Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.
1The girl ............... just walked in is my niece.
Wrong!
Use "who" because the relative pronoun is the subject and refers to a person.
2The woman ............... answered the phone was rather rude.
Wrong!
Use "who" because the relative pronoun is the subject and refers to a person.
3The police arrested the man ............... created a scene in the mall.
Wrong!
Use "who" because the relative pronoun is the subject and refers to a person.
4I bought some milk and sugar with ............... I made a dessert.
Wrong!
Use "which" after the preposition "with" to refer to things.
5She was a beautiful girl ............... everybody admired.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "who" and "whom" can refer to a person as the object of the relative clause.
6The man ............... house had been burgled called the police.
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show possession before the noun "house".
7I know a girl ............... hair reaches her knee.
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show possession before the noun "hair".
8The village ............... he lives is a long way from here.
Wrong!
Use "where" to mean "in which" when referring to a place.
9Who is that girl ............... is sitting next to your brother?
Wrong!
Use "who" because the relative pronoun is the subject and refers to a person.
10The man ............... I met in the store must be ninety or ninety-five.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "who" and "whom" can refer to a person as the object of the relative clause.
11The man ............... she married is a journalist.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "who" and "whom" can refer to a person as the object of the relative clause.
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 who / 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 who / whom I met in the store must be ninety or ninety-five.
- The man who / whom she married is a journalist.
