Fill in the blanks with whom, which or whose.
1A widower is a man ............... wife is dead.
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show possession before the noun "wife".
2She married a young engineer ............... she met on a bus.
Wrong!
Use "whom" for the object of "met" when referring to a person.
3I gave a lift to the man ............... car had broken down.
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show possession before the noun "car".
4The man ............... car I borrowed is a friend of my father's.
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show that the car belonged to the man.
5My grandfather is a person ............... I miss very much.
Wrong!
Use "whom" for the object of "miss" when referring to a person.
6He doesn't get on with the people with ............... he works.
Wrong!
Use "whom" after the preposition "with" when referring to people.
7The restaurant ............... we had dinner was expensive.
Wrong!
Use "where" to refer to a place in which something happened.
8He recently relocated to the village ............... he grew up.
Wrong!
Use "where" to refer to the place in which someone grew up.
9They live in a place ............... they can't see the sun for days on end.
Wrong!
Use "where" to refer to a place with a situation or condition.
10Plants grow ............... there is plenty of sunlight.
Wrong!
Use "where" to mean "in places where".
11I know a good restaurant ............... they serve spiced tea.
Wrong!
Use "where" to refer to the place in which they serve spiced tea.
12She is in love with a man ............... she met in the US.
Wrong!
Use "whom" for the object of "met" when referring to a person.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- A widower is a man whose wife is dead.
- She married a young engineer whom she met on a bus.
- I gave a lift to the man whose car had broken down.
- The man whose car I borrowed is a friend of my father’s.
- My grandfather is a person whom I miss very much.
- He doesn’t get on with the people with whom he works.
- The restaurant where we had dinner was expensive.
- He recently relocated to the village where he grew up.
- They live in a place where they can’t see the sun for days on end.
- Plants grow where there is plenty of sunlight.
- I know a good restaurant where they serve spiced tea.
- She is in love with a man whom she met in the US.
