Question

The person ______ I gave my keys is my aunt. which what Relative pronouns whose, which, who, that or whom introduce a relative clause. Relative clauses give us more information about someone or something (the subject or object of a main clause), help us combine clauses without repeating information and give focus to something or someone: She bought a dress, which is rather pretty. By combining sentences with a relative clause, we make our speech more fluent.‘Whose’ is used to say that something or someone is connected with or belongs to a person,so, ‘whose’ is for possession and possessions: She has a sister whose name I can’t remember. We use ‘which’ for things and animals: We don’t go to restaurants which serve meat.; Do you see that cat which is lying on the bench?. ‘What’ is a question-word.We use ‘whom’ for people (more formal than ‘who’): I was invited to Isabel whom I had met at the conference. In this sentence ‘whom’ is the direct object of the verb met and also introduces the clause ‘…whom I had met at the conference’. This clause modifies the proper noun Isabel.In the test sentence ‘The person ______ I gave my keys is my aunt.’ we need to choose a relative pronoun that is used for people, because in the relative clause of the test sentence we are told more about the subject of the main clause – the person. In the relative clause it turns into the object ‘... _____ I gave my keys is my aunt.’.The test answer ‘whom’ introduces objects and it is used for describing people. Thus, we are to choose ANSWER 3.

Accepted Answer

whose whom c

Question	The person ______ I gave my keys is my aunt.
A	whose
B	which
C	whom
D	what
Answer	c
Remark	Relative pronouns whose, which, who, that or whom introduce a relative clause. Relative clauses give us more information about someone or something (the subject or object of a main clause), help us combine clauses without repeating information and give focus to something or someone: She bought a dress, which is rather pretty. By combining sentences with a relative clause, we make our speech more fluent.‘Whose’ is used to say that something or someone is connected with or belongs to a person,so, ‘whose’ is for possession and possessions: She has a sister whose name I can’t remember. We use ‘which’ for things and animals: We don’t go to restaurants which serve meat.; Do you see that cat which is lying on the bench?. ‘What’ is a question-word.We use ‘whom’ for people (more formal than ‘who’): I was invited to Isabel whom I had met at the conference. In this sentence ‘whom’ is the direct object of the verb met and also introduces the clause ‘…whom I had met at the conference’. This clause modifies the proper noun Isabel.In the test sentence ‘The person ______ I gave my keys is my aunt.’ we need to choose a relative pronoun that is used for people, because in the relative clause of the test sentence we are told more about the subject of the main clause – the person. In the relative clause it turns into the object ‘... _____ I gave my keys is my aunt.’.The test answer ‘whom’ introduces objects and it is used for describing people. Thus, we are to choose ANSWER 3.

I Relative Clause Gave Keys Object Met Sentence