L. 6.2
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
INSTRUCTIONS: Read the four sentences. Three are correct. One is incorrect. Choose the
letter of the incorrect sentence.
____ 40. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. People that live in New York are crazy.
b. People who live in New York are crazy.
c. People which live in New York are crazy.
d. People who are crazy live in New York.
____ 41. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. They need soccer players who really know the game.
b. They need a soccer player who really know the game.
c. They need a soccer player that really knows the game.
d. They need a soccer player who really knows the game.
____ 42. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. I have a friend who tells me the truth.
b. I need a friend that tells me the truth.
c. I need friends which tell me the truth.
d. I need friends who tell me the truth.
____ 43. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. Computers that people use every day wear out fast.
b. People who use computers every day usually love them.
c. People that use computers every day usually love them.
d. People use computers every day usually love them.
____ 44. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. The computer I have is useless.
b. A computer that doesn't have a printer is useless.
c. A computer doesn't have a printer is useless.
d. The computer that I have is useless.
____ 45. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. People buy expensive computers are happier in the long run.
b. I like computers which cost a lot of money.
c. People that buy expensive computers are happier in the long run.
d. I like computers that cost a lot of money.
____ 46. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. The job that I applied for was already taken.
b. The job I applied for was already taken.
c. The job for which I applied was already taken.
d. The job for that I applied was already taken.
____ 47. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. The school that I went to had two campuses.
b. The school I went to had two campuses.
c. The school to whom I went had two campuses.
d. The school to which I went had two campuses.
____ 48. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. They sent me information that I didn't need.
b. They sent me information for which I didn't have any use.
c. They sent me information for that I didn't have any use.
d. They sent me information that I didn't have any use for.
____ 49. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. Do you know a store where I can buy print cartridges?
b. Do you know a store I can buy print cartridges?
c. Do you know when they close the store?
d. Do you know when the store closes?
____ 50. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. I know a store where they fix computers.
b. I know a store where people fix computers.
c. I know a store they fix computers.
d. They fix computers when the store closes at night.
____ 51. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. He wrote down the name of the person to whom he had talked.
b. He wrote down the name of the person that he had talked to.
c. He wrote down the name of the person he had talked to that.
d. He wrote down the name of the person he had talked to.
____ 52. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. The 25th was the day when he made his reservation.
b. The 25th was the day he made his reservation.
c. The 25th was the day on which he made his reservation.
d. The 25th was the day when he made his reservation on.
____ 53. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. Central Airport is when he wanted to leave from.
b. Central Airport is where he wanted to leave form.
c. Central Airport is the place he wanted to leave from.
d. Central Airport is the place that he wanted to leave from.
____ 54. Choose the letter of the incorrect sentence.
a. He knew the name of the person from whom he had bought his ticket.
b. He knew the name of the person who sold him his ticket.
c. He knew the name of the person from whom he had bought his ticket from.
d. He knew the name of the person that sold him his ticket.
Yes/No
Indicate whether you agree with the sentence or statement.
INSTRUCTIONS: Is the sentence correct? Answer Yes or No.
____ 55. I have some friends whose children are 30 years old
____ 56. I know some people who homes are an hour from where they work.
____ 57. There are students who homework takes them three hours a night.
____ 58. I have a friend whose favorite sport is watching TV.
____ 59. I have an uncle whose weekends are spent at the mall.
____ 60. I visited a friend who house is really beautiful.
Short Answer
INSTRUCTIONS: Combine the two sentences. Use an adjective clause with whose.
Ex:
Don't open the door for anyone. You don't recognize their face.
Don't open the door for anyone whose face you don't recognize.
61. The woman is named Rosa. You met her husband.
62. Students should talk to me. Their visas have run out.
63. Immigrants are often lonely. Their families don't live here.
INSTRUCTIONS: Rewrite the incorrect sentences. If a sentence is correct, write "OK."
Ex:
I don't know anyone lives in Ohio.
I don't know anyone who lives in Ohio.
64. Everything that I saw looked beautiful.
65. At the party I saw several students who are in my class.
66. People failed the test have to take a make-up test.
INSTRUCTIONS: Rewrite sentences with nonessential adjective clauses adding commas
where needed. If a sentence contains an essential adjective clause, write "OK."
Ex:
Our team whose captain is from Mexico won all its games this year.
Our team, whose captain is from Mexico, won all its games this year.
67. Niagara Falls which is in New York State is a favorite vacation destination.
68. The hotels near the falls which range from inexpensive to costly are almost always full.
INSTRUCTIONS: Rewrite each sentence. Use a descriptive phrase in place of the adjective
clause.
Ex:
Children who are living in big cities sometimes have health problems.
Children living in big cities sometimes have health problems.
69. There are millions of names that are listed in the Manhattan phone book.
70. A man who is from Austria became governor of California.