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Ejercicios 1 y 2 RC
Ejercicios 1 y 2 RC
2. Mr. Dean, [no answer] Wrong had recently been fired, had a long list of misconducts.
Correct answer: who
➪ We use who or that to refer to people, but that cannot be used in non-defining relative
clauses (between commas).
3. The victims, most of [no answer] Wrong were adults, are being identified by the US
authorities.
Correct answer: whom
➪ We can use of which/whom after a quantifier such as some, any, none, all, both, several,
enough, many and few.
➪ We use of whom (NOT of which) to refer to people.
6. I wasn't honest with Kenneth, [no answer] Wrong made him furious.
Correct answer: which
➪ We use which as a relative pronoun when we want to refer back to a whole sentence.
➪ We can never use that in a non-defining relative clause (between commas).
7. The chancellor, [no answer] Wrong sons were arrested in the corruption operation,
resigned yesterday.
Correct answer: both of whose
➪ In non-defining relative clauses (=between commas), we can use a quantifier + of whose.
8. The police searched the vehicle [no answer] Wrong the gun was found.
Correct answer: where
➪ We can use where or at/in/on which to refer to a place.
➪ The police searched the vehicle where the gun was found. = The police searched the vehicle
in which the gun was found.
9. The driver, [no answer] Wrong contract finishes at the end of the season, doesn't want
to talk about his future.
Correct answer: whose contract
➪ We use whose to express possession (whose contract= the driver's contract).
10. Between 2000 and 2005 she wrote three novels, [no answer] Wrong were published.
Correct answer: none of which
➪ In non-defining relative clauses (=between commas), we can use of which/whom after a
quantifier such as some, any, none, all, both, several, enough, many and few.
➪ We use either when we have to choose between two possibilities, A or B.
EJERCICIO 2:
1. We are arguing. Do you remember the reason? (why)Do you remember [no answer]
Wrong?
Correct answer: the reason why we are arguing
➪ We can use why or for which to refer to reason.
➪ Do you remember the reason why/for which we are arguing?
2. We have to be at the station. Can you tell me the exact time? (when)Can you tell me
the exact time [no answer] Wrong?
Correct answer: when we have to be at the station
➪ We can use when or at/in/on which to talk about time.
➪ We can also use that instead of when, or leave when out, in informal speech.
➪ Can you tell me the exact time (when/at which/that) we have to be at the station?
3. He got the job. This surprised everyone. (which)He got the job, [no answer] Wrong.
Correct answer: which surprised everyone
➪ We use which as a relative pronoun when we want to refer back to a whole sentence.
4. You need to listen to a person. He is not this person. (whom)He is not the person [no
answer] Wrong.
Correct answer: to whom you need to listen
➪ We use whom after a preposition to refer to people.
➪ We could also use who/that and put the preposition at the end:
6. He was found in a place. That's the place. (which)That's the place [no answer] Wrong.
Correct answer: in which he was found
➪ We can use where or at/in/on which to refer to a place.
➪ That's the place where/in which he was found.
➪ We could also use the preposition at the end: That's the place (which/that) he was found in.
7. You must decide the exact location. You are going to build your house in that location.
(where)You must decide the exact location [no answer] Wrong.
Correct answer: where you are going to build your house
➪ We can use where or at/in/on which to refer to a place.
8. You arrived with a woman. Who was that woman? (that)Who was the woman [no
answer] Wrong?
Correct answer: that you arrived with
➪ When there is a preposition we can use it before which/whom or leave it at the end.
➪ In this sentence we could say:
9. They have appointed two new directors. Neither of them has any experience.
(whom)They have appointed two new directors, [no answer] Wrong.
Correct answer: neither of whom has/have any experience
➪ In non-defining relative clauses (=between commas), we can use of which/whom after a
quantifier such as some, any, none, all, both, several, enough, many and few.
➪ After neither we can use a singular or plural verb.
10. The buildings are badly damaged. All of them have been hit by the storm. (which)The
buildings, [no answer] Wrong, are badly damaged.
Correct answer: all of which have been hit by the storm
➪ In non-defining relative clauses (=between commas), we can use of which/whom after a
quantifier such as some, any, none, all, both, several, enough, many and few