This fourth gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topic of relative clauses (adjective clauses) of English grammar. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of English relative clauses (adjective clauses).
Relative Clauses (Adjective Clauses) Advanced Level Test 4
Question 1 |
Those _____ aim for perfection will come much nearer to it than those _____ despondency and Haziness make them give it up as unattainable.
A | that / where |
B | which / what |
C | whose / whose |
D | that / that |
E | who / whose |
Question 2 |
School counsellors need to demonstrate a great deal of sensitivity in their work to gain the trust and respect of the adolescents _____ they work.
A | who |
B | with whom |
C | where |
D | of whom |
E | for which |
Question 3 |
In living memory, it was not until February 18, 1979 ______ snow fell on the Sahara Desert.
A | in which |
B | where |
C | whose |
D | at which |
E | when |
Question 4 |
An expert once observed that playing games is fun, and that is the reason _____ so many people have done it for so many centuries.
A | of which |
B | what |
C | that |
D | for which |
E | about which |
Question 5 |
University students _____ in a career in agriculture may take courses including animal husbandry, and basic mechanics.
A | are interested |
B | to be interested |
C | have been interested |
D | interested |
E | having interested |
Question 6 |
A rich businessman was kidnapped by four masked men ______ for one million pounds for his safe return.
A | asked |
B | asking |
C | having asked |
D | having been asked |
E | have asked |
Question 7 |
The members _____ part in the discussions last week _____ a joint report.
A | took / prepared |
B | taking / will prepare |
C | taken / prepares |
D | take / are prepares |
E | to take / have prepared |
Question 8 |
There was a secret place to the forest _____ we could always hide and stay in for a while when we thought we would be punished.
A | where |
B | what |
C | why |
D | when |
E | which |
Question 9 |
The woman claims she was taken aboard an alien spacecraft, _____ she spoke with alien life forms.
A | which |
B | on which |
C | whom |
D | of whom |
E | what |
Question 10 |
She is the president of a group _____ is working to abolish all scientific testing on animals.
A | which |
B | where |
C | of whom |
D | whom |
E | whose |
Question 11 |
The staff is suggesting that the space _____ for their offices in the new building is insufficient.
A | to have been allocated |
B | to allocate |
C | having allocated |
D | having been allocated |
E | allocating |
Question 12 |
Police have informed people to keep on the alert for a cougar _____ has been sighted in the area.
A | who |
B | whom |
C | which |
D | for which |
E | in which |
Question 13 |
The man ______ pleasure and pain are alike, and _____ is wise becomes eligible for immortality.
A | that / that |
B | whose / that |
C | to whom / who |
D | of whom / which |
E | in which / whose |
Question 14 |
Air pollution, which is a problem _____ by the cooperation between the government and the citizens in London, is one of the main troubles _____ for an urgent solution.
A | solving / to be waited |
B | to be solved / waiting |
C | having sold / having waited |
D | to solve / being waited |
E | solved / to wait |
Question 15 |
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea _____ time has come.
A | that |
B | whose |
C | of which |
D | on which |
E | when |
Question 16 |
An economist is someone who is interested essentially in services _____ are measurable in terms of money payments of a fixed and/or regular nature.
A | which |
B | where |
C | whose |
D | whom |
E | in that |
Question 17 |
The Pharaohs of ancient Egypt were rulers _____ as gods on Earth.
A | being considered |
B | having considered |
C | to be considered |
D | considering |
E | considered |
Question 18 |
The most preferred surgery is the placebo one, _____ they open up a patient and sew him up again after the operation.
A | which |
B | that |
C | why |
D | where |
E | when |
Question 19 |
Areas ____ net security benefits could be easily gained include better screening of cargo, baggage and personal items.
A | which |
B | when |
C | where |
D | that |
E | whom |
Question 20 |
In 1765 the papers were full of exaggerated accounts of the manufacturing establishments _____ in America _____ with those of England.
A | having found / to complete |
B | found / to have completed |
C | found / competing |
D | having been found / being competed |
E | being found / to compete |
Question 21 |
It is boiling out here; why don’t we stay for a while over there _____ it's shady.
A | that |
B | which |
C | where |
D | what |
E | of which |
Question 22 |
H5N1 and H1N1 viruses were deadly bird viruses _____ jumped directly to humans.
A | whom |
B | of which |
C | where |
D | whose |
E | which |
Question 23 |
Did you see the new film ____ Matt Damon?
A | starred |
B | starring |
C | to be starring |
D | having been starred |
E | to star |
Question 24 |
Mum is sewing a patch at the back of your shirt ______ there is a hole.
A | which |
B | in which |
C | of which |
D | whose |
E | where |
Question 25 |
It has been said that a friend is a person _____ one may be sincere.
A | with whom |
B | why |
C | with whose |
D | what |
E | when |
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