Exercises

Unit 94 · Relative clauses 3: whose / whom / where

94.1

You met these people at a party: The next day you tell a friend about these people

You met these people at a partyThe next day you tell a friend about these peopleComplete the sentences using who or whose

1I met somebody whose mother writes detective stories .(Example)

I met a man .

I met a woman .

I met somebody .

I met a couple .

I met somebody .

94.2

For each situation write a sentence with whom (more formal) and without whom (less formal)

Foreachsituationwriteasentencewithwhom(moreformal)andwithoutwhom(lessformal).

1You met a friend. You hadn’t seen him for years. more formal I met a friend whom I hadn’t seen for years . less formal I met a friend I hadn’t seen for years .(Example)

You needed a lawyer. A friend of yours recommended one. more formal I went to see a lawyer . less formal I went to see a lawyer .

You called your bank with a problem. You spoke to somebody, but he wasn’t very helpful. more formal The person wasn’t very helpful. less formal The person .

Tom was in love with a woman, but she wasn’t in love with Tom. more formal The woman wasn’t in love with him. less formal The woman wasn’t in love with him.

94.3

Complete the sentences using who / whom / whose / where

Completethesentencesusingwho/whom/whose/where.

1We helped some people whose car had broken down.(Example)

A cemetery is a place people are buried.

A pacifist is a person believes that all wars are wrong.

An orphan is a child parents are dead.

What’s the name of the hotel your parents are staying?

This school is only for children first language is not English.

The person from I bought my car is a friend of my father’s.

I live in a friendly village everybody knows everybody else.

94.4

Use your own ideas to complete these sentences

Useyourownideastocompletethesesentences.

1I can’t meet you on Friday. That’s the day I’m going away .(Example)

The reason was that the salary was too low.

I’ll never forget the time .

was the year .

The reason is that neither of them can drive.

The last time I was .

Do you remember the day ? My mother writes detective stories. My wife is an English teacher. I own a restaurant. My ambition is to climb Mount Everest. My parents used to work in a circus. We’ve just got married.

Theory

Exercises

Unit 94 · Relative clauses 3: whose / whom / where

94.1

You met these people at a party: The next day you tell a friend about these people

You met these people at a partyThe next day you tell a friend about these peopleComplete the sentences using who or whose

1I met somebody whose mother writes detective stories .(Example)

I met a man .

I met a woman .

I met somebody .

I met a couple .

I met somebody .

94.2

For each situation write a sentence with whom (more formal) and without whom (less formal)

Foreachsituationwriteasentencewithwhom(moreformal)andwithoutwhom(lessformal).

1You met a friend. You hadn’t seen him for years. more formal I met a friend whom I hadn’t seen for years . less formal I met a friend I hadn’t seen for years .(Example)

You needed a lawyer. A friend of yours recommended one. more formal I went to see a lawyer . less formal I went to see a lawyer .

You called your bank with a problem. You spoke to somebody, but he wasn’t very helpful. more formal The person wasn’t very helpful. less formal The person .

Tom was in love with a woman, but she wasn’t in love with Tom. more formal The woman wasn’t in love with him. less formal The woman wasn’t in love with him.

94.3

Complete the sentences using who / whom / whose / where

Completethesentencesusingwho/whom/whose/where.

1We helped some people whose car had broken down.(Example)

A cemetery is a place people are buried.

A pacifist is a person believes that all wars are wrong.

An orphan is a child parents are dead.

What’s the name of the hotel your parents are staying?

This school is only for children first language is not English.

The person from I bought my car is a friend of my father’s.

I live in a friendly village everybody knows everybody else.

94.4

Use your own ideas to complete these sentences

Useyourownideastocompletethesesentences.

1I can’t meet you on Friday. That’s the day I’m going away .(Example)

The reason was that the salary was too low.

I’ll never forget the time .

was the year .

The reason is that neither of them can drive.

The last time I was .