Relative Pronoun
Complete the sentences with 'who/whom', 'which', 'whose', 'when' or 'where'.
Last week he got a phone call from his father, ______ he hadn't spoken to in years.
who/whom
Is the relative pronoun the subject/object of the adjective clause or the object of the preposition?
subject of the adjective clause
Choose the correct pronoun.
I went to the Bakers' house this morning but there was ___ home.
C. someone
A. nobody
Which one is correct?
I have three brothers.
1. My brother who lives in Sidney came to see me last month.
2. My brother, who lives in Sidney, came to see me last month.
1. My brother who lives in Sidney came to see me last month.
The number of girls in school and women in parliaments has risen, and their overall access to contraception has improved in the past decade, _____ new report.
A. according a
B. published in a
C. stated in a
D. according to a
D. according to a
Complete the sentences with 'who', 'which', 'whose', 'when' or 'where'.
The Javan tiger, _______ habitat was largely destroyed by humans, is now extinct.
whose
Is the relative pronoun the subject/object of the adjective clause or the object of the preposition?
1. We will stay at a hotel which my friend has recommended to us.
object of the adjective clause
Choose the correct pronoun.
The fridge is empty. We need to buy ___ for dinner tonight.
A. somebody
B. something
C. anything
B. something
Which one is correct?
I have one sister.
1. My sister who is 25 years old spent her holiday in France.
2. My sister, who is 25 years old, spent her holiday in France.
2. My sister, who is 25 years old, spent her holiday in France.
The hospital is now discounting 10 standard operations and _____ , ranging from having a baby and treating a cataract to undergoing a heart bypass.
A. equipment
B. procedures
C. visits
D. medication
B. procedures (a minor operation)
Complete the sentences with 'who', 'which', 'whose', 'when' or 'where'.
My birthday, _______ was my 40th, turned out to be a wonderful day!
which
Is the relative pronoun the subject/object of the adjective clause or the object of the preposition?
1. That is a museum which I like very much.
object of the adjective clause
Complete the sentence with an adjective clause. Omit the relative pronoun if possible.
A: Do you need to buy anything for your new apartment?
B: Not anymore. I found almost everything _______ for free on Freecycle.
I need
Which one is correct?
I am a shoe fanatic.
1. The shoes which I bought yesterday are very comfortable.
2. The shoes, which I bought yesterday, are very comfortable.
1. The shoes which I bought yesterday are very comfortable.
After a muscle fiber has worked intensely for while, it begins to lose potassium, and that dampens the fiber's ability to contract.
A. a
B. while
C. and that
D. ability to
B. while
(it should be "for a while")
Complete the sentences with 'who', 'which', 'whose', 'when' or 'where'.
Winter, _____temperatures are lower, sees higher rainfall.
when
Is the relative pronoun the subject/object of the adjective clause or the object of the preposition?
Do you know the girl who I talked to?
Object of the preposition
Complete the sentence with an adjective clause. Omit the relative pronoun if possible.
A: I heard you can rent this vacation home online. Do you have to pay a security deposit?
B: Yes. Everyone _____ this house has to pay a security deposit.
who rents
Which sentence is correct?
We are on holiday. Yesterday we visited a church.
1. St. Mary's Church which we visited yesterday is very old.
2. St. Mary's Church, which we visited yesterday, is very old.
2. St. Mary's Church, which we visited yesterday, is very old.
Greece's achievement in the 2004 Olympics raise anew the question of whether Athens should be the permanent home of the Games.
A. achievement in the
B. whether
C. should be
D. raise anew
D. raise anew
(subject-verb agreement, it should be "raises anew")
Complete the sentences and indicate if both sentences can be completed with the same relative pronoun or not.
The hostel _____ we've stayed at several times is simple but clean.
They went to a concert at the new arena, ______ was built last year.
S1. where/which (when we use which without a preposition, we can't use where or when. In the sentence we have "at".)
S2. which
Complete the sentence with the correct preposition. Then replace "which" with "that" and move the preposition to its proper place.
The house ____ which we decided is in the mountains.
The house on/upon which we decided is in the mountains.
The house that we decided on/upon is in the mountains.
Phrasal verb:
decide on/upon something (to choose something from a number of possibilities)
Complete the sentence with an adjective clause. Omit the relative pronoun if possible.
A: My mother still uses a flip phone. Can you believe it?
B: I don't know anyone ____ a flip phone anymore. Everyone _____ uses a smartphone.
A: I know one person who doesn’t use a cell phone at all—my grandpa.
B: I don't know anyone who uses a flip phone anymore. Everyone I know uses a smartphone.
Which sentence is correct?
Kevin has four cats. Two of them are black.
1. Kevin's two cats, which are black, can play outside.
2. Kevin's two cats which are black can play outside.
2. Kevin's two cats which are black can play outside.
Apple Computer has unveiled its new desktop computer design, _____ all disk drives and processors into a flat display less than two inches thick.
A. which includes
B. enclosing
C. which contains
D. which integrates
D. which integrates (common collocation of the verb: to integrate into something)