... cannot be cured must be endured.
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Use "What" to mean "the thing that" when there is no noun before the relative clause.
2............... I want is a place to lie down.
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Use "What" to mean "the thing that" as the subject of the sentence.
3I can give you all ............... you need.
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After "all", the usual relative pronoun is "that".
4She called off her wedding at the last minute, ............... made her parents angry.
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Use "which" to refer back to the whole previous clause.
5I know an old couple ............... only son died in the war.
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Use "whose" to show that the son belonged to the old couple.
6He has written a novel the name of ............... I can't remember.
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After the preposition "of", use "which" for a thing such as a novel.
7She married a rich guy ............... owns three restaurants.
Select 2 answers.
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Use "who" or "that" for a person who is the subject of the relative clause.
8He married an aspiring actress of ............... you may have heard.
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After the preposition "of", use "whom" for a person in formal English.
9Do you remember Martin, ............... wants to become an astronaut?
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Use "who" in a non-defining relative clause about a named person.
10Yesterday I met an old man ............... grandson was my classmate at university.
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Use "whose" to show that the grandson belonged to the old man.
11Can I talk to the person ............... runs this store?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "who" or "that" for a person who is the subject of a defining relative clause.
12This is Peter, ............... runs this café.
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Use "who" in a non-defining relative clause about a named person.
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- 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 who / that owns three restaurants.
- He married an aspiring actress of whom you may have heard.
- Do you remember 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.