Question

We visited a city, _____ I have never been to. whom which Relative pronouns who, whom, whose, which or that 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.We use ‘who’ and ‘whom’ (more formal) for people: I told you about my aunt who lives next door.; I was invited to Isabel whom I had met at the conference. ‘Whose’ is used to say that something or someone is connected with or belongs to a person: She has a sister whose name I can’t remember. And 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?.In the test sentence ‘We visited a city, _____ I have never been to.’ we need to choose a relative pronoun that is used for things, because in the relative clause we are told more about the object of the main clause - a city (a thing). Thus, among all the given test answers we need to choose the relative pronoun ‘which’ – ANSWER 4. By using the relative pronoun ‘which’, we avoid repeating the noun ‘city’in the relative clause.

Accepted Answer

whose who d

Question	We visited a city, _____ I have never been to.
A	whose
B	whom
C	who
D	which
Answer	d
Remark	Relative pronouns who, whom, whose, which or that 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.We use ‘who’ and ‘whom’ (more formal) for people: I told you about my aunt who lives next door.; I was invited to Isabel whom I had met at the conference. ‘Whose’ is used to say that something or someone is connected with or belongs to a person: She has a sister whose name I can’t remember. And 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?.In the test sentence ‘We visited a city, _____ I have never been to.’ we need to choose a relative pronoun that is used for things, because in the relative clause we are told more about the object of the main clause - a city (a thing). Thus, among all the given test answers we need to choose the relative pronoun ‘which’ – ANSWER 4. By using the relative pronoun ‘which’, we avoid repeating the noun ‘city’in the relative clause.

Relative I Pronoun Visited City Clause Give Information