WREN & MARTIN's English grammar-relative pronouns-practice

 

Relative Pronouns: 10 Practice MCQs

1. I know the man _______ has stolen your watch.

A. which

B. who

C. whom

D. whose

2. This is the house _______ my father built.

A. who

B. whom

C. whose

D. that

3. The boy _______ you see there is my cousin.

A. who

B. whom

C. whose

D. which

4. I have a dog _______ name is Bruno.

A. who

B. which

C. whose

D. that

5. Listen to _______ I say.

A. which

B. that

C. what

D. who

6. This is the best _______ I can do for you.

A. which

B. that

C. what

D. who

7. He _______ is down needs fear no fall.

A. who

B. whom

C. which

D. that

8. The moment _______ is lost is lost forever.

A. who

B. which

C. whose

D. whom

9. Such a man _______ he should be honored.

A. who

B. that

C. as

D. which

10. I met a traveler _______ I had never seen before.

A. who

B. whom

C. whose

D. which

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Answer Key

Question	Answer	Explanation
1	B	'Who' is used as the subject for persons.
2	D	'That' is used for things and is preferred after a definite antecedent.
3	B	'Whom' is the objective case, used when the person is the object of the verb 'see'.
4	C	'Whose' is the possessive form, used for persons and sometimes animals/objects.
5	C	'What' is used when the antecedent is omitted (meaning "that which").
6	B	'That' is used instead of 'which' after superlative adjectives (the best).
7	A	'Who' acts as the subject of the verb 'is'.
8	B	'Which' is used for inanimate objects or things without life.
9	C	After 'such' or 'same', we typically use 'as' as a relative pronoun.
10	B	'Whom' is the object of the verb 'had seen'.