This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Relative Pronouns – Set 3”.
1. Identify the case of the relative pronoun in the given sentence.
The man who she met is very polite.
a) Nominative
b) Genitive
c) Accusative
d) Possessive
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Explanation: The relative pronoun “who” used in the given sentence is used for the purpose of referring to a person and hence it is used for depicting the nominative case.
2. Identify the case of the relative pronoun used in the given sentence.
This is the horse which was brought from Romania.
a) Nominative
b) Genitive
c) Accusative
d) Possessive
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Explanation: The relative pronoun “which” used in the given sentence denotes an animal (horse) and therefore, it is used to denote an accusative case.
3. Identify the pronoun used in the given sentence.
He is smartest student that I’ve ever met.
a) He
b) That
c) Ever
d) Is
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Explanation: In the given sentence, the word “that” plays the role of a relative pronoun. The relative pronoun “that” is used after adjectives in the superlative degree.
4. Identify the relative pronoun used in the given sentence.
The camel is the only animal that can be used to travel in the desert.
a) Is
b) The
c) Only
d) Who
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Explanation: In the given sentence, the word “that” acts as a relative pronoun as, after the words “all”, “any”, “none”, “same”, “none”, (the) “only”, the relative pronoun “that” should be used.
5. Identify the relative pronoun used in the given sentence.
What is that bothers you so much?
a) What
b) Is
c) That
d) You
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Explanation: In the given sentence, the word “that” plays the role of a relative pronoun because, after interrogative pronouns, the relative pronoun “that” is used in preference to “who” or “which”.
6. Identify the relative pronoun used in the given sentence.
The shepherd and his sheep that lived in an abandoned farm were found.
a) His
b) The
c) That
d) Were
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Explanation: After two antecedents, one depicting a person and the other denoting an animal, the relative pronoun “that” is used in preference to “who” or “which”.
7. Identify the relative pronoun used in the given sentence.
We’ve never had such a fun as now.
a) We’ve
b) Had
c) Such
d) As
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Explanation: In the given sentence, the word “as” acts as a relative pronoun because, in older English, the word “as” was used as a relative pronoun after “such”.
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