Relative Pronouns Exercise

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun.

1. Have you got a novel …………………………. is

really interesting to read?
that
which
Either could be used here

2. She has acted in a movie ………………………..

name I have forgotten.
which
who's
whose
of which

3. He is married to a writer …………………………..

you may have heard.
whom
of whom
that

4. It was a meeting …………………………….

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purpose I did not understand.

of which
which
whose

5. We became friendly with some students

………………………… we met on the train.
that or which
that or who
that or whom

6. Alice married her boyfriend,

……………………......… made her parents very
unhappy.
that
what
which

7. Mary, ………………………… teaches my daughter

English, has moved to another city.
who
that

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which

8. I know a shop ……………………….. they sell

imported perfumes.
that
where
which

9. It is the best film ……………………………… has

ever been made about the French Revolution.
that
which
what

10. I have got something

.......................................... belongs to you?
that
which
what

11. I have got ................................................. I

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need.
that
which
what

12. He was respected by the people with

………………………….. he worked.
what
that
whom

Answers
1. Have you got a novel that / which is really interesting to read?
2. She has acted in a movie whose name I have forgotten.
3. He is married to a writer of whom you may have heard.
4. It was a meeting whose purpose I did not understand.
5. We became friendly with some students whom / that we met on the train.
6. Alice married her boyfriend, which made her parents very unhappy.
7. Mary, who teaches my daughter English, has moved to another city.
8. I know a shop where they sell imported perfumes.
9. It is the best film that has ever been made about the French Revolution.
10. I have got something that belongs to you?
11. I have got what I need.
12. He was respected by the people with whom he worked.

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