Relative clauses exercises worksheet
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Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________
The student ___ won the prize thanked her teacher.
who / which / where
My answer: ________________________________________
This is the room ___ we usually study.
whose / where / who
My answer: ________________________________________
I met a writer ___ book I had read.
whose / who / which
My answer: ________________________________________
My laptop, ___ is quite old, still works.
that / which / what
My answer: ________________________________________
Choose the correct sentence.
The person who helped me was kind. / The person which helped me was kind. / The person what helped me was kind.
My answer: ________________________________________
The woman ___ lives next door is a nurse.
where / who / which
My answer: ________________________________________
This is the book ___ I told you about.
that / who / where
My answer: ________________________________________
The café ___ we met has closed.
who / whose / where
My answer: ________________________________________
I know a student ___ brother works here.
which / whose / who
My answer: ________________________________________
Choose the correct sentence.
The people who arrived early got seats. / The people which arrived early got seats. / The people where arrived early got seats.
My answer: ________________________________________
Answer key & explanations
- who — Who refers to a person.
- where — Where refers to the place in which the studying happens.
- whose — Whose connects the writer to the book they wrote.
- which — A non-defining clause about a thing uses which, not that.
- The person who helped me was kind. — Who is the appropriate relative pronoun for the person.
- who — Who refers to a person and is the subject of lives.
- that — That can refer to a thing in a defining relative clause.
- where — Where refers to a place and stands for at which in this sentence.
- whose — Whose shows possession: the brother belongs to the student’s family.
- The people who arrived early got seats. — Who refers to people and acts as the subject of arrived.
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The online topic pack has 40 exercises across four sets, including sentence work and original writing. This printable covers the ten-question warm-up.
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- Connect details to the right noun
- Choose a suitable relative pronoun
- Decide whether information identifies or adds