Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.
1. The girl ……………………….. just walked in is my niece.
Correct!
Wrong!
We use who to refer to people.
2. The woman ……………………….. answered the phone was rather rude.
Correct!
Wrong!
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause, we use who to refer to people.
3. The police arrested the man ………………………… created a scene in the mall.
Correct!
Wrong!
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause, we use who to refer to people.
4. I bought some milk and sugar with …………………………. I made a dessert.
Correct!
Wrong!
In relative clauses which is used to refer to inanimate objects.
5. She was a beautiful girl ……………………………. everybody admired.
Correct!
Wrong!
Here the relative pronoun is the object of the relative clause; hence we use whom.
6. The man ………………………….. house had been burgled called the police.
Correct!
Wrong!
In relative clauses whose replaces words like her or his.
7. I know a girl ........................................ hair reaches her knee.
Correct!
Wrong!
In relative clauses whose replaces words like her or his.
8. The village ……………………………… he lives is a long way from here.
Correct!
Wrong!
Where can mean in which.
9. Who is that girl ……………………………… is sitting next to your brother?
Correct!
Wrong!
10. The man ………………………….. I met in the store must be ninety or ninety-five.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. The man …………………………. she married is a journalist.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- The girl who just walked in is my niece.
- The woman who answered the phone was rather rude.
- The police arrested the man who created a scene in the mall.
- I bought some milk and sugar with which I made a dessert.
- She was a beautiful girl whom everybody admired.
- The man whose house had been burgled called the police.
- I know a girl whose hair reaches her knee.
- The village where he lives is a long way from here.
- Who is that girl who is sitting next to your brother?
- The man whom I met in the store must be ninety or ninety-five.
- The man whom she married is a journalist.
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