Relative Clauses (Adjective Clauses) Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise

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This first gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions

on the topic of relative clauses (adjective clauses) of 5. 5. One of the worrying problems is what to do for
English grammar. Both English learners and ESL teachers those_____ education is so poor that they can only
can use this online exercise as a revision to check the manage simple, repetitive jobs _____ are now tending
knowledge of English relative clauses (adjective clauses). to disappear as automation takes over.

A) that / when
1. 1. The stories of my grandmother most _____ have B) which / who
never been heard should have been made into a
book so far. C) what / whose
D) whose / that
A) of which E) whom / that
B) in that
C) for whose
D) how
E) of whom 6. In my opinion, you must find a really qualified
6.
carpenter for a job like this, _____ seems to require a
large amount of talent.

A) that
2. 2. Full impact of the strike will not be felt till next B) which
week; by _____ time present stocks will have been
exhausted. C) who
D) where
A) whose E) of which
B) when
C) whom
D) which
E) that 7. There was a time _____ philosophy included almost
7.
every kind of knowledge of _____ human beings were
capable of.

A) which / what
3. 3. Vivaldi’s Symphony of Four Season, _____ was B) where / that
composed in 1850 only by using a violin, is still
among the masterpieces of classical music today. C) what / which
D) why / how
A) that E) when I which
B) when
C) which
D) where
E) who 8. Within thirty years this planet will experience
8.
survival tensions the like _____ have never existed
before.

A) that
4. 4. Pictures ____ showed the brutality war entered of B) of which
the living rooms of millions of Americans on the
nightly news. C) by whom
D) whichever
A) who E) what
B) when
C) where
D) that
E) what

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9. 9. There used to be a huge stadium; in _____ is now a

modern leisure centre ___ _ attracts a lot of people
especially at the weekends.
14. 14. On the granite summit of Percy Peak are small
A) that/where pockets of soil _____ topazes can be found.
B) what / which
A) which
C) which / that
B) where
D) who / where
C) when
E) where/which
D) that
E) why

10. 10. There are some parts of the world ______even

now people cannot write.
15. 15. The “philosophers’ stone”, ____ medieval
A) to whom alchemists searched, could supposedly change cheap
metals to gold.
B) which
C) that A) which
D) where B) that
E) when C) whose
D) where
E) for which

11. 11. Leif Ericsson is only one of many early voyagers

_____ discovered America long before the days of
Columbus.
16. 16. Virginia City is a ghost town ____ visitors can
A) which wander down a perfectly preserved main street of the
early west
B) by whom
C) whose A) where
D) where B) which;
E) who C) that
D) of which
E) when

12. 12. A lama is a Tibetan monk,____ is famed for

wisdom and saintliness.

A) who 17. 17. The hand ____ rocks the cradle is the hand_____
rules the world.
B) that
C) which A) which / when
D) how B) who / that
E) why C) that/ where
D) that,/that
E) whose/ which

13. 13. It was a day_____ everything; seemed to go

wrong.

A) that of
B) which
C) who
D) why
E) when

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18. 18.On iFriday nights I can often be found at the Ropy, 21. 21. You should go to a chemist’s shop ______you will
_____ shows the best Western in town. find a drug for headache.

A) where A) that
B) in which B) where
C) which C) which
D) who D) why
E) why E) how

19. 19. Bad officials are elected by good citizens,_____ 22. 22. If I am your father, I’ve the right to know the man
don’t vote. _____ you are spending the night.

A) that A) with whom

B) but B) who
C) which C) where
D) who D) how
E) whom E) that

20. 20. Mr Marshall,____ everyone respects, decided to 23. 23. The Varian Bridge, ____ was designed by Othman
retire in order to return his village. Amman, joins Brooklyn to Stale Island.

A) whose A) what
B) whom B) where
C) that C) which
D) which D) when
E) for whom E) who

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24. 24. The first thing ____ I saw when II entered the art 25. 25. Musical concerts ,_____ popular music of various
gallery was a notice _____ saying: “Bo not touch the kinds, have become one of the most common forms
exhibits!” of entertainment in the United States.

A) - / which A) to feature
B) that/who B) feature
C) - / - C) which featuring
D) - / which D) which feature
E) when / which E) featured

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Answer Key:

1: A 14: B
2: D 15: A
3: C 16: A
4: D 17: D
5: D 18: C
6: B 19: D
7: E 20: B
8: A 21: B
9: C 22: A
10: D 23: C
11: E 24: C
12: A 25: D
13: E

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