1. Complete the sentences with who, which, where, or whose.
1) That’s the hospital ________. dad works.
2) He is someone ________. face is familiar, but I can’t remember his name.
3) Do you know a shop ________. I can buy printer paper?
4) The essay ________. Tom wrote got top marks.
5) The boy ________. sits next to me in class is from Warsaw.
6) I know a girl ________. plays tennis six times a week.
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1) where 2) whose 3) where 4) which 5) who 6) who
2. Circle the correct relative pronouns. If both answers are correct, circle both.
Amelia Humfress is a young entrepreneur 1 who / which has just turned 24, and 2 whose / who aim is to make her company, Steer, the best in the world for teaching people how to make their own websites. The courses 3 which / that she offers vary from web design to computer coding. The idea for the company came to her when she was looking for a course 4 where / which she could learn about web design. It was a plan 5 that / which grew slowly, and at first she lacked the confidence to start the company. But she found an office 6 where / that she could start the business, and the business grew quickly. She thinks that more young people should set up their own businesses and that it’s often a lack of confidence 7 that / who holds them back.
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1) who 2) whose 3) which / that 4) where
5) that / which 6) where 7) that
3. Some of the sentences are incorrect. Rewrite them correctly. Tick the correct sentences.
1) A computer is a machine that can perform calculations.
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2) This is the town where I was born there.
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3) That’s the woman who she dropped her handbag.
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4) The cheese which I bought smell really bad.
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5) That’s the boy who his dad is a newsagent.
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6) Where’s the book which I left it on the table?
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2) This is the town where I was born.
3) That’s the woman who dropped her handbag.
4) The cheese which I bought smells/smelt really bad.
5) That’s the boy whose dad is a newsagent.
6) Where’s the book which I left on the table?
4. Join the two sentences with a relative pronoun (who, which, where, or whose).
1) I’ve lost the DVD. You gave it to me.
I’ve lost the DVD which you have me.
2) Jo has an expensive car. She keeps it in the garage.
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3) Who’s that man? He’s looking at us.
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4) I opened the cupboard. We keep the glasses there.
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5) That’s the girl. I saw you with her.
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6) Who is the boy? You copied his homework.
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7) Website designer is a job. It attracts young people.
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2) Jo has an expensive car which she keeps in the garage.
3) Who’s that man who’s looking at us?
4) I opened the cupboard where we keep the glasses.
5) That’s the girl who I saw you with.
6) Who is the boy whose homework you copied?
7) Website designer is a job which attracts a lot of young people.
5. Complete questions 1-8 with clauses a-h. Add a relative pronoun only where necessary.
1) Is this the phone you used to text me?
2) What’s the name of the hotel ________
3) Is Jake the boy ________
4) This is the jacket ________
5) Do you like people ________
6) Can you fetch the DVD ________
7) Is that the woman ________
8) Is that the café ________
a I wore to Beth’s party.
b show lots of initiative?
c you used to text me?
d you introduced me to a few days ago?
e husband works in France?
f is on the shelf in the living room?
g we stayed last summer?
h you met Sam?
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2) where we stayed last summer?
3) who you introduced me to a few days ago?
4) I wore to Beth’s party.
5) who shows lots of initiative?
6) which is on the shelf in the living room?
7) whose husband works in France?
8) where you met Sam?
6. Complete the dialogues with who, which, where and whose. Where it is possible to omit the pronoun, write ‘no pronoun’.
1) a Who were you talking to on the high street?
b The woman ____________ owns the English Acade.
2) a What’s in that package?
b It’s the book ____________ I ordered online.
3) a Which restaurant are we going to tonight?
b The one ____________ we celebrated your birthday.
4) a Who’s that?
b She’s the girl ____________ mother works in the post office.
5) a Where are your notes?
b I lent them to the student ____________ I sit next to.
6) a Who is that letter from?
b It’s from a company ____________ might give me a summer job.
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1) who 2) no pronoun 3) where 4) whose
5) no pronoun 6) which