Task | We visited a city, _____ I have never been to. |
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Answer | 4 |
a | whose |
b | whom |
c | who |
d | which |
comment | 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. |
topic | relative clauses |
level | 1 |
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