Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.
1. Bring me the book …………………………. is on your table.
Correct!
Wrong!
Either that or which can be used to refer to things in defining relative clauses.
2. The house ………………………….. I live is a nice place.
Correct!
Wrong!
Where means in which.
3. She fell in love with a man …………………………. was ten years older than her.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use who to refer to people.
4. The man …………………………… she married is a writer.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either whom or that can refer to people in defining relative clauses.
5. Maria, ………………………………. is a qualified nurse, now volunteers for the Red Cross.
Correct!
Wrong!
That cannot refer to people in non-identifying relative clauses.
6. This is the bicycle …………………………………. I bought yesterday.
Correct!
Wrong!
Either that or which can be used to refer to things in defining relative clauses.
7. The concert ………………………………….. was held in the town hall attracted lots of people.
Correct!
Wrong!
Either that or which can be used to refer to things in defining relative clauses.
8. Where is the camera ……………………………… you borrowed from me?
Correct!
Wrong!
That can refer to things in identifying relative clauses.
9. The woman ……………………………… house had been burgled called the police.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. The man …………………………….. had been robbed couldn’t recollect what had happened to him.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use who to refer to people.
11. The flowers ……………………………….. were used to decorate the hall are not original.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either that or which can be used to refer to things in defining relative clauses.
12. It is a pressing issue ………………………………. needs to be resolved without any delay.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- Bring me the book that/which is on your table.
- The house where I live is a nice place.
- The man whom she married is a writer.
- Maria, who is a qualified nurse, now volunteers for the Red Cross.
- This is the bicycle that/which I bought yesterday.
- The concert which/that was held in the town hall attracted lots of people.
- Where is the camera that/which you borrowed from me?
- The woman whose house had been burgled called the police.
- The man who had been robbed couldn’t recollect what had happened to him.
- The flowers which/that were used to decorate the hall are not original.
- It is a pressing issue that needs to be resolved without any delay.
