Saturday, May 9, 2009

3rd. Evaluation Relative Pronouns 1


Relative pronouns are that, who, whom, whose, which, where, when, and why. They are used to join clauses to make a complex sentence. Relative pronouns are used at the beginning of the subordinate clause which gives some specific information about the main clause.

This is the house that Jack built.
I don't know the day when Jane will marry him.
The professor, whom I respect, was elected Dean.

Complete with that, who, whom or which.

1. Nadia Comaneci from Rumania was the woman __________
won the gold in gymnastics.

2. The horse ___________ won the 200th English Derby in 1979 was
called Troy.

3. The horse ___________ the Roman Emperor Caligula made Consul
was nearly as intelligent as the senators.

4. The boxer __________ Muhammad Ali beat for his first world

championship title was Sonny Liston.

5. The ships __________ Columbus and his men sailed to America

were called the “NiƱa” the “Pinta” and the “Santa Maria”

6. The spaceship ____________ carried Armstrong and Aldrin to the

moon was Apollo XI.

7. Alfred Nobel was the man __________ invented dynamite.

8. The last play _________ Shakespeare wrote was “The Two Noble

Kinsmen”

9. The man __________ won the first modern Olympic marathon, in
Athens, was a Greek.

10. “The Jazz Singer” was the film __________ started the fashion for
“talking” films.

11. The teacher chatted with the student __________ stayed behind

after class.

12. The girl __________ we met was quite nice.

13. Do you know the girl __________ I as talking to?

14. The mouse __________ the cat tried to catch was too fast for

him.

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