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LÍ THUYẾT – BÀI TẬP VỀ ĐẠI TỪ QUAN HỆ + KEYS
I. Chọn câu đúng:
1.A 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.B 7.B 8.B 9.C 10.D 11.D 12.B 13.C 14.A 15.B 16.A 17.A 18.A
19.C 20.B 21.A 22.B 23.C 24.A 25.A 26.C 27.A 28.D 29.C 30.C
1. She gives her children everything ..................... they want.
A. that
B. who
C. whom
D. what
2. Tell me ...................... you want and i will try to help you.
A. that
B. what
C.who
D. which
3. The place ......................... we spent our holiday was really beautiful.
A. what
B. who
C. where
D. which
4.What was the name of the girl….passport was stolen?
A. whose
B. who
C. which
D. when
5. The bed ...................... I slept in was too soft.
A. whose
B. which
C. what
D. who

12. I recently went back to the town…I was born.
A. what
B. where
C. who
D. which
13.The reason ........................... I phoned him was to invite him to a party.
A. what
B. whose
C. why
D. which
14. I don’t agree with .................... you have just said.
A. what
B. who
C. when
D. which
15. She told me her address ........................ I wrote on a piece of paper.
A. what
B. which
C. when
D. where
16. The dress didn’t fit her, so she took it back to the shop ................... she had bought it.
A. where
B. which
C. what
D. when
17. Do you know the girl .......................... Tom is talking to?
A. whom
B. what
C. which
D. whose

A. when
B. where
C. which
D. who
24 .I don’t like people ............................ never stop talking.
A. who
B. which
C. whom
D. whose
25.Why does she always wear clothes .............................. are too small for her?
A. which
B. who
C. whose
D. where
26. The factory .................. John works in is the biggest in town.
A. when
B. where
C. which
D. how
27. Have you ever seen the photographs ...................... Ann took?
A. that
B. where
C. when
D. who
28. Everybody ........................ went to the party enjoyed it very much.
A. that
B. whose
C. which
D. who
29. 1945 was the year ........................ the second world war ended.

5. The postman ______ works in the village is very old.
6. The family ______ car was stolen last week is the Smiths.
7. The cowboy ______ is wearing a red shirt looks very funny.


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8. A bus is a big car ______ carries lost of people.
9. The volunteers, ______ enthusiasm was obvious, finished the work quickly.
10. Children ______ like music are often good at mathematics.
11. The engineers ______ designed the building received an award.
12. The girl ______ recited the poem is my niece.
13. The townspeople, ______ pride in their community is well- known, raised enough
money to build a new town hall.
14. The Pacific Ocean, ______ might have been crossed by raft during the Stone Age, is
the world’s largest ocean.
15. The newspaper to ______ we subscribe is delivered regularly.
IV. Combine These Pairs Of Sentences Using Relative Pronouns:
1. The first boy has just moved. He knows the truth.
………………………………………….. ………………………………………….. ……
2. I don’t remember the man. You said you met him at the canteen last week.
………………………………………….. ………………………………………….. ……
3. The only thing is how to go home. It make me worried.
………………………………………….. ………………………………………….. ……
4. The most beautiful girl lives city. I like her long hair very much.
………………………………………….. ………………………………………….. ……
5. He was Tom. I met him at the bar yesterday.
………………………………………….. ………………………………………….. ……
6. The children often go swimming on Sundays. They have much free time then.
………………………………………….. ………………………………………….. ……

