RELATIVE PRONOUNS and RELATIVE CLAUSES
Quiz by Zinovia Pissari
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I went to England with a friend of mine _____ relatives live in Cambridge.
Is there any reason ______ you can't come with me to the doctor?
Is this sentence correct or incorrect?
This is the school which I used to go when I was little.
Is this sentence correct or incorrect?
I can't remember when I last saw Neil.
Is this sentence correct or incorrect?
These are the shoes that I bought yesterday with my mother.
Is this sentence correct or incorrect?
The child whose song won the contest is called Sammy Jones.
Which sentence is correct?
A. Dr Madison, whose secretary resigned two weeks ago, has to do all the typing.
B. Dr Madison whose secretary resigned two weeks ago has to do al the typing.
Can who be replaced by that?
Mrs Smith, who teaches German in our school, has recently returned from her maternity leave.
We can omit the relative pronoun in the following sentence:
The package which/ that I was expecting yesterday didn't come.
The man to _____ I introduced you last night was my kindergarten teacher.
A library is a place _____ you can read books and do your homework.
I remember the day _____ we first met
Which sentence is correct?
A. The story on which I based my novel took place in the Middle Ages.
B. The story which I based my novel on took place in the Middle Ages.
What is the unnecessary word in the following sentence?
The boy to who I was listening to is my brother.
What is the unnecessary word in the following sentence?
The cinema where I saw Avatar there is very close to my house.
What is the unnecessary word in the following sentence?
Jake, whose mother is a dentist, he is the smartest boy in our school.
The lifeguards, both of ____ were given medals, helped the drowning woman.
The student _____ a medal of bravery is my sister's best friend.
Snowboarding is a sport ____ a lot of training and patience.
Which of these sentences is correct?
A. This is the car that was used in the bank robbery last week.
B. This is the car which was used in the bank robbery last week.
C. This is the car used in the bank robbery last week.
Which sentence is correct?
A. The shoes which I bought yesterday are very comfortable.
B. The shoes that I bought yesterday are very comfortable.
My sister, _____ lives in Amsterdam, is getting married next week and we are all very excited.
The following sentence is a DEFINING relative clause.
The problems which Martha has with Mathematics at school affect her overall performance.
We CANNOT omit the relative pronoun from the following relative sentence.
We ate all the candy which my mother had bought.
I have a brown dog ______ name is Rambo.
The woman _______ sitting over there is our new English teacher.
I'll never forget the moment ______ my children were born.
What kind of relative clause it the one in the following sentence?
I am going to my grandparent's house this weekend, where I lived when I was a little child.
Last winter, _____ there was a lot of snow, I went skiing every weekend.
Which sentence is the correct one?
A. I've lost the notepad on that I wrote Brian's telephone number.
B. I've lost the notepad which I wrote Brian's telephone number on.
Which of the two sentences is correct?
A. The teacher who I talked to about my grades was very rude to me.
B. The teacher to whom I talked about my grades was very rude to me.
It is the most delicious muffin ______ I've ever eaten.
Which sentence is correct?
A. The man who I was talking to is my nephew.
B. The man that I was talking to is my nephew.
C. The man to whom I was talking is my nephew.
Which word is unnecessary in the following sentence?
The new teaching methods they are using they are very effective.
Which word is unnecessary in the following sentence?
We saw a woman whose her dog was wearing a knitted jumper. It was very funny!