Unit 5 Basic Grammar
1 Choose the correct relative pronoun.
where | which | whose | who | that
1. The woman who / that I saw was very tall.
2. The woman ______ lives next door is very
nice.
3. This is the place ______ I met my best
friend.
4. The garden _______ he cares for is huge.
5. The screenplay ______ I wrote wasn’t very
good.
6. Stephen King, ______ stories are really
scary, is my favourite author.
2 Choose the correct option.
1. The neighbourhood where / who I grew up
was quite poor.
2. He’s the person which / who won the prize.
3. That’s the shop where / that sells the best
shoes.
4. The author that / whose book is on sale is
signing today.
5. The house which / who is on the corner is
haunted.
6. That’s the castle who / where the story is set.
3 Underline the defining relative clause in
each sentence.
1. The dog that loves playing with kids is black.
2. The girl who's got dark, curly hair is really
friendly.
3. The family whose house was for sale moved
out yesterday.
4. A shop where you can buy bread is called a
bakery.
5. The book which Lucy read is a horror story.
6. I couldn’t finish reading the romantic novel that
I borrowed from Martin.
B1+ Level Unit 5 Basic Grammar PHOTOCOPIABLE
4 Underline the non-defining relative clause in
each sentence.
1. The dog, which is running around, loves
playing with kids.
2. The main character, who lives in Georgia, is
a poor man.
3. The prize-winning book, whose cover shows
a picture of aliens, is a science fiction novel.
4. In France, where Pierre comes from, there is
no school on Wednesday afternoons.
5. The party, which ended at midnight, was
great fun!
6. John Keats, who was a famous English poet,
worked as a doctor in a hospital.
5 Cross the sentences where that is wrong
and must be replaced with which.
1. She was tired, that put her in a bad mood. x
2. The screenplay that I wrote wasn't very good.
3. The garden that he looks after is beautiful.
4. My phone broke, that means no one can
contact me.
5. I read her latest book, that is a great story.
6. The primary school that I used to go to has
closed down.
6 Complete the text with a relative pronoun in
the list.
which | who (x 3) | whose | that
Yesterday I saw a young boy, 1 who was sitting on
a bench, reading a book. The book 2________ he
was reading caught my attention. It was by an
international scientist 3________ studies black
holes. I asked the boy why he was reading the
book, and he told me that he’s learning about
space at school. Then the boy, 4________ book
was almost as big as him, started explaining black
holes to me. I was amazed because I'm a physics
professor at the university, 5________ is a job I
love. But never before have I met someone so
young 6________ has so much enthusiasm for
space!
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Answer Key
1 4

1. who / that 1. which is running around

2. who / that 2. who lives in Georgia
3. where 3. whose cover shows a picture of aliens
4. which / that 4. where Pierre comes from
5. which / that 5. which ended at midnight
6. whose 6. who was a famous English poet

5
2
1. incorrect
1. where
2. correct
2. who
3. correct
3. that
4. incorrect
4. whose
5. incorrect
5. which
6. correct
6. where

6
3
1. who
1. that loves playing with kids
2. that
2. who's got dark, curly hair
3. who/that
3. whose house was for sale
4. whose
4. where you can buy bread
5. which
5. which Lucy read
6. who
6. that I borrowed from Martin

B1+ Level Unit 5 Basic Grammar PHOTOCOPIABLE © Cambridge University Press 2022