Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.
1. ……………… she said made me angry.
What means ‘the things which’.
2. She has acted in a movie …………….. name I don’t remember.
Whose name means the same as ‘the name of which’.
3. The only thing ………………. keeps me awake is tea.
'What' means the things which. It cannot replace that. 'Which' is not common after 'only'.
4. I have got something ………………. belongs to you.
After quantifiers like something, anything and everything, we prefer that to which.
5. She married a nice young guy …………….. was her senior at college.
The relative pronoun who replaces words like he, she or they.
6. This is the house ………………
7. It is a story ……………… will captivate readers of all ages.
The relative pronoun which can only refer to things. That can refer to both people and things.
8. The proposal ……………… she put forward was quite interesting.
9. She is somebody ………………. really can’t stand.
When the relative pronoun is the object of the relative clause, it is sometimes left out.
10. She has married someone ……………. I really admire.
Who is possible here in an informal style.
11. What is the name of the tall girl ………………. just walked in?
In identifying relative clauses, we can use that to refer to people.
12. Is that your car ……………….. is parked outside?
Answers
1. What she said made me angry.
2. She has acted in a movie whose name I don’t remember.
3. The only thing that keeps me awake is tea.
4. I have got something that belongs to you.
5. She married a nice young guy who was her senior at college.
6. This is the house that I was born in / where I was born / in which I was born.
7. It is a story that / which will captivate readers of all ages.
8. The proposal which / that she put forward was quite interesting.
9. She is somebody I / that I really can’t stand.
10. She has married someone who / whom I really admire.
11. What is the name of the tall girl who / that just walked in?
12. Is that your car that / which is parked outside?
