Here's the solution to the first 6 questions on your worksheet, with clear explanations for each. (Question 7 is incomplete — it cuts off mid-sentence — so I’ll solve only up to #6.)
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1. I talked to the girl ________ car had broken down in front of the shop.
✔ Correct Answer: D. whose
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Explanation:
“Whose” is the possessive form of “who.” It shows ownership or relationship. Here, the car *belongs to* the girl → “the girl
whose car...”
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✘ “whom” = object pronoun (not possessive)
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✘ “which” = for things, not people
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✘ “who” = subject pronoun (doesn’t show possession)
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2. This is the girl ________ comes from Spain.
✔ Correct Answer: A. who
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Explanation:
“The girl” is the subject of the relative clause “________ comes from Spain.” Since we need a subject pronoun referring to a person, “who” is correct.
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✘ “whose” = possessive — doesn’t fit here (no possession)
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✘ “that” = can be used for people, but “who” is preferred for people in formal writing
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✘ “which” = for things, not people
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3. The children ________ shouted in the street are not from our school.
✔ Correct Answer: B. who
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Explanation:
“The children” are the subject of the clause “________ shouted in the street.” We need a subject pronoun for people → “who.”
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✘ “that” = acceptable in informal English, but “who” is preferred for people
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✘ “whose” = would mean “the children’s shouting” — doesn’t make sense here
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✘ “which” = for things, not people
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4. The guy ________ Macy talks to is my cousin.
✔ Correct Answer: D. whom
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Explanation:
In the clause “Macy talks to ________”, the blank is the *object* of the preposition “to.” So we need the object pronoun “whom.”
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✔ Rule: If you can replace the pronoun with “him,” use “whom.”
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him” → so “whom” is correct.
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✘ “whose” = possessive — no ownership
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✘ “which” = for things
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✘ “who” = subject pronoun — would be “Macy talks to
he” → incorrect
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5. That is the woman ________ house is worth nearly 2 million pounds.
✔ Correct Answer: D. whose
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Explanation:
The house belongs to the woman → possessive relationship → “whose.”
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✘ “whom” = object pronoun — doesn’t show possession
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✘ “that” = not possessive
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✘ “who” = subject — doesn’t show possession
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6. The book tells stories of the earthquake through the eyes of those ________ lives were affected.
✔ Correct Answer: A. whose
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Explanation:
“Lives” belong to “those” (people). So we need the possessive pronoun “whose” → “those
whose lives...”
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✘ “which” = for things, not people
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✘ “who” = subject — doesn’t show possession
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✘ “that” = not possessive
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✔ Final Answers:
1.
D. whose
2.
A. who
3.
B. who
4.
D. whom
5.
D. whose
6.
A. whose
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Quick Reference Guide for Relative Pronouns:
| Pronoun | Use Case | Example |
|---------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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who | Subject (person) | The girl
who called me |
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whom | Object (person) | The man
whom I saw |
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whose | Possession (person/thing) | The boy
whose dog ran away |
|
which | Thing / animal | The book
which I read |
|
that | Person or thing (less formal)| The car
that broke down |
Let me know if you’d like help with the rest of the worksheet (questions 7–20) — just paste the full text! 😊
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