Present Verb Tenses
Please be quiet. I __________ (try) to ready my book.
am trying
At 12:45 yesterday, Mr. Alright __________(see) a patient in his office.
saw
Did you really understand ______ I told you?
1. that
2. what
3. chich
Correct answer: 2. what
➪ We use which/that as relative pronouns. They refer back to a noun or sentence.
➪ We use what independently to mean ‘the thing/s that’.
➪ Did you really understand what I told you? = Did you really understand the thing(s) I told you?
I wasn't honest with Kenneth, ______ made him furious.
1. -
2. that
3. which
Correct answer: 3. which
➪ We use which as a relative pronoun when we want to refer back to a whole sentence.
➪ We can never use that in a non-defining relative clause (between commas).
I'm curious. Tell me, how__________ (you/decide) to become an undercover cop?
did you decide
I __________ (not/belong) to this club.
do not belong
don't belong
I __________ (fall) asleep while I __________ (watch) television.
fell
was watching
Mr. Dean, _______ had recently been fired, had a long list of misconducts.
1. which
2. who
3. that
Correct answer: 2. who
➪ We use who or that to refer to people, but that cannot be used in non-defining relative clauses (between commas).
The chancellor, _______ sons were arrested in the corruption operation, resigned yesterday.
1. both of whose
2. both whose
3. both of whom
Correct answer: 1. both of whose
➪ In non-defining relative clauses (=between commas), we can use a quantifier + of whose.
What __________(you/do) this weekend ? I think I __________(start) a new jigsaw puzzle .
will you do
will start
He __________ (work) as a teacher for 2 years now.
has been working
What __________ (you/do) at this time yesterday?
Oh, I __________(prepare) dinner.
were you doing
was preparing
The victims, most of ______ were adults, are being identified by the US authorities.
1. whom
2. who
3. which
Correct answer: 1. whom
➪ We can use of which/whom after a quantifier such as some, any, none, all, both, several, enough, many and few.
➪ We use of whom (NOT of which) to refer to people.
The police searched the vehicle ______ the gun was found.
1. where
2. that
3. which
Correct answer: 1. where
➪ We can use where or at/in/on which to refer to a place.
➪ The police searched the vehicle where the gun was found. = The police searched the vehicle in which the gun was found.
By the end of this year, John __________(work) for 40 years at his company.
will have worked
He __________ (teach) French and German at university and __________(learn) Greek.
teaches
is learning
When we arrived at the cinema, the film __________(already/start).
had already started
I like the scene ______ Dorothy meets Scarecrow.
1. what
2. where
3. which
Correct answer: 2. where
➪ We can use where or at/in/on which to refer to a place.
The driver, ______ contract finishes at the end of the season, doesn't want to talk about his future.
1. whose
2. whom
3. who
Correct answer: 1. whose
➪ We use whose to express possession (whose contract= the driver's contract).
They __________ (have) dinner when the tornado __________(strike).
were having
struck
__________ (you/know) what Mr. Smith __________(do)? He is not in his office.
Do you know
is doing
have really had
This is the man ______ I am in love with.
1. whom
2. who
3. which
Correct answer: 2. who
➪ We can use who(m) to refer to people. We use whom after a preposition.
➪ This is the man who I am in love with. = This is the man with whom I am in love.
Between 2000 and 2005, she wrote three novels, ______ was published.
1. either of which
2. none which
3. none of which
Correct answer: 3. none of which
➪ In non-defining relative clauses (=between commas), we can use of which/whom after a quantifier such as some, any, none, all, both, several, enough, many and few.
➪ We use either when we have to choose between two possibilities, A or B.
My dad __________(not/try) sushi until last night. He liked it.
had not (hadn't) tried