Fill in the blanks.
1She wore a ring ............... was made of platinum.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "which" or "that" for a thing in a defining relative clause.
2The police have arrested the robbers ............... had broken into the house.
Wrong!
Use "who" for people when the relative pronoun is the subject of the clause.
3This is Meera, ............... was my classmate at university.
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person in a non-defining relative clause.
4The tiger ............... had entered the village has been caught.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "which" or "that" for an animal in a defining relative clause.
5I believe ............... I see.
Wrong!
Use "what" to mean "the thing that" in this sentence.
6This is the car ............... we want to sell.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" for a thing in a defining relative clause.
7I would like to talk to the person ............... is in charge of organizing the event.
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person when the relative pronoun is the subject of the clause.
8Abraham Lincoln was the best president ............... ever led America.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "who" or "that" for a person in this defining relative clause.
9The man ............... they arrested was a spy.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "who" or "whom" for a person when the relative pronoun is the object of the clause.
10The boy ............... she fell in love with was very poor.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "that" or "who" for a person in a defining relative clause.
11All the money ............... he had saved over the years was gone.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" for a thing in a defining relative clause.
12The rumor ............... we heard proved to be true.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" for a thing in a defining relative clause.
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- She wore a ring which / that was made of platinum.
- The police have arrested the robbers who had broken into the house.
- This is Meera, who was my classmate at university.
- The tiger which / that had entered the village has been caught.
- I believe what I see.
- This is the car that / which we want to sell.
- I would like to talk to the person who is in charge of organizing the event.
- Abraham Lincoln was the best president who / that ever led America.
- The man who / whom they arrested was a spy.
- The boy that / who she fell in love with was very poor.
- All the money that / which he had saved over the years was gone.
- The rumor that / which we heard proved to be true.