Question

I like the sofa _____ we saw in the mall yesterday. that whose 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 ‘that’ for people, animals and things: The woman that is dancing over there is my boss.; I am reading the book that is on the arm-chair.; A kiwi is a bird that lives in New Zealand. ‘That’ is more informal than ‘who’, ‘whom’ or ‘which’.In the test sentence ‘I like the sofa _____ we saw in the mall yesterday.’ 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 – the sofa (a thing). Thus, among all the given test answers we need to choose the relative pronoun ‘that’ – ANSWER 2. By using the relative pronoun ‘that’, we avoid repeating the noun ‘sofa’ in the relative clause.

Accepted Answer

who whom b

Question	I like the sofa _____ we saw in the mall yesterday.
A	who
B	that
C	whom
D	whose
Answer	b
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 ‘that’ for people, animals and things: The woman that is dancing over there is my boss.; I am reading the book that is on the arm-chair.; A kiwi is a bird that lives in New Zealand. ‘That’ is more informal than ‘who’, ‘whom’ or ‘which’.In the test sentence ‘I like the sofa _____ we saw in the mall yesterday.’ 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 – the sofa (a thing). Thus, among all the given test answers we need to choose the relative pronoun ‘that’ – ANSWER 2. By using the relative pronoun ‘that’, we avoid repeating the noun ‘sofa’ in the relative clause.

Relative I Sofa Pronoun Mall Clause Give Information