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 Relative Pronouns

who people (subject) defining and non-defining

defining and non-defining; clause referring to a

which animals and things
whole sentence

people, animals and things;

that defining only
informal

possessive meaning;
whose for people and animals defining and non-defining
usually;

whom people (Object) defining and non-defining

In addition, we use where with nouns that refer to a place, when with nouns that refer to a
time and why with reasons.

A relative clause is a clause that begins with a relative pronoun,

gives us information about the noun that comes before it.

The boy who called me is a doctor.

My brother, who went abroad, is a doctor.

1. Fill in the blanks with the relative pronouns given in the box.
who, which, whom, whose, where, when

1) A surgeon is a doctor ....................................... performs operations.

2) A thermometer is an instrument ............................... is used to measure temperature.

3) Nisam, ............................ is one of my close friends, rang me yesterday.

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4) I’ve got a cousin .................................... hobby is gardening.

5) Tell me a time .................................... we can meet.

6) It’s an old movie ................................... title I have forgotten.

7) The factory .................................. my uncle works is going to close down.

8) My friend Ravi, ................................... we met at the library yesterday, reads at least two
books every month.

2. Combine the two sentences using a suitable relative pronoun.

1. This is my brother. He has obtained an A for Mathematics.

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2. I helped a poor girl. Many people ignored her.

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3. Ajith bought a vehicle. It is very expensive.

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4. Nimali is an innocent girl. Her mother has already died.

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5. That is the print shop. I take my all the printouts from that shop.
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6. I have a pet dog. Its tail is short.

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7. Susanthika won a silver medal. She was very young then.

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8. My brother and I went to a market. It sells fish.

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9. Chamath is a clever boy. He can run fast.

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10. This is my old phone. Its display is broken.

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 11. I have a friend. He lives in Ragama.
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12. He has a sister. She loves animals.

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13. She has a pet dog. Its name is Lucky.

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14. His father works in factory. It manufactures toys.

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15. His mother is a nurse. She works in a private hospital.

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3. Read and underline.

1. The festival, ______________ lasted all day, ended with a fight.

A. whose
B. Who
C. Which
D. What
2. I am looking for someone __________ can watch my dog while I go on vacation.
A. Which
B. Who
C. Whom
D. Where
3. The police needed details _____________ could help identify the robber.
A. Who
B. Where
C. which
D. Whose
4. I’d like to take you to a café _______________ serves excellent coffee.
A. Whom
B. Whose
C. Which
D. Who
5. The clubhouse, __________ I arranged my party, was very colourful.
A. Which
B. Where
C. That
D. Whom

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 4. Read the paragraph and complete using suitable relative pronouns.

Sachini is a girl …………………………………. hair is long. She has a sister ………………………………….

is going to sit for A/L examination this year. Her father, …………………………………. works at

Kandos Chocolate company, is very kind. Her mom is a housewife. They have an Aqua

car …………………………………. is black in colour. Both Sachini and Ushani love their pet dog

Tubby, …………………………………. body is hairy. Sachini loves to have lunch at Sunil’s Café

………………………………….there is a separate capturing corner.

5. Fill in the blanks with who/ whom/ whose/ which/ where/ when

1) Have you finished reading the book ......................... I gave you last week?

2) Is there a good time ................................. I can call you?

3) I’ve got a friend .......... .................... brother acts in teledramas.

4) What’s the name of the hotel ............................ you had lunch?

5) The man ............................ was seated next to me had a long beard.

6) My uncle Sarath, ............................ went to live in England last year, speaks English
fluently.

7) The Unawatuna beach, ............................ is in the Southern Province, is visited by a lot

of foreign tourists.

8) Ms. Kumudu Mendis, ............................ we met at the book exhibition yesterday,

teaches English in an international school.

9) The English novelist George Eliot, ............................ real name was Mary Anne Evans,
was born in 1819.

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6. Make questions to get the underlined part as the answer.

a. West Indies have won two T20 world cups so far.

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b. Amarabandu Rupasinghe repairs his luxurious car twice a month.

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c. Padma Arachchi called me last night.

