Relative Pronouns
Combine the following two sentences using a relative pronoun. List all appropriate relative pronouns if more than one is possible:
Santa Clause brings presents on Christmas Day. He lives in the North Pole.
Santa Clause, who lives in the North Pole, brings presents on Christmas Day.
to give someone the cold shoulder
to intentionally ignore someone or treat someone in an unfriendly way
The more formal way of saying “to show up”
to attend
A synonym for malediction
curse
List all pronouns that can be used for things and animals.
which, that
to not be free to behave in the way that one would like
to have one’s hands tied
A more formal way of indicating that you added a document or picture to your email
Please find attached (to this email)…
A phrasal verb meaning to learn something. Also used when something becomes popular or widely-known
to catch on
Combine the following two sentences using a relative pronoun. List all appropriate relative pronouns, if more than one is possible:
That singer is from the Canary Islands. His song is catchy.
That singer, whose song is catchy, is from the Canary Islands.
to put all one’s eggs in one basket
to depend for one’s success on a single person or plan of action
The way to address a woman without referring to her marital status
Ms.
An idiom referring to a series of thoughts
train of thought
This relative pronoun is used for people when the person is the object of the verb.
Whom
Refers to an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about
the elephant in the room
A phrase used to open an email when the recipient is unknown
To whom it may concern,
This is a word used in the song "The Monster Mash" meaning strange and frightening.
eerie
That singer, ___ we love, sings Disturbia. (Not "that")
whom
Define the expression "to take a rain check"
Used to tell someone that you cannot accept an invitation now, but would like to do so at a later date
A verb meaning to ask for more information
to enquire
Fill in the blanks:
“It's a ____ in the night
To come and ____ you
It can ____ inside you
And consume you”
thief, grab, creep up