English test
Relative clause
for questions 1 - 15 chose correct answer
The mountain ____ we climbed yesterday was the highest mountain in Britain!
- which
- where
- what
- who
In which sentence can you delete who?
- The man who lives next to me is nearly eighty.
- The man who I saw on the bus is my neighbour.
- The man who cleans my windows has gone into hospital.
In which sentence can you NOT delete that?
- A photocopier is a machine that makes copies of pages.
- I’ve lost the magazine that I was reading.
- The film that we saw yesterday was brilliant.
What CANNOT go in the space?
Julie looked after the injured bird ___ she found in the garden.
- who
- that
- (No word is needed here)
Rewrite these sentences:
Greg bought a camera yesterday.
The camera doesn’t work.
- The camera that Greg bought yesterday doesn’t work.
- Greg, who bought a camera yesterday, doesn’t work.
- The camera who Greg bought yesterday doesn’t work.
What CAN’T you write in the space?
Last week I bought a watch ___ was half price.
- that
- (no word is needed here)
- which
Rewrite these sentences.
I met a man at a meeting last week.
The man was at the party.
- The man who I met at the party last week was at the meeting.
- The man I met at the meeting last week was at the party.
- I met the man, which was at the meeting last week, at the party.
Complete the sentence.
That’s the shop ___ I bought my wedding ring.
- (No word is needed here)
- which
- where
Complete the sentence.
There’s the woman ___ I met last week.
- which
- (no word is needed here)
- that
Which sentence needs the word who?
- Is that the woman ___ lives next door to your grandmother?
- Is that the woman ___ you work with?
- Is that the woman ___ Dan was talking about?
Which word goes in the space?
The mountain ____ we climbed yesterday was the highest mountain in Britain!
- which
- where
- what
I talked to the girl ___________ car had broken down in front of the shop.
- who
- which
- whose
Mr Richards, __________ is a taxi driver, lives on the corner.
- who
- whose
- which
We often visit our aunt in Norwich ___________ is in East Anglia.
- who
- whose
- which
This is the girl ________ comes from Spain.
- who
- whose
- what
That's Peter, the boy ______ has just arrived at the airport.
- who
- which
- whose
- what
Thank you very much for your e-mail ________ was very interesting.
- who
- which
- why
- whose
The man, ________ father is a professor, forgot his umbrella.
- whose
- what
- who
- how
The children, ____________ we shouted in the street, are not from our school.
- whose
- at whom
- who
What did you do with the money ________ your mother lent you?
- which
- what
- whose