Question 1
I know a great little restaurant _____ we can get lunch.
We use where for a place (restaurant). It means 'in which': a restaurant where we can get lunch. Not that, because the sentence would then need at at the end.
Question 2
Sam knows a man _____ brother works for the president.
Whose shows possession: the man's brother → a man whose brother works…. Not who, because a noun (brother) follows directly.
Question 3
Students _____ study hard get good grades.
Who refers to people and is the subject of the verb study: Students who study hard…. Whom is only used as an object.
Question 4
Food _____ is imported from other countries is expensive.
That (or which) refers to things and is the subject of is imported. Where is for places and why is for reasons.
Question 5
The bad weather is the reason _____ I was late for class yesterday.
After the reason, we use why: the reason why I was late. When is for times.
Question 6
The cookies _____ you baked are really delicious.
Which refers to things (the cookies) and is the object of baked. Why and when are for reasons and times.
Question 7
My grandfather remembers the time _____ there was no television.
After a time word (the time), we use when: the time when there was no television. Not which, because there is no preposition (in which would be possible).
Question 8
I visited my uncle _____ lives in a different city.
Who refers to people (my uncle) and is the subject of lives. Which is for things.
Question 9
The movie _____ we saw last week won three awards.
Which refers to things (the movie) and is the object of saw. Who is only for people.
Question 10
Do you know the reason _____ there are no penguins at the North Pole?
After the reason, we use why: the reason why there are no penguins. Not where, even though the North Pole is a place; the noun before the gap is reason.
Question 11
The people _____ names are on the list will stay here.
Whose shows possession: the people's names → the people whose names are on the list. Not that, because names follows directly.
Question 12
He had a feeling _____ something terrible was going to happen.
After nouns like feeling, idea or fact, we use that to give the content: a feeling that something terrible was going to happen.
Question 13
I want to borrow the book _____ you bought last month.
That refers to things (the book) and is the object of bought. Whom is only for people.
Question 14
My home is a place _____ I can come home and relax after work.
After a place, we use where: a place where I can relax. When is for times.
Question 15
Most of the people _____ she met were from Sydney.
Whom refers to people and is the object of met (she met them). Not whose, because no noun follows the gap.
Question 16
Can you find the teacher _____ you talked to this morning?
Whom refers to a person and is the object of talked to: the teacher whom you talked to. Not whose, because no noun follows the gap.
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