This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Relative Pronouns – Set 2”.
1. Identify the relative pronoun in the given sentence.
The man and his horse that won the race were given a lot of money.
a) The
b) His
c) That
d) Of
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Explanation: In the given sentence the word “that” acts as a relative pronoun. This is because after two antecedents, one denoting a person and the other depicting an animal or thing, the relative pronoun “that” should be used.
2. Identify the relative pronoun used in the given sentence.
What did you do that I don’t know?
a) You
b) That
c) What
d) Know
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Explanation: In the given sentence the word “that” is the relative pronoun because, after interrogative pronouns, the relative pronoun “that” should be used.
3. Identify the pronoun in the given sentence.
I did nothing that would have angered him.
a) Nothing
b) That
c) Have
d) Him
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Explanation: The word “that” in the given sentence plays the role of the relative pronoun because, after the words all, any, same, none, nothing, (the) only etc, the relative pronoun “that” should be used.
4. Identify the relative pronoun used in the given sentence.
She’s the best student that I’ve ever come across.
a) She
b) The
c) That
d) Across
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Explanation: In the given sentence, the word “that” acts as a relative pronoun in preference to the word “who”. After adjectives in the superlative degree, the relative pronoun “that” should be used.
5. Fill in the blanks.
The relative pronoun should be placed as near as possible to the ________
a) Noun
b) Adjective
c) Antecedent
d) Article
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Explanation: In order to avoid ambiguity, the relative pronoun is usually placed as near as possible to the antecedent. For example: “The student who got selected to play is the leader of my class.”
6. Choose the correct option.
“Whosoever” is a _________ pronoun.
a) Emphatic
b) Demonstrative
c) Relative
d) Personal
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Explanation: “Whosoever” is a Compound relative pronoun. These are the pronoun that are formed by the addition of “ever”, “so” or “soever” to “who”, “which” and “what”.
7. Fill in the blanks.
The relative pronoun is usually omitted when it is in the _________ case.
a) Nominative
b) Genitive
c) Accusative
d) Neutral
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Explanation: The relative pronoun is usually omitted when it is in the accusative case. The omission of a relative pronoun while in the nominative case has become very rare, except in colloquial speech.
8. Choose the correct option.
“What” is used in the ________ and _________ singular only.
a) Accusative, genitive
b) Nominative, genitive
c) Nominative, accusative
d) Used in no singular
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Explanation: “What” is used in the accusative and nominative singular only. This is because, “what” refers to only things and is used without an antecedent expressed.
9. Fill in the blanks.
The ________ pronoun “that” has a restrictive force.
a) Emphatic
b) Demonstrative
c) Relative
d) Personal
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Explanation: The relative pronoun “that” has a restrictive force, because it sometimes might become unsuitable as the substitute for the words “who” or “which”.
10. Choose the correct option.
“That” can be used as an adverbial _______
a) Accusative
b) Nominative
c) Genitive
d) Cannot be used as an adverbial
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Explanation: The word “that” can be used as an “adverbial accusative, which is used to replace “on which”, “in which” and “at which”.
11. Choose the correct option.
The relative pronoun “that” is used only in defining clauses.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The relative pronoun “that” is used for defining only clauses. These are the clause that restrict, limit, or define the antecedent.
12. Identify the relative pronoun in the given sentence.
The species which has become endangered should be saved.
a) Which
b) Has
c) Should
d) The
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Explanation: The relative pronoun “which” is used to refer to things without life and also animals. It may refer to both singular and plural nouns.
13. Fill in the blanks.
The case of the Relative pronoun depends upon its relation to the _______ in the clause in which it occurs.
a) Article
b) Noun
c) Verb
d) Subject
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Explanation: Consider the example: Sita is the girl who helped everyone. In the given sentence, the case of the relative pronoun “who” is obtained from the verb “helped” in the clause.
14. Identify the relative pronoun in the given sentence.
Beauty such as hers is impossible.
a) Such
b) As
c) Hers
d) Is
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Explanation: In older English, the word “as” was used as a relative pronoun after the word “such”. Therefore, “as” is the relative pronoun used in the given sentence.
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