Relative pronouns exercise

Complete the following sentences using appropriate relative pronouns. Each question is followed by three suggested answers. Choose the most appropriate one.

1. The girl ……………………… scored the highest mark is my cousin.

a) who

b) whom

c) which

2. I praised the boy ………………………….. won the prize.

a) who

b) whom

c) which

3. I know the girl ……………………….. you met at the railway station yesterday.

a) who

b) whom

c) which

4. The girl ……………………………. my sister has adopted is mute and deaf.

a) who

b) whom

c) whose

5. The boy …………………………. father died last week has been absent since then.

a) who

b) whose

c) whom

6. This is the boy …………………………. father is a diplomat.

a) whose

b) who

c) that

7. This is the road ………………………… leads to the railway station.

a) whose

b) that

c) either could be used here

8. The laptop ……………………….. I purchased last week is very expensive.

a) that

b) which

c) either could be used here

9. The farmer killed the dog ………………………… bit the boy.

a) who

b) that

c) whose

10. This is the best book ……………………… is recommended by the teachers.

a) which

b) that

c) either could be used here

Answers

1. The girl who scored the highest mark is my cousin.

2. I praised the boy who won the prize.

3. I know the girl whom you met at the railway station yesterday.

4. The girl whom my sister has adopted is mute and deaf.

5. The boy whose father died last week has been absent since then.

6. This is the boy whose father is a diplomat.

7. This is the road that leads to the railway station.

8. The laptop that / which I purchased last week is very expensive.

9. The farmer killed the dog that bit the boy.

10. This is the best book that is recommended by the teachers. (After a superlative form, that is used instead of which.)