PRONOMES RELATIVOS d) Whom

1. Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun. “An

archeologist is a man_____ work is the study of 5. “Once upon a time there was a young girl
ancient things.” ______ lived near the forest with her mother and
father. She was pretty, nice and kind. So
a) Whose
everybody loved her very much.”
b) Which
c) How Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank.
d) Who
a) Who
b) Which
2. “Night workers often have trouble sleeping c) Whom
through the day, and sometimes find harder to stay d) Whose
awake, which means mistakes are more likely to
happen. Dr Lawrence Smith, a psychologist,
6. Another plane returns to Guarulhos airport
discovered that among people who do the same
job, night workers suffered 20% more injuries than For the second day consecutive, an airplane had to
day workers.” return to Guarulhos airport, after being hit by
birds. The incident happened on Wednesday (27)
We can replace the pronoun who by:
with a Boeing 737- 800 belonging to the airline
a) That Gol _____ took off for Fortaleza. The bird entered
b) Whose one of the two motors, causing serious troubles.
c) Which Because of the problem, the plane returned to
d) Whom Guarulhos almost two hours after taking off. The
aircraft had to use fuel to land with less weight.”
3. “What makes a good school? A good school is Choose the word to have the text completed.
a community of parents, teachers and students. A
a) Which
good school, like a good class, is run by someone
b) Whom
with vision, passion and compassion. A good
c) Whose
school has teachers
d) Who
____________________________, no matter
what their age or experience.”
7. “En route controllers monitor aircraft once they
Choose the correct sentence to have the blank
leave an airport’s airspace. They work at air route
filled.
traffic control centers located throughout the
a) Still enjoy the challenge. country, which typically are not located at
airports.”
b) Who still enjoy the challenge.
All the following sentences about the underlined
c) Whom still enjoy the challenge.
word are correct, except:
d) Which still enjoy the challenge.
a) The underlined word is a relative pronoun.
b) The word “which” introduces a defining relative
4. In the sentence “there was a single kind of clause.
intelligence that could be measured by
c) The word “which” refers to “air route traffic
standardized tests”, it is possible to find an option
control centers”.
to substitute the pronoun accordingly in:
d) “Which typically are not located at airports” is
a) When
a non-defining relative clause.
b) Which
c) How
8. Choose the alternative that contains the right use harvest, are responsible for the increase in
of the relative pronoun, in order to write the two demand, __________ will be 15% to 20% this
sentences below as a single sentence: That is the month, compared to the prediction for the year.
teacher. I spoke to her about my grades. The average consumption per capita is around 3, 5
kilos of rice and 1, 5 kilo of beans.
a) That is the teacher to whom I spoke to about my
grades. Choose the alternative that best completes the
blank in the text:
b) That is the teacher to who I spoke to about my
grades. a) who
b) which
c) That is the teacher to whom I spoke about my
c) whom
grades.
d) whose
d) That is the teacher who I spoke about my grades.
11. CAN YOU BE TOO OLD TO DONATE
BLOOD?
9. Read the text and answer question.
In general, you can never be too old to donate
When “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” opens on blood. Though you can be too young or too thin.
Dec. 18 and, for the first time in nearly a decade, The American Association of Blood Banks used to
moviegoers can return to that galaxy of long ago bar people over 65 from donating blood, but it
and far, far away, they will find that it contains scrapped the rule in 1978 after studies found that
two new stars. The film, __________ is directed older people _____ stored their own blood prior to
by J. J. Abrams and continues the interstellar saga surgery did well, said Dr. Steven Kleinman, the
of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo association’s senior medical adviser. Now most
some 30 years after the events of “Return of the blood banks are happy to accept blood from older
Jedi” (1983), is also a launching pad for two young volunteers.
actors who are barely half as old as the “Star Wars”
franchise itself. Choose the best alternative to complete the blank
in the text.
Daisy Ridley, who plays a mysterious scavenger
named Rey, and John Boyega, who plays a a) which
disaffected stormtrooper named Finn, are among b) where
the new heroes of “The Force Awakens” and are c) when
bracing themselves for the biggest roles of their d) who
careers.
Choose the best alternative to complete the text. 12. Choose the correct sentence.

a) whose a) I saw a girl who hair was blue.

b) which
b) Mr. Smith, which has never smiled, seems very
c) where
happy today.
d) who
c) He got red again, what surprised everybody.
10. ECONOMIC CRISIS INCREASES d) The girl who I gave the form to was very
CONSUMPTION OF RICE AND BEANS IN nervous.
BRAZIL
e) It was like a dream from that I feared I would
The economic crisis is making the wake sooner or later.
Brazilian consumer exchange meat for the
traditional dish of rice and beans. High
unemployment and falling incomes, together with 13. Read the passage below to complete the gaps
the low prices of these products, caused by good with the relative pronouns (1 - 4):
“Online friends are people _______ always post 17. Which of the options completes the sentence
messages and pictures of the places _______ they correctly? “That’s the businessman_________
are, _______ they are with and ______ they are daughter suffered an accident this morning.”
doing.”
a) which
1. what
b) who
2. who
3. whom c) whose
4. where
d) whom
The CORRECT sequence is: e) when
a) (1), (3), (2), (4)
b) (3), (1), (4), (2) 18. “The man ______ came here and _____ you
c) (4), (2), (1), (3) talked with is my relative.”

d) (2), (4), (3), (1) a) whom - who

b) which - whom
c) that - which
d) who - whom
14. In the sentence “there was a single kind that
e) none of these
could be measured by standardized tests”, it is
possible to find an option to substitute the pronoun
“that” accordingly in 19. Choose the option that completes the
sentences below correctly:
a) when
b) which I. The ladder ________ I was standing began to
c) how slip.
d) whom
II. My roof leaks ________ it rains.

15. In “... our ancestors who enjoyed spices with III. The wine, ________ was in the cellar, was
their food, were apt to live longer...”, the Relative ruined.
Pronoun can be replaced by IV. _________ happens don’t forget to call us.
a) that.
b) what.
c) which. a) on which / whichever / when / wherever
d) whose b) If / when / what / whenever
c) which / when / that / whichever
16. In the sentence “there is a number of theories
that attempt to explain the link”, it is possible to d) that / whenever / which / whatever
find an option to substitute the pronoun
accordingly in
20. Choose the correct answer. “I’m not sure
a) when. _______________.”
b) how.
c) whom. a) whom she is staying with.
d) which. b) with whom is she staying.
c) with who she is staying.
d) with who is she staying.
e) with which is she staying.
GABARITO
1- A
2- A
3- B
4- B
5- A
6- A
7- B
8- C
9- B
10- B
11- D
12- D
13- D
14- B
15- A
16- D
17- C
18- D
19- D
20- A