Compilation of relative clauses exercises

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COMPILATION OF RELATIVE CLAUSES EXERCISES: KEY

1. Complete using the most suitable relative pronoun:

1 An aeroplane is a machine __which/that___________ flies. 2. The people ___who/that__________ work in the house are very friendly. 3. A salesman is a man ____ who/that _________ works in a shop. 4. They live in the house ___whose________ windows are broken. 5. My wife's mother, _whom/who/that ______ I haven't seen for several years, speaks too much. 6. I don't like the town ___ where __________ you work. 7. He is the only American ___ who/that __________ has swum..... 8. My wife, __ who ________ lives in New York, has just written me a letter. 9. The girl ___ who/that __________ lives next door is very boring. 10. This is the lady __ whose ___________ husband died last year. 11. Jack Adams, ____ who _______ was the man Janice had spoken to on the phone, sat in his seat. 12. The plane in ____ which _________ he was travelling was about to land in Zurich, Switzerland. 13. The woman ____ who/that _________ was sitting next to him had just fastened her seat-belt. 14. She looked for a moment at Jack, _____ who ________ was staring out of the window. 15. There was something about him ____ which/that _________ reminded her of another man she had once known. 16. His face, ____ which _________ was turned away from her at the moment, looked exhausted. 17. The woman, __ who___________ was a well-known actress, had hardly spoken to Jack during the trip. 18. Jack was staring at the city below ____ which/that_________ stretched for miles and miles, as far as the eye could see. 19. ______Which _______ book will you buy ? 20. Is this the umbrella ____ which/that _________ you lost ? 21. The man __ who/that ___________ is sitting by the door takes a break. 22. He reminds me of someone ____ whom/who/that _________ I used to know. 23. The children played in the snow __ which/that ___________ had fallen during the night. 24. He is the doctor __whom/ who/that ___________ I will see this afternoon. 25. John is the boy ____ whose _________ father is a painter. 25. She is the girl ___whom/who/that__________ I saw at the party last night. 26. The student ___ who/that __________ lent you his book, speaks Italian. 27. The boy to ___whom__________ you spoke is my cousin. 27. Marco Polo was a young traveller ____ whose _________ father was a rich man. 28. This is the painting ____ which/that _________ Mr. Cool showed us last week. 29. The gloves ___ which/that __________ I lost at school yesterday were not my best ones. 30. The doctor ___whom/who/that__________ she visited is famous. 31. The flowers ___ which/that __________ my boyfriend gave me have died. 32. She doesn't know the person __ whom/who/that ___________ they mentioned. 33. The magazine __ which/that ___________ you lent me is interesting. 34. The man ___ who/that __________ is resting is very tired. 35. The boy __ who/that ___________ sat next to you is my friend. 36. We are using books __ which/that ___________ were printed last year. 37. Aesop was a Greek writer __ who/that ___________ wrote fables. 38 The fable ___ which/that __________ I liked the most is the one about the monkey and the fly. 39 The Crown Hotel is a hotel ______ which/that _______ is famous for its ghosts. 40. Soho is an area in London __which___________ a lot of people went to live in the 19th century. 41. Cuba is an island ___ whose __________ population has its roots in many places.

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