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Relative Pronouns Worksheets and Exercises (with PDF)

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On this page, you’ll find a collection of interactive and easy-to-follow relative pronouns worksheets designed for learners at different levels. Whether you’re practicing sentence combination, identifying correct pronouns, or fixing common mistakes, these exercises will guide you step by step.

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Relative pronouns like who, whom, whose, which, and that help connect ideas and give extra information about a noun without starting a new sentence. They’re small words, but they play a big role in making your English smoother and more natural.

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Relative Pronouns Exercises

Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks with the Correct Relative Pronoun

Choose from: who, whom, whose, which, that

  1. The man ___ fixed our car is very kind.
  2. She is the artist ___ paintings were displayed in the gallery.
  3. This is the movie ___ I was talking about.
  4. The boy ___ you met yesterday is my cousin.
  5. I read a book ___ explains how stars are formed.
  6. The woman ___ lives next door is a teacher.
  7. The dog ___ barked all night kept me awake.
  8. The student to ___ I gave the prize was very happy.
  9. That’s the car ___ engine broke down.
  10. The bag ___ is on the chair is mine.

Exercise 2: Join the Sentences Using a Relative Pronoun

Use who, whom, whose, which, or that to combine the sentences.

  1. I know the girl. She won the contest.
    → ____________________________
  2. The car is expensive. He bought the car.
    → ____________________________
  3. This is the teacher. Her lessons are very interesting.
    → ____________________________
  4. The dress is beautiful. She wore the dress.
    → ____________________________
  5. I saw a man. The man was carrying a snake.
    → ____________________________

Exercise 3: Choose the Correct Relative Pronoun

Underline the correct word in parentheses.

  1. The writer (who / which / whose) wrote this book is famous.
  2. That’s the woman (who / whom / that) I spoke to earlier.
  3. I have a friend (which / whose / who) dog barks a lot.
  4. The phone (who / that / whom) I lost was brand new.
  5. The team (whose / who / that) won the match celebrated all night.

Exercise 4: Identify the Relative Pronoun

Underline the relative pronoun in each sentence.

  1. The girl who lives next door is my best friend.
  2. I saw the cat that climbed the tree.
  3. The teacher whose car was stolen is very upset.
  4. The book which you gave me is fascinating.
  5. The man whom she hired is very experienced.

Exercise 5: Correct the Sentence if Needed

Rewrite the sentence if it’s wrong. Write “Correct” if it’s already right.

  1. The boy which is playing the guitar is my brother.
  2. I met a woman who speaks five languages.
  3. This is the house whom we bought last year.
  4. He’s the student whose phone rang during class.
  5. The cake that she baked was delicious.

Exercise 6: Choose the Best Relative Pronoun

Select the best relative pronoun: who, whom, whose, which, or that.

  1. The actor ___ we met at the event was very polite.
  2. She found a wallet ___ belonged to a tourist.
  3. The child ___ parents are doctors is very smart.
  4. This is the laptop ___ I use for work.
  5. He’s the man ___ everyone respects.

Answer Key

Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks

  1. who / that
  2. whose
  3. that / which
  4. whom / who / that
  5. which / that
  6. who / that
  7. which / that
  8. whom
  9. whose
  10. which / that

Exercise 2: Join the Sentences

  1. I know the girl who/that won the contest.
  2. The car (which/that) he bought is expensive.
  3. This is the teacher whose lessons are very interesting.
  4. The dress (which/that) she wore is beautiful.
  5. I saw a man who/that was carrying a snake.

Exercise 3: Choose the Correct Relative Pronoun

  1. who
  2. whom / that
  3. whose
  4. that / which
  5. that / who

Exercise 4: Identify the Relative Pronoun

  1. who
  2. that
  3. whose
  4. which
  5. whom

Exercise 5: Correct the Sentence

  1. The boy who/that is playing the guitar is my brother.
  2. Correct
  3. This is the house which/that we bought last year.
  4. Correct
  5. Correct

Exercise 6: Choose the Best Relative Pronoun

  1. whom / who / that
  2. which / that
  3. whose
  4. that / which
  5. whom / who / that
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Relative Pronouns Worksheets and Exercises (with PDF) — Practice Quiz

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Q1

Question 1: Which relative pronoun correctly completes this sentence? "The student to ___ I gave the prize was very happy."

Question 1 options
"Whom" is the correct relative pronoun after a preposition like "to." When a relative pronoun follows a preposition directly, we use "whom" for people, not "who" or "that."
Q2

Question 2: The relative pronoun "whose" is used to refer to possession and can only be used for people, not for things.

Question 2 options
This is false. "Whose" indicates possession and can be used for both people and things. For example, "That's the car whose engine broke down" uses "whose" to refer to a thing (a car).
Q3

Question 3: Which sentence uses a relative pronoun INCORRECTLY?

Question 3 options
"The house whom we bought last year" is incorrect because "whom" refers to people, not things. The correct pronoun should be "which" or "that" when referring to a house.
Q4

Question 4: Match each sentence beginning with the correct relative pronoun to complete it.

Question 4 options
She is the artist ___ paintings were displayed.
She found a wallet ___ belonged to a tourist.
The boy ___ you met yesterday is my cousin.
The woman ___ lives next door is a teacher.
whose
who
which
whom

Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

"Whose" shows possession (whose paintings). "Which" refers to things as subjects (which belonged). "Whom" follows prepositions or refers to people as objects (whom you met). "Who" refers to people as subjects (who lives next door).
Q5

Question 5: How would you correctly combine these two sentences using a relative pronoun? "This is the teacher. Her lessons are very interesting."

Question 5 options
"Whose" replaces the possessive "her" to show that the lessons belong to the teacher. The combined sentence is "This is the teacher whose lessons are very interesting."

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