Exercise 1
You met these people at a party:
The next day you tell a friend about these people. Complete the sentences using who or whose .
1) I met somebody ________
2) I met a man ________
3) I met a woman ________
4) I met somebody ________
5) I met a couple ________
6) I met somebody ________
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1 whose mother writes detective stories
2 whose wife is an English teacher
3 who owns a restaurant
4 whose ambition is to climb Everest
5 who have just got married
6 whose parents used to work in a circus
Exercise 2
Read the situations and complete the sentences using where .
1) You grew up in a small town. You went back there recently. You tell someone this.
I recently went back to ________
2) You're thirsty and you want a drink. You ask a friend where you can get some water.
Is there a shop near here ________ ?
3) You work in a factory. The factory is going to close down next month. You tell a friend.
The ________ is going to close down next month.
4) Sue is staying at a hotel. You want to know the name of the hotel. You ask a friend.
Do you know the name of ________ ?
5) You play football in a park on Sundays. You show a friend the park. You say:
This is the ________ on Sundays.
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1 the small town where I grew up
2 where I can get some water
3 (The) factory where I work
4 the hotel where Sue is staying
5 (the) park where 1/we play football
Exercise 3
Complete each sentence using who/whom/whose/where .
1) What's the name of the man ________ car you borrowed?
2) A cemetery is a place ________ people are buried.
3) A pacifist is a person ________ believes that all wars are wrong.
4) An orphan is a child ________ parents are dead.
5) What was the name of the person to ________ you spoke on the phone?
6) The place ________ we spent our holidays was really beautiful.
7) This school is only for children ________ first language is not English.
8) The woman with ________ he fell in love left him after a month.
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1 whose
2 where
3 who
4 whose
5 whom
6 where
7 whose
8 whom
Exercise 4
Use your own ideas to complete these sentences.
1) I can't meet you on Friday. That's the day ________I’m going away__..
2) The reason ________ was that the salary was too low.
3) I'll never forget the time ________
4) Do you remember the day ________ ?
5) The reason ________ is that they don't need one.
6) _____ was the year ________
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Example answers:
2 The reason I left job was that the salary was very low.
3 I'll never forget the time I got stuck in a lift.
4 Do you remember the day we first met?
5 The reason they don't have a car is that they don't need one.
6 2003 was the year Amanda got married.