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Ejercicio 2 RC
Ejercicio 2 RC
Ejercicio 2 RC
2. We have to be at the station. Can you tell me the exact time? (when)Can you tell me
the exact time [no answer] Wrong?
Correct answer: when we have to be at the station
➪ We can use when or at/in/on which to talk about time.
➪ We can also use that instead of when, or leave when out, in informal speech.
➪ Can you tell me the exact time (when/at which/that) we have to be at the station?
3. He got the job. This surprised everyone. (which)He got the job, [no answer] Wrong.
Correct answer: which surprised everyone
➪ We use which as a relative pronoun when we want to refer back to a whole sentence.
4. You need to listen to a person. He is not this person. (whom)He is not the person [no
answer] Wrong.
Correct answer: to whom you need to listen
➪ We use whom after a preposition to refer to people.
➪ We could also use who/that and put the preposition at the end:
6. He was found in a place. That's the place. (which)That's the place [no answer] Wrong.
Correct answer: in which he was found
➪ We can use where or at/in/on which to refer to a place.
➪ That's the place where/in which he was found.
➪ We could also use the preposition at the end: That's the place (which/that) he was found in.
7. You must decide the exact location. You are going to build your house in that location.
(where)You must decide the exact location [no answer] Wrong.
Correct answer: where you are going to build your house
➪ We can use where or at/in/on which to refer to a place.
8. You arrived with a woman. Who was that woman? (that)Who was the woman [no
answer] Wrong?
Correct answer: that you arrived with
➪ When there is a preposition we can use it before which/whom or leave it at the end.
➪ In this sentence we could say:
10. The buildings are badly damaged. All of them have been hit by the storm. (which)The
buildings, [no answer] Wrong, are badly damaged.
Correct answer: all of which have been hit by the storm
➪ In non-defining relative clauses (=between commas), we can use of which/whom after a
quantifier such as some, any, none, all, both, several, enough, many and few