EXERCISES
I. Fill in the blanks with Relative pronoun or Relative adverbs, Put commas (dấu phẩy) wheel they
are needed. ( who , whom, that, which, whose , when, where, why)
1. Alexander Flemming,who discovered penicillin received the Nobel Prize in 1945.
2. The book which I need can’t be found in the library.
3. Here is the beach which is the safest for swimmers.
4. Do you know the American woman whose name (N) is Margaret Mitchell?
5. Jim whom I have known for ten years is one of my closest friends.
6. John found a cat whose leg was broken.
7. Don’t sit on the chair the leg which is broken.(whose +N)
8. This tree,whose branches (nhánh) are dry should be cut down.
9. The child smiled at the woman whom he didn’t know.
10. That woman whose name I don’t remember is a doctor.
11. Children enjoy reading the books which have coloured pictures.
12. I met someone who said he knew you.
13. The noise which/ that he made woke everybody up.
14. The film is about a spy ( điệp viên) whose wife betrays him.
15. Those girls, who serve in the restaurant are the owner’s daughters.
16. The house whose walls and roof are made of glass is a green house.
17. Rod Lee, whose sister I know, is a film actor.
18. Mr Bake will buy the house which is opposite to my house.
19. You have to take care of the books which you borrowed from the library.
20. Karl Marx, whose theories (lý thuyết) have changed the world’s history is the German
Philosopher.
21. Let me see all the letters which you have written.
22. Is there anyone who can help me do this?
23. Mr Brown,who is only 34 is the director of this company.
24. The chief of Police, whose work is very important, takes care of the public safety.
25. I know a place where roses grow in abundance.
26. The teacher with whom we studied last year no longer teaches in our school.
27. They showed me the hospital whose buildings had been destroyed by bombings.
28. We saw many soldiers and tanks that were moving to the front.
29. We must find a time when we can meet and a place we can talk.
30. The decision was postponed, which was exactly what he wanted.
II. Use a Relative pronoun to combine each pair of the sentences below.
1. You sent me a present. Thank you very much for it.=> You sent me a present for which thank you
very much.
2. Romeo and Juliet were lovers. Their parents hated each other.=> Romeo and Juliet, whose
parents hated each other, were lovers.
3. This is Mrs Jones. Her son won the championship last year. (whose )
4. I was sitting in a chair. It suddenly collapsed.( which)
5. This is the story of a man. His wife suddenly loses her memory. (whose)
6. Charlie Chaplin died in 1977. His films amused millions of people in the world. (whose)
7. Please post these letters. I wrote them this morning.( which)
8. The building is the church. Its tower can be seen from a far.(whose)
9. Mary and Margaret are twins. You meet them yesterday. (whom)
10. I’ll introduce you to the man. His support is necessary for your project.(whose)
11. The students will surely be successful in their exams. The students study seriously and
methodically.
12. Mary has won an Oscar. I know her sister.
13. Is this the style of hair? Your wife wanted to have it.
14. Shakespeare was born at Stratford on Avon, a small town in England. He is the world’s
greatest dramatist and poet.
15. His girl friend turned out to be an enemy spy. He trusted her absolutely.
16. A man brought in a small girl. Her hand had been cut.
17. The Smiths were given room in the hotel. Their house had been destroyed in the explosion.
18. He introduced me to his students. Most of them were from abroad.
19. They gave me four very bad tyres. One of them burst before I had driven four miles.
20. A man answered the phone. He said Tom was out.
