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por  Erlanda Siqueira (15/11/2000)

A) Mark the correct alternative:

1. ( PUC ) The clergyman ___________ had a sore throat preached a fine sermon.

a ( ) what d ( ) whom

b ( ) which e ( ) who

c ( ) whose

2. (FMU) I do not know _________ you want.

a ( ) that d ( ) whose

b ( ) what e ( ) which

c ( ) where

3. (ITA) Every valuable essay in the series maybe read with pleasure separetely; yet the five or six hundred essays form a whole, and a whole_________ has the interest of a novel.

a ( ) whose d ( ) where

b ( ) which e ( ) who

c ( ) whom

4. (FAAP) Everything ___________ I say is wrong.

a ( ) whom d ( ) what

b ( ) whose e ( ) that

c ( ) who

5. (PUC) Were those the physicians to__________ you introduced your brother?

a ( ) which d ( ) whom

b ( ) who e ( ) that

c ( ) whose

6. (FMU) The shirt _________ buttons are yellow belongs to me.

a ( ) whose d ( ) who

b ( ) which e ( ) what

c ( ) whom

7. (PUC) That is the highest building __________ I saw.

a ( ) that d ( ) whose

b ( ) where e ( ) whom

c ( ) what

8. (PUC) His father, __________ lives in Rio, will return soon.

a ( ) whose d ( ) whom

b ( ) that e ( ) “b” and “c”are correct

c ( ) who

9. (FMU) She is the only person __________ understands me.

a ( ) where d ( ) that

b ( ) whom e ( ) whose

c ( ) which

10. (LINS-ODONTO) The pupils are progressing, _________ is very satisfatory.

a ( ) what d ( ) that

b ( ) which e ( ) whom

c ( ) who

11. (LONDRINA) The teacher __________ we visited last week is Mr.Jones.

a ( ) whom d ( ) ___

b ( ) who e ( ) todas corretas

c ( ) that

12. (LUSÍADAS) “ A scientist is a man__________ knowledge about science is great.”

a ( ) who d ( ) whose

b ( ) whom e ( ) that

c ( ) which

13. My glasses, without __________ I can’t see anything, are precious to me.

a ( ) which d ( ) whose

b ( ) that e ( ) a and b are correct

c ( ) whom

14. “Animal Farm”, __________ is the one of Orwell’s most popular novels, is actually much more than a simple story about some animals.

a ( ) that d ( ) ____

b ( ) whose e ( ) whom

c ( ) which

15. Fernando Pessoa, _________ was born in Lisboa, wrote several great poems in English.

a ( ) whom d ( ) who

b ( ) that e ( ) which

c ( ) whose

16. I had made up my mind to travel by plane, but then I changed my mind, _______ was wrong.

a ( ) which d ( ) who

b ( ) what e ( ) that

c ( ) whose

17. Hamlet, _________ was written by Shakespeare, is a famous play.

a ( ) who d ( ) whom

b ( ) which e ( ) whose

c ( ) that

18. We picked up some bargains __________ you won’t believe.

a ( ) that d ( ) whose

b ( ) ___ e ( ) a, b and c are correct.

c ( ) which

19. Perón returned to Argentina in 1973, __________ prompted Borges to resign as director of the National Library.

a ( ) who d ( ) whose

b ( ) whom e ( ) which

c ( ) that

20. To the ancient Chinese, Chaos was an enormous egg __________ parts separeted into earth and sky, yin and yang.

a ( ) whose d ( ) who

b ( ) which e ( ) whom

c ( ) that

B) Examine these questions about relative pronouns which are in a text from a contest. Mark True ( T ) or False ( F ):

... Interpretations in law also constitute justification for violence which has already occurred or which is about to occur. When interpreters have finish their work, they frequently leave behind victims whose lives have been torn apart by these organized, social practices of violence...

1) ( ) which ( L.1 ) refers to “violence”, while which (L.2) to interpretations.

2) ( ) whose ( L.4-) refers to victims.

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