True or false:
True
I thanked the woman who helped me.
I thanked the woman who helped me.
We use the relative pronoun that for:
A people
B things
C people and things
C
Maria is the student whose book you found.
Rith wrote an essay on a topic. He knew nothing about the topic.
An independent clause contains the main verb and subject of a sentence but needs the dependent clause as well.
False; it contains the main verb & subject but doesn't need the dependent clause.
The movie that we saw last night wasn't very good.
The movie that we saw last night wasn't very good.
A relative clause modifies the ___________ of a sentence.
A. verb
B. object
C. noun
C noun
Omar is a student. You borrowed his pen.
Omar is the student whose pen you borrowed.
The program was interesting. It aired on TV.
The program that / which aired on TV was interesting.
A dependent clause is a complete sentence.
False; it must be connected to an independent clause.
The student who sits next to me is from China.
The student who sits next to me is from China.
A ______________ can be left out of a relative clause.
A. subject pronoun
B. object pronoun
B object pronoun
I used a woman's phone. I thanked her.
I thanked the woman whose phone I used.
The people were friendly. I spoke to them.
The people to whom I spoke were friendly. Or
The people whom/that/nothing I spoke to were friendly.
A relative clause is also called an adverb clause because it does the same word as an adverb
False; it is also called an adjective clause as it does the same work as an adverb, describing the noun.
The meeting that I went to was interesting.
The meeting that I went to was interesting.
Do determine whether we are dealing with an object pronoun, we substitute it with _______________ to see whether it still makes sense:
A. he or she
B. him or her
B him or her
The taxi driver was friendly. He took me to the airport.
The taxi driver who / that took me to the airport was friendly.
The candidate didn't win the election. I voted for her.
The candidate that/who(m)/nothing I voted for didn't win the election.
Or
The candidate for whom I voted didn't win the election.
A relative clause is connected to an independent clause using reflexive pronouns.
False; relative pronouns are used.
I ran into a girl that I had gone to primary school with.
I ran into a girl that I had gone to primary school with.
A which
B that
C whose
C whose
The people were very nice. We visited them yesterday.
The people whom/that/none we visited yesterday were very nice.
The man is standing over there. I was telling you about him.
The man who(m)/that/nothing I was telling you about is standing over there.
The man about whom I was telling you is standing over there.