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5. The street is bad and narrow. It leads to the my school.
_______________________________________________________________________
6. She lives in a city. This city is one of the largest cities in Viet Nam.
_______________________________________________________________________
7. My grandfather enjoys hill walking. He is in his seventies.
_______________________________________________________________________
8. The children are eager to learn. You met them at the party last month.
________________________________________________________________________
9. Graham took us to his office. It was fill with books.
________________________________________________________________________
10. The street is bad and narrow. It leads to the my school.
________________________________________________________________________
II. Reduce the following relative pronouns by using : VING, V3/VED, or TO-V
1. The couples who live in the house next door are both college professors.
_______________________________________________________________________
2. Our solar system is in a galaxy that is called the Milky Way.
_______________________________________________________________________
3. She is the only person who receives this scholarship.
_______________________________________________________________________
4. They refused to carry out the plan which was worked out by the city council.
_______________________________________________________________________
5. The people who were waiting for their children in the examination room looked nervous.
________________________________________________________________________
6. My brother was the only man who realized the danger.
_______________________________________________________________________
7. The man who teaches my son is my friend.
_______________________________________________________________________
8. The computers which are used here are very old.
________________________________________________________________________

14. This is the bank ___which___ was robbed yesterday.
15. He wore a mask ___which___ made him look like Mickey Mouse.
III. Fill in the blanks with WHO, WHICH or WHOSE:
1. He arrived with a friend ___who___ waited outside in the car.
2. The man ___whose___ mobile was ringing did not know what to do.
3. The car ___which___ the robbers escaped in was a BMW.
4. The woman ___whose___ daughter was crying tried to calm her down.
5. The postman ___who___ works in the village is very old.
6. The family ___whose___ car was stolen last week is the Smiths.
7. The cowboy ___who___ is wearing a red shirt looks very funny.
8. A bus is a big car ___which___ carries lost of people.
9. The volunteers, ___whose___ enthusiasm was obvious, finished the work quickly.
10. Children ___who___ like music are often good at mathematics.
11. The engineers ___who___ designed the building received an award.
12. The girl ___who___ recited the poem is my niece.
13. The townspeople, ___whose___ pride in their community is well- known, raised
enough money to build a new town hall.
14. The Pacific Ocean, ___which___ might have been crossed by raft during the Stone
Age, is the world’s largest ocean.
15. The newspaper to ____which___ we subscribe is delivered regularly.
IV. Combine These Pairs Of Sentences Using Relative Pronouns:
1. The first boy who knows the truth has just moved.
2. I don’t remember the man whom you said you met at the canteen last week.
3. The only thing which make me worried is how to go home.


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4. The most beautiful girl, whose long hair I like very much, lives in this city.
5. The man whom I met at the bar yesterday was Tom.

3. Which:Là đại từ quan hệ chỉ vật, làm chủ ngữ hoặc tân ngữ cho động từ sau nó.
-Theo sau which có thể là một động từ hoặc một chủ ngữ.
Eg: This is the book. I like it best.=> This is the book which I like best.
The hat is red. It is mine.=> The hat which is red is mine.
-Khi which làm tân ngữ, ta có thể lược bỏ which
Eg:

This is the book I like best . .The dress (which) I bought yesterday is very beautiful.

4. That: Là đại từ quan hệ chỉ cả người lẫn vật, có thể được dùng thay cho Who,
Whom, Which trong mệnh đề quan hệ thuộc loại Restricted Clause (Mệnh đề xác định)
Eg: That is the book that I like best.=>That is the bicycle that belongs to Tom.
My father is the person that I admire most.
I can see the girl and her dog that are running in the park.
5.Whose:Là đại từ quan hệ chỉ người, thay cho tính từ sở hữu. Whose cũng được dùng
cho of which.
-Theo sau Whose luôn là 1 danh từ
Eg: The boy is Tom. You borrowed his bicycle yesterday.


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=> The boy whose bicycle you borrowed yesterday is Tom.
John found a cat. Its leg was broken.
 John found a cat whose leg was broken.
III. CÁC TRẠNG TỪ QUAN HỆ
1. When: là trạng từ quan hệ chỉ thời gian, đứng sau tiền ngữ chỉ thời gian, dùng thay cho at,
on, in + which, then
Eg:


phẩy. Danh từ đứng trước thường là tên riêng hoặc trước các danh từ thường có các từ
như: this, that, these, those, my, his her…đứng trước.
- Không được dùng that trong mệnh đề không xác định.


