This first 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 1
Question 1 |
The stories of my grandmother most _____ have never been heard should have been made into a book so far.
A | of which |
B | in that |
C | for whose |
D | how |
E | of whom |
Question 2 |
The full impact of the strike will not be felt till next week, by _____ time present stocks will have been exhausted.
A | whose |
B | when |
C | whom |
D | which |
E | that |
Question 3 |
Vivaldi’s Symphony of Four Season, _____ was composed in 1850 only by using a violin, is still among the masterpieces of classical music today.
A | that |
B | when |
C | which |
D | where |
E | who |
Question 4 |
Pictures ____ showed the brutality of war entered the living rooms of millions of Americans on the nightly news.
A | who |
B | when |
C | where |
D | that |
E | what |
Question 5 |
One of the worrying problems is what to do for those _____ education is so poor that they can only manage simple, repetitive jobs _____ are now tending to disappear as automation takes over.
A | that / when |
B | which / who |
C | what / whose |
D | whose / that |
E | whom / that |
Question 6 |
In my opinion, you must find a really qualified carpenter for a job like this, _____ seems to require a large amount of talent.
A | that |
B | which |
C | who |
D | where |
E | of which |
Question 7 |
There was a time _____ philosophy included almost every kind of knowledge of _____ human beings were capable of.
A | which / what |
B | where / that |
C | what / which |
D | why / how |
E | when / which |
Question 8 |
Within thirty years, this planet will experience survival tensions the like _____ have never existed before.
A | that |
B | of which |
C | by whom |
D | whichever |
E | what |
Question 9 |
There used to be a huge stadium in _____ is now a modern leisure centre ____ attracts a lot of people especially at the weekends.
A | that / where |
B | what / which |
C | which / that |
D | who / where |
E | where / which |
Question 10 |
There are some parts of the world ______ even now people cannot write.
A | to whom |
B | which |
C | that |
D | where |
E | when |
Question 11 |
Leif Ericsson is only one of many early voyagers _____ discovered America long before the days of Columbus.
A | which |
B | by whom |
C | whose |
D | where |
E | who |
Question 12 |
A lama is a Tibetan monk, ____ is famed for wisdom and saintliness.
A | who |
B | that |
C | which |
D | how |
E | why |
Question 13 |
It was a day _____ everything seemed to go wrong.
A | that of |
B | which |
C | who |
D | why |
E | when |
Question 14 |
On the granite summit of Percy Peak are small pockets of soil _____ topazes can be found.
A | which |
B | where |
C | when |
D | that |
E | why |
Question 15 |
The “philosophers’ stone”, ____ medieval alchemists searched, could supposedly change cheap metals to gold.
A | which |
B | that |
C | whose |
D | where |
E | for which |
Question 16 |
Virginia City is a ghost town ____ visitors can wander down a perfectly preserved main street of the early west.
A | where |
B | which; |
C | that |
D | of which |
E | when |
Question 17 |
The hand ____ rocks the cradle is the hand _____ rules the world.
A | which / when |
B | who / that |
C | that / where |
D | that / that |
E | whose / which |
Question 18 |
On Friday nights, I can often be found at the Ropy, _____ shows the best Western in town.
A | where |
B | in which |
C | which |
D | who |
E | why |
Question 19 |
Bad officials are elected by good citizens _____ don’t vote.
A | when |
B | but |
C | which |
D | who |
E | whom |
Question 20 |
Mr Marshall, ____ everyone respects, decided to retire in order to return to his village.
A | whose |
B | whom |
C | that |
D | which |
E | for whom |
Question 21 |
You should go to a chemist’s shop ______ you will find a drug for headache.
A | that |
B | where |
C | which |
D | why |
E | how |
Question 22 |
If I am your father, I have the right to know the man _____ you are spending the night.
A | with whom |
B | who |
C | where |
D | how |
E | that |
Question 23 |
The Varian Bridge, ____ was designed by Othman Amman, joins Brooklyn to Stale Island.
A | what |
B | where |
C | which |
D | when |
E | who |
Question 24 |
The first thing ____ I saw when I entered the art gallery was a notice _____ saying: “Do not touch the exhibits!”
A | - / which |
B | that / who |
C | - / - |
D | which / that |
E | when / which |
Question 25 |
Musical concerts, _____ popular music of various kinds, have become one of the most common forms of entertainment in the United States.
A | to feature |
B | feature |
C | which featuring |
D | which feature |
E | featured |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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