Relative pronouns exercise | CBSE grammar worksheets
Complete the following sentences using appropriate relative pronouns.
1. He ………………………. does not work must starve.
a) who
b) which
c) whom
2. Where is the book …………………… you borrowed from me?
a) that
b) which
c) Either could be used here
3. This the house ……………………… my grandfather built.
a) that
b) which
c) Either could be used here
4. Most people get …………………….. they deserve.
a) that
b) what
c) which
5. This is the girl ……………………… I was talking about.
a) who
b) that
c) Either could be used here
6. People ……………………. take physical exercise live longer.
a) who
b) which
c) that
d) Either ‘who’ or ‘that’
7. ……………………… is one man’s meat is another man’s poison.
a) What
b) That
c) Which
8. My father, …………………… is a school teacher, is fifty years old.
a) who
b) that
c) which
9. He was the most eloquent speaker ……………………… I ever heard.
a) that
b) who
c) Which
10. I have found …………………….. I was looking for.
a) what
b) that
c) which
Answers
1. He who does not work must starve.
2. Where is the book that/which you borrowed from me?
3. This the house that/which my grandfather built.
4. Most people get what they deserve.
5. This is the girl who/that I was talking about.
6. People who/that take physical exercise live longer.
7. What is one man’s meat is another man’s poison.
8. My father, who is a school teacher, is fifty years old. (‘That’ is not used in non-identifying relative clauses.)
9. He was the most eloquent speaker that I ever heard. (After superlatives ‘that’ is preferred to ‘who’.)
10. I have found what I was looking for.
