Relative clauses – B2 English Grammar Test

1  Complete the sentences (1–7) with the correct non defining relative clause (A–H). There is one extra clause which you do not need to use.

1   My cousin Scott, …H… , has just published a comic.

2   The garage, ……, has been selling cars since the 1940s.

3   The couple, ……, are getting married in secret.

4   This small village, ……, will always be my home.

5   This bike, ……, goes really fast.

6   The disease, ……, can be fatal.

7   That first year of high school, ……, was the best year of my life.

A   which is a bit newer than my brother’s one

B   which was started by Smith’s father

C   that was born in Toulouse

D   where I grew up and my parents grew up

E    whose name comes from Latin

F    when I met my best friend

G   who met just two months ago

H   who lives in Arizona

2a  Complete the sentences with who, which, when, where or whose.

1   Newport, ……where…… I went to school, has changed a lot.

2   Then I played loads with my cousins, ……………… was fun.

3   I love winter days ……………… we all sit around the fire.

4   Is that the T-shirt ……………… your brother used to wear?

5   You remember my Auntie Jo, ……………… house we stayed in?

6   My grandparents’ house was a place ……………… was full of secrets.

7   So is Mark the brother ……………… lives in the States or is that your other brother?

8   I had to sit next to my cousin Kelly, ……………… I can’t stand.

2b  Answer the questions.

1   In which sentences can you also use that?

      ………………………………………….

2   In which sentence is it not necessary to put any pronoun?

      ………………………………………….

3  Put a tick (✓) if the sentence is correct or a cross (✗) if it is incorrect. Correct the mistakes.

1   And then he had to leave, that made me sad. ✗

      ……And then he had to leave, which made me sad. ……

2   So are these the shoes, which you like the most? ……

      …………………………………………………

3   Last summer I went on holiday to Corfu. It was a period of my life that I had many problems. ……

      …………………………………………………

4   The family member whose personality is most similar to mine is my cousin Matt. ……

      …………………………………………………

5   This is my Uncle Brian that he works in the art shop. ……

      …………………………………………………

6   Do you remember? This is the park where we first met. ……

      …………………………………………………

7   My two siblings, who my parents named them after film characters, are called Leia and Luke. ……

      …………………………………………………

4a  Choose the correct relative pronouns and complete the sentences with your own ideas. Sometimes both pronouns are correct.

1   I’m a person where / who enjoys …………………………. .

2   I remember the day who / when I …………………………. .

3   I prefer a teacher who / that …………………………. .

4   I have a friend whose / when brother …………………………. .

5   I don’t really like books which / that …………………………. .

6   Home is the place where / whose I …………………………. .

4b  Answer the question.

In which sentences are both pronouns correct?

……………………………………………….

5  Complete the story with the words in the box. There is one extra word which you do not need to use.

It was one of those summer days 1……when…… the weather is perfect. I can’t remember 2………………. garden it was, if it was my grandma’s or my uncle’s (they were neighbours), but I 3………………. Playing with my sister Helen, 4………………. I used to do a lot when I was younger. I asked her to lift me 5………………. so that I could get the frisbee, 6………………. had gone on top of the shed, except that that wasn’t 7………………. the frisbee had gone at all. It 8………………. gone into the field behind. So we climbed over the fence into the field. Just then we saw two men running. ‘Look!’ I said. ‘It’s the escaped prisoners – the ones 9………………. the police have been looking 10………………. .’ And I was right.