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ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Answer these questions and find out just how good you are with relative pronouns in English grammar! Illustration: Uttam Ghosh
'The man who you just spoke to is my father.'
'This is the house that my grandfather built.'
'Whose clothes are lying strewn across the floor?'
The words italicised in the above sentences are all relative pronouns, a type of pronoun that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent (whom, which, where, when, and why are other examples, in addition to the ones above).
Fill in the blanks for each sentence in the following pages with the appropriate relative pronoun.
Answers are provided upon submission of results on each page and you can draw your own conclusions about your performance!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
______ are you and ______ are you doing here?
1) who, what
2) how, who
3) what, how
The correct answer is Who are you and what are you doing here?
Who are you and what are you doing here?
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
Where is the package ______ I placed on this shelf?
1) what
2) whom
3) that
The correct answer is Where is the package that I placed on this shelf?
Where is the package that I placed on this shelf?
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
So he's the man ______ Nisha has been stepping out with lately.
1) what
2) who
3) which
The correct answer is So he's the man who Nisha has been stepping out with lately.
So he's the man who Nisha has been stepping out with lately.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
His wife wants to know ______ cigarettes he smokes every day.
1) how many
2) how much
3) much
The correct answer is His wife wants to know how many cigarettes he smokes every day.
His wife wants to know how many cigarettes he smokes every day.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
Mr Khanna's sons, both of ______ are doctors, are among the town's richest residents.
1) who
2) whom
3) which
The correct answer is Mr Khanna's sons, both of whom are doctors, are among the town's richest residents.
Mr Khanna's sons, both of whom are doctors, are among the town's richest residents.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
This is the house ______ Charles Dickens spent the last years of his life.
1) which
2) where
3) that
The correct answer is This is the house where Charles Dickens spent the last years of his life.
This is the house where Charles Dickens spent the last years of his life.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
The property _______ they want to buy is exorbitantly priced.
1) that
2) what
3) who
The correct answer is The property that they want to buy is exorbitantly priced.
The property that they want to buy is exorbitantly priced
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
People ______ live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
1) that
2) which
3) who
The correct answer is People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
______ colour is your dress? We'll buy shoes ______ match.
1) which, what
2) what, that
3) what, whose
The correct answer is What colour is your dress? We'll buy shoes that match.
What colour is your dress? We'll buy shoes that match.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
______ house are we meeting at tonight?
1) which
2) whose
3) who
The correct answer is Whose house are we meeting at tonight?
Whose house are we meeting at tonight?
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
The lady with ______ Rajesh struck up a conversation happened to be the CEO of a prominent organisation.
1) whom
2) who
3) what
The correct answer is The lady with whom Rajesh struck up a conversation happened to be the CEO of a prominent organisation.
The lady with whom Rajesh struck up a conversation happened to be the CEO of a prominent organisation.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
______ set of cutlery do you want to lay out for dinner tonight?
1) which
2) what
3) where
The correct answer is Which set of cutlery do you want to lay out for dinner tonight?
Which set of cutlery do you want to lay out for dinner tonight?
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
______ do you think will win the next general election?
1) whom
2) whose
3) who
The correct answer is Who do you think will win the next general election?
Who do you think will win the next general election?
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
The piece of paper on ______ he made a note of her telephone number is lost.
1) that
2) which
3) where
The correct answer is The piece of paper on which he made a note of her telephone number is lost.
The piece of paper on which he made a note of her telephone number is lost.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
A lot of employees were offended by the comments ______ their boss made.
1) what
2) that
3) who
The correct answer is A lot of employees were offended by the comments that their boss made.
A lot of employees were offended by the comments that their boss made.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns!
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