Combine the following sentences using an appropriate relative pronoun.
1This is the building ............... is going to be demolished.
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Wrong!
Use "which" or "that" for a thing in a defining relative clause.
2The parcel ............... reached me yesterday was sent by my mother.
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Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" for a thing in a defining relative clause.
3I met my uncle, ............... had just returned from Africa.
Wrong!
Use "who" as the subject pronoun for a person in a non-defining relative clause.
4This is the house ............... Jack built.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" for a thing as the object of a defining relative clause.
5The boys ............... were watching the match clapped heartily.
Wrong!
Use "who" as the subject pronoun for people.
6The boy ............... tells lies deserves to be punished.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "who" or "that" for a person in a defining relative clause.
7I heard some news ............... astonished me.
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Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" for a thing or idea in a defining relative clause.
8I know a man ............... wears prosthetic legs.
Wrong!
Use "who" as the subject pronoun for a person.
9Give me the book ............... is on the table.
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Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" for a thing in a defining relative clause.
10We boarded a bus ............... was full of people.
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Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" for a thing in a defining relative clause.
11He has a friend ............... is a clever artist.
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Wrong!
Use "who" or "that" for a person in a defining relative clause.
12He is a well-known man ............... generosity is the talk of the town.
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Use "whose" to show possession before the noun "generosity".
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- This is the building which / that is going to be demolished.
- The parcel that / which reached me yesterday was sent by my mother.
- I met my uncle, who had just returned from Africa.
- This is the house that / which Jack built.
- The boys who were watching the match clapped heartily.
- The boy who / that tells lies deserves to be punished.
- I heard some news that / which astonished me.
- I know a man who wears prosthetic legs.
- Give me the book that / which is on the table.
- We boarded a bus that / which was full of people.
- He has a friend who / that is a clever artist.
- He is a well-known man whose generosity is the talk of the town.