Fill in the blanks.
1. This is the house where I was ……………..
Where means ‘in which’. Therefore, we don’t have to use the preposition ‘in’ at the end.
2. Do you know a shop ……………… I can find watches?
Where can mean ‘at which’.
3. Do you know the reason …………….. she is angry with me?
Please select 2 correct answers
Both why and for which are possible here.
4. I will never forget the day ……………. I met Sally.
Please select 2 correct answers
When can mean ‘on which’.
5. Here is an article ……………….. might interest you.
A relative pronoun acts as the subject or object of the verb in the relative clause. It is therefore wrong to use another subject in the clause.
6. This is the man ……………. my dog bit.
Please select 2 correct answers
Both who and whom are possible here. Whom is used in a formal style.
7. This is the sixth time you ………………… that question.
We use the present perfect tense in sentences constructed with 'this is the first / second / last / best etc'.
8. I don’t think …………….. she is coming.
Here the clause ‘that she is coming’ is the object of the verb think. We use ‘that’ to introduce noun clauses which act as objects.
9. You ……………… tell Martha. She already knows.
Needn’t shows that there is no obligation.
10. You …………….. tell Martha. I don’t want her to know.
Mustn’t shows prohibition.
11. He wanted to know when .................................
In reported questions the subject normally comes before the verb.
12. He suggested ......................... change my toothbrush.
Suggest cannot be followed by a to-infinitive.
Answers
1. This is the house where I was born.
2. Do you know a shop where / at which I can find watches?
3. Do you know the reason why / for which she is angry with me?
4. I will never forget the day when / on which I met Sally.
5. Here is an article which / that might interest you.
6. This is the man who / whom my dog bit.
7. This is the sixth time you have asked that question.
8. I don’t think that she is coming.
9. You needn’t tell Martha. She already knows.
10. You mustn’t tell Martha. I don’t want her to know.
11. He wanted to know when I was leaving.
12. He suggested that I should change my toothbrush.
