25 Relative pronouns

A

1. who/that

2. which

3. (when/that)

4. which

5. whom

6. whose

7. (that)

8. (that)

9. whose

10. whose

11. whom

12. whom

13. (that)

14. which

15. (who/that)

16. (who/that)

17. which

18. who/that

19. whom

20. which

21. whose

22. (that)

23. which

24. (why/that)

25. (which/that)

26. whom

27. (that)

28. (when/that)

29. whom

30. whose

B

1. My office, which is very small, is on the first floor.

2. We have a CEO who/that is Swedish.

3. We have a salesman whose mother tongue is Swedish.

4. They …. their house, which was built in the 1920s.

5. My computer, which is four years old, has crashed.

6. He … e-mail (which/that) I sent last week.

7. She works … company, whose head office is in London.

8. Most of the customers to whom we sent a reminder have paid./… (who/that) we sent a reminder to have paid.

9. The cashier who/that had embezzled money was fired.

10. The … house whose roof was in a very bad condition.

11. I … lady (who/that) I saw on TV two weeks ago.

12. The safe in which she kept her jewels had been forced open./The safe (which/that) she kept her jewels in had been forced open.

13. The employer for whom I worked for two years has sold his business./The employer (that/who) I worked for for two years has sold his business.

14. The manager to whom I complained listened patiently./The manager (who/that) I complained to listened patiently.

C

(Brackets indicate that the relative pronoun can be left out)

1. … the invoice (which/that) you were looking for?

2. … company (which/that) he worked for went bankrupt.

3. … colleague (who/that) I told you about is going to emigrate.

4. … article (which/that) you were interested in?

5. … girl (who/that) I travelled with was French.

6. … the hotel (which/that) stayed at.

7. … person (who/that) you got this information from?

8. … subject (which/that) I know very little about.

9. … the keys (which/that) you were looking for?

10. … problem (which/that) I told you about has been solved.

D

1. customers who/that: Which can only be used for things; for persons who is used or that in a restrictive relative clause.

2. customer from whom you received a complaint/customer (who/that) you received a complaint from: whom is used after a preposition in formal English. In less formal language, who is used and the preposition comes at the end. (or that in a restrictive relative clause).

3. which: a spelling mistake

4. person with whom/person (who/that) I sometimes … problems with: whom is used after a preposition

5. bike, which: In a non-restrictive relative clause you use which for things.

6. correct

7. woman whose car: whose is used to express possession.

8. correct

9. all that: that is used after ‘thing’.

10. correct

11. correct

12. Mr Carlton, to whom I spoke/ Mr Carlton (who/that) I spoke to: whom is used after a preposition

E

1. (that)

2. which

3. who/that

4. that/which

5. (that)

6. who/that

7. whom

8. whom

9. whose

10. which

11. who/that

12. (which/that)