Question

Washington is a city _________ was founded in 1791. who whose We can use relative clauses to make two sentences into one sentence. The relative clause gives us more information about the person or thing in the main clause. We introduce a relative clause with a relative pronoun (which, who or that). ‘Which’ is for a relative clause about animals or things (but NOT people). In the test sentence ‘which’ = the subject of ‘was founded’. It replaces the noun ‘Washington’ in the sentence. We need the relative pronoun when it is a subject, therefore, we cannot leave out the relative pronoun when it is a subject. Defining relative clauses describe exactly which (or what kind) person or thing we mean. In the test example: which city? 1

Accepted Answer

2 which whom relative clauses

Task	Washington is a city _________ was founded in 1791.
Answer	2
a	who
b	which
c	whose
d	whom
comment	We can use relative clauses to make two sentences into one sentence. The relative clause gives us more information about the person or thing in the main clause. We introduce a relative clause with a relative pronoun (which, who or that). ‘Which’ is for a relative clause about animals or things (but NOT people). In the test sentence ‘which’ = the subject of ‘was founded’. It replaces the noun ‘Washington’ in the sentence. We need the relative pronoun when it is a subject, therefore, we cannot leave out the relative pronoun when it is a subject. Defining relative clauses describe exactly which (or what kind) person or thing we mean. In the test example: which city?
topic	relative clauses
level	1

Relative Clauses Pronoun Sentence Person Thing Test Washington