• Test 19 • relative pronouns Level Oxford English Grammar Course Basic Name ● Leaving out who, which or that Rewrite the words in italics without relative pronouns if it’s possible If not, write ‘No change’ the hat I was wearing ▲ ▲ Have you seen the hat which I was wearing this morning? No change The man who spoke to me was one of Howard’s teachers. I’ve just seen a woman who looks like my mother. Is this the car that you were talking about? The mobile phone that I bought last week does so many things! Do you know anybody here who can speak Russian? Maths is a subject that I find very difficult. I need a printer that makes black-and-white and colour copies. Is that the man who you were talking to at Denis’s party? Did you buy those glasses that you saw in the shop last week? ● Prepositions Change these sentences to make them less formal Use that ▲ The people with whom I work are very nice The people that I work with are very nice The house in which they live is very small The football team in which my son plays wins almost every match The train on which she was travelling was very slow The man to whom they were talking is over eighty ● 3 Relative what Put in that or what He told me everything I needed to know We know something you don’t I don’t know you’re talking about The only things I need are my laptop and my keys you said to me wasn’t very nice You haven’t given me I asked for Something I said made him angry Can you remember anything she said to you last night? ➔ Oxford English Grammar Course • Basic Test 19 • relative pronouns © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE OEGC_OnlineTests 1P.indd 37 31/05/2011 16:24 Level ● Mixed structures Correct the mistakes or write ‘Correct’ who ▲ ▲ The man which asked for you is downstairs. Correct The taxi which is waiting outside is for you. Here are the books which you asked for them. A man who I know told me the story last week. The man told me the story is very funny. I don’t remember any of the people which I spoke to last night. Is that the famous singer you were telling me about? The soup you’re cooking smells delicious! The boy that broke the window has run away! Do you know any of the children which are coming to the party? Has the man wants to buy my car phoned this evening? 10 The plane goes to New York takes off at o’clock. 11 The train on which we were travelling arrived an hour late. 12 The taxi what we were travelling in wasn’t very clean. 13 The shop to which I am going to is open from to 6. 14 Jim isn’t my brother He’s a friend I play football with. 15 There was nothing what I wanted to buy in the shops. 16 You look hungry Take anything what you want to eat. 17 I want you to tell me everything that she says. 18 What she said it was not very interesting. 19 What you all said were very kind. 20 The only thing he cares about is his work. ● Mixed structures Which is/are correct? Circle the letter(s) of the correct sentences One, two or more answers may be correct for each question A The letter which you saw is for me B The letter who you saw is for me C The letter that you saw is for me D The letter you saw is for me A I got these flowers from a man who I met at a party last night B I got these flowers from a man which I met at a party last night C I got these flowers from a man whom I met at a party last night D I got these flowers from a man that I met at a party last night E I got these flowers from a man I met at a party last night A The house they lived in was very cold B The house in which they lived was very cold C The house that they lived in was very cold D The house in that they lived was very cold A The things we bought were very cheap B The things that we bought were very cheap C The things what we bought were very cheap D What we bought was very cheap E What we bought were very cheap ‘Can we take some food for the journey home?’ A - ‘Take what you need.’ B - ‘Take which you need.’ C - ‘Take anything you need.’ D - ‘Take anything what you need.’ E - ‘Take anything that you need.’ F - ‘Take all you need.’ G - ‘Take all what you need.’ / 45 Oxford English Grammar Course • Basic Test 19 • relative pronouns © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE OEGC_OnlineTests 1P.indd 38 31/05/2011 16:24 ... you need.’ / 45 Oxford English Grammar Course • Basic Test 19 • relative pronouns © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE OEGC_OnlineTests 1P.indd 38 31/05/2011 16:24