1 Choose the correct relative pronoun.

where | which | whose | who | that

1. The woman who I saw was very tall.

2. The woman ______ lives next door is very nice.
3. This is the place ______ I had my first kiss.
4. The garden _______ he cares for is huge.
5. The screenplay ______ I wrote wasn’t very good.
6. Stephen King, ______ stories are really scary, is my favourite
author.

2 Choose the correct option.

1. The neighbourhood where / who I grew up was quite poor.

2. He’s the person which / who won the prize.
3. That’s the shop where / that sells the best shoes.
4. The author that / whose book is on sale is signing today.
5. The house which / who is on the corner is haunted.
6. That’s the castle who / where the story is set.

3 Underline the defining relative clause in each sentence.

1. The dog that loves playing with kids is black.

2. The girl who's got dark, curly hair is really friendly.
3. The family whose house was for sale moved out yesterday.
4. A shop where you can buy bread is called a bakery.
5. The book which Lucy read is a horror story.
6. I couldn’t finish reading the romantic novel that I borrowed from
Martin.

4 Underline the non-defining relative clause in each sentence.

1. The dog, which is running around, loves playing with kids.

2. The main character, who lives in Georgia, is a poor man.
3. The prize-winning book, whose cover shows a picture of aliens, is
a science fiction novel.
4. In France, where Pierre comes from, there is no school on
Wednesday afternoons.
5. The party, which ended at midnight, was great fun!
6. John Keats, who was a famous English poet, worked as a doctor
in a hospital.

5 Cross the sentences where that is wrong and must be replaced with
which.

1. She was tired, that put her in a bad mood. x

2. The screenplay that I wrote wasn't very good.
3. The garden that he looks after is beautiful.
4. My phone broke, that means no one can contact me.
5. I read her latest book, that is a great story.
6. The primary school that I used to go to has closed down.

6 Complete the text with a relative pronoun in the list.

which | who (x 3) | whose | that

Yesterday I saw a young boy, 1 who was sitting on a bench, reading a

book. The book 2________ he was reading caught my attention. It was
by an international scientist 3________ studies black holes. I asked the
boy why he was reading the book, and he told me that he’s learning
about space at school. Then the boy, 4________ book was almost as big
as him, started explaining black holes to me. I was amazed because
I'm a physics professor at the university, 5________ is a job I love. But
never before have I met someone so young 6________ has so much
enthusiasm for space!

1 Choose the correct option.

7. The neighbourhood where / who I grew up was quite poor.

8. He’s the one whose / who won the prize.
9. That’s the shop where / that sells the best shoes.
10. The author who / whose book is on sale is signing today.
11. That’s the castle that / where the story is set.
12. The man that / which lived in that house was a murderer.

2 Cross out the pronoun if it isn’t necessary.

7. The woman who I saw was very tall.

8. The woman who lives next door is very nice.
9. This is the place where I had my first kiss.
10. The garden which he cares for is huge.
11. The screenplay that I wrote wasn’t very good.
12. The house which is on the corner is haunted.

3 Underline the relative clauses and write D for defining or ND for

non-defining.

1. He gave me a copy of his book, which was signed. ND

2. The dog, which is running around, loves playing with kids. _____
3. The dog that loves playing with kids is black. _____
4. The main character, who lives in Georgia, is a poor man. _____
5. I met a lovely man yesterday, whose son studies at the same
university as mine. _____
6. Their sister who lives in India is trying to become a photographer.
_____
7. My cousin who’s an author is trying to publish his first book. _____

4 Put the words in order to make sentences with defining relative

clauses.
1. tennis / daughter / have / a / plays / who / they They have a
daughter who plays tennis.
2. next / boys / door / are / the / loud / live / who
____________________________________
3. read / I / the / about / sport / blogs / all / are
____________________________________
4. book / table / on / the / mine / is / the / that / is
____________________________________
5. whose / happy / scored / man / son / is / the
____________________________________
6. born / live / I / the / in / house / where / was / I
____________________________________

6 Complete the text with a relative pronoun in each space.

Yesterday I saw a boy, 1who was sitting on a bench, reading a book.
The book 2________ he was reading caught my attention. It was by an
international physicist 3________ studies black holes. I asked the boy
why he was reading that book, and he told me that he’s learning about
space at his school, 4________ is a science academy. Then this boy,
5
________ feet barely touched the ground, started explaining black
holes to me, 6________ surprised me because I’m a physics professor at
the university

1 Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun.

1. The woman who was singing looked at me.

2. That’s _____ we used to play years ago.
3. That’s not the man _____ car I saw.
4. I met a woman _____ loves cats.
5. The city _____ I grew up has changed.
6. The boy _____ shoes are untied is careless.

2 Combine the sentences by adding a relative pronoun.

1. The boy is called Peter Pan. His arch-enemy is Captain Hook.

The boy whose arch-enemy is Captain Hook is called Peter Pan.
2. The girl fell down a hole. She was called Alice.
____________________________________
3. The dog belongs to Dorothy. Its name is Toto.
____________________________________
4. The girl ate a poisoned apple. She was called Snow White.
____________________________________
5. The man was George Orwell. He wrote 1984.
____________________________________
6. Don Quixote fought giants. They were actually windmills.
____________________________________

3 Combine the sentences with non-defining relative clauses.

1. The murder was never solved. It was turned into a movie.

The murder, which was never solved, was turned into a movie.
2. The author wasn’t happy with all the attention. He’s a very private
person.
____________________________________
3. Writing is not for everyone. It is an art form.
____________________________________
4. That shelf is special. I keep my books there.
____________________________________
5. The film was great. It was based on a book.
____________________________________
6. The hero was a spy. He had a lot of friends.
____________________________________

4 Complete the sentences with a relative clause from the list.

which is next to my house | which was very expensive | which is in
last place | who lives in Newcastle | that I need to take | where we
like to have picnics

1. I love the park which is next to my house.

2. My team, ____________________, needs a new coach.
3. The exam ________________ is very difficult.
4. We have a place ______________________
____________________________________.
5. We went to a restaurant ________________.
6. My sister _________________________ has just had her second baby.

5 Combine the sentences with which clauses.

1. I’m learning to play the guitar. It’s difficult.

2. I’m learning to play the guitar, which is difficult.
3. My mum gave me a car. It was a surprise.
____________________________________
4. My sister told me the test was today. I forgot.
____________________________________
5. It’s going to snow now. That’s great for skiers.
____________________________________
6. The road is narrow. This can cause problems.
____________________________________
7. His cousin is getting married. That’s great.
____________________________________

6 Correct the mistakes.

1. Gary, who’s dad is proud of him, just won. Gary, whose dad is proud
of him, just won.
2. This phone which I just got is already broken.
____________________________________
3. The market which I go sells the freshest fruit.
____________________________________
4. The man, that is Welsh, has written ten books.
____________________________________
5. The story what he told us was interesting.
___________________________________
6. Pau Gasol, whose very tall, plays basketball.
____________________________________