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d. Ven. Sobhitha Thero passed away in 2015.

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e. Gishan will create more questions for O/L students.

For whom…………………………………………………………………………………………...………………………....?

7. Read the paragraph about Mr. Gishan Dhananjaya and make questions
for the given answers. The first one is done for you.
Mr. Gishan is an English teacher. He is 23 years old.
He was born in 1998.
He attended Andigama Central College from grade 01 to grade 13.
He became the deputy head prefect of the school in 2016.
He had been the captain of the school softball cricket team for 3 years.
He has 4 brothers and no sisters.
Now, he studies at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.
It’s about 60 Kms from his home to university.
He travels to university by his bike.
1. (23 years) - How old is he?

2. (in 1998) - When …………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. (in 2016) - When …………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. (for 3 years) - ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. (4 brothers) - ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6. (at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka)

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7. (about 60 Kms) - ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

8. (by his bike) - ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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 8. Read the paragraph and complete it.

Once , Honour, Fire and Water started on a journey to find new things and new places.
After sometime, they 1)________________________ [realize] that they liked
to 2)___________________[see] different things. "We 3)__________________[travel]
together for a long time, but we might go in different ways.
We must 4)____________________[make] plans about how to find each
other," Fire said. The others agreed and 5)__________________[begin] to make
plans. Fire said that they could always 6)_______________________[find] him by his
smoke. Water 7)_______________________[tell] them to look for signs like green
vegetation and evening mist. But Honour apologetically 8)___________________[say],
"You have to 9)_________________[keep] me with you all the time. If
you 10)___________________[lose] me once, you will never be able to find me again."

9. Read the paragraph and complete it.

We were standing on the bridge, trying to catch some fish for supper when a small

plane 1. ............................. (fly) over our heads. We 2............................(can) even see the

pilot's face. "What on earth 3.........................(be) he up to?" I asked.

I 4.............................(feel) rather annoyed. "I 5…………………….....(think) he is in

trouble," Jack said. "Listen! his engine 6…………………..………....(make) a strange

noise"."Well , we can't 7……………………….....(do) anything, can we?," I

said. We 8............................(be) on a boating holiday and we were miles from the nearest

town. We decided to 9...................................(follow) the plane down the river.

We 10........(drop) our fishing lines and 11.................................(run) towards our boat.

Luckily the engine started at once and soon we were 12...............................(roar) down

the river.

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10. Fill in the blanks with the passive form of the verbs given within
brackets.
Our class 1)……………..……[decorate] for the Vesak festival last year. The
children 2)…………….………. [ask] to bring tissue papers. A beautiful Vesak
lantern 3)……………………….[make] by some boys. It 4)………………………[hang]
outside the class. We 5)………………………[help] by our class teacher. Every year, a
Sheela Campaign 6)…………….[organize] in our school. The Sheela Campaign
7)………………… [ hold ] just before the Vesak festival last year. Beside these there was a
large Shramadana, too. The school garden 8)………………………….[clean] and the college
shrine room 9)…………….[paint] in the Shramadana. A
Shramadana 10) …………….……….[hold] next year ,too. All the students and the
teachers 11)………………..… [thank] by the principal after all the Vesak programmes at the
college assembly.

11. Write the correct form of the verbs given within brackets.
As you go passing Kadugannawa, you can 1) ...............................(see) a tunnel over

there. It has been 2)....................................(hollow) for vehicles to pass. The British

3).....................................(construct) this tunnel. They 4)……………………......

(believe) that if they 5).......................................( enter ) Kandy through a rock, they

would not be 6)...............................(captured). A British engineer named Dawson

7)...........................................(build) it. However, vehicles do not

8)..............................................(pass) through it at present. Instead, motorists

9)................................................(use) the new road constructed next to the tunnel. The

tunnel 10)……………………....... (be) a tourist attraction of both local and foreign

tourists to Kandy today.

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You are going to leave the country for 4 years for your higher studies. You need
to meet your best friend before leaving. Write him/her asking to meet.
Include: when and where you go with whom you go a place and a date to meet

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