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Eg My father, who is 50 years old, is a doctor.
This girl, whom you met yesterday, is my daughter.
3.Mệnh đề quan hệ nối tiếp.
- Mệnh đề quan hệ nối tiếp dùng để giải thích cả một câu, trường hợp này chỉ dùng đại từ
quan hệ which và dùng dấu phẩy để tách hai mệnh đề. Mệnh đề này luôn đứng ở cuối câu.
Eg He admires Mr Brown, which surprises me.
Mary tore Tom’s letter, which made him sad.
V.DẠNG RÚT GỌN CỦA MỆNH ĐỀ QUAN HỆ: mệnh đề quan hệ có thể rút gọn theo 4
cách:
1.Using participle phrases (sử dụng hiện tại phân từ)
- Present participle: Dùng cho các động từ trong mệnh đề quan hệ ở thể chủ động. Ta dùng
present participle phrase thay cho mệnh đề đó (bỏ đại từ quan hệ và trợ động từ, đưa động từ
chính về nguyên mẫu rồi thêm –ing)
The man who is sitting next to you is my uncle.
 The man sitting to you is my uncle.
Do you know the boy who broke the windows last night?
 Do you know the boy breaking the windows last night?
2.Using past participle:
- Past participle: Dùng cho các động từ trong mệnh đề quan hệ ở thể bị động (Bỏ đại từ quan
hệ, trợ động từ và bắt đầu cụm từ bằng past participle)
Eg1The books which were written by To Hoai are interesting.
The books written by To Hoai are interesting.
Eg2 The students who were punished by the teacher are lazy.

-Khi giới từ đứng cuối mệnh đề quan hệ thì ta có thể bỏ đại từ quan hệ và có thể dùng that
thay cho whom và which trong mệnh đề quan hệ xác định.
-Khi giới từ đứng trước đại từ quan hệ thì ta có không thể bỏ đại từ quan hệ và có không
thể dùng that thay cho whom và which .
VII.Lưu ý về mệnh đề quan hệ
1. Các đại từ quan hệ có chức năng tân ngữ trong mệnh đề quan hệ xác định đều có thể lược
bỏ.
Eg Do you know the boy (whom) we met yesterday?
That’s the house (which) I have bought.
-Tuy nhiên các đại từ quan hệ có chức năng tân ngữ trong mệnh đề quan hệ không xác định
không thể lược bỏ.
Eg Mr Tom, whom I spoke on the phone to , is very interested in our plan.


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2. Khi danh từ được nói đến là tân ngữ của giới từ, ta có thể đưa giới từ đó đứng trước đại từ
quan hệ. Trường hợp này chỉ được dùng Whom và Which
Miss Brown, with whom we studied last year, is a very nice teacher.
Mr. Cater, to whom I spoke on the phone last night, is very interested in our plan.
Fortunately we had a map, without which we would have got lost.
3. Chú ý cách dùng của các cấu trúc mở đầu cho mệnh đề quan hệ: all, most, none, neither,
any, either, some, (a)few, both, half, each, one, two, several, many, much, + of which/whom
Daisy has three brothers, all of whom are teachers.
I tried on three pairs of shoes, none of which fitted me.
He asked me a lot of questions, most of which I couldn’t answer.
Two boys, neither of whom I had seen before, came into my class.
They have got two cars, one of which they seldom use.
There were a lot of people at the meeting, few of whom I had met before.
4. Các trường hợp sau đây thường phải dùng ‘that’

( sai )
-> This is the man whose son is my friend.( đúng


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VIII.EXERCISES ON RELATIVE CLAUSES
I. Combine each pair of sentences using a relative pronoun or relative adverb
1. She is the most intelligent woman. I’ve ever met this woman.
2. This doctor is famous. You visited him yesterday.
3. These children are orphans. She is taking care of these children.
4. The two young men are not good persons. You are acquainted with them.
5. My father goes swimming everyday. You met him this morning.
6. The man is my father. I respect this man most.
7. The man is my father. I respect his opinion most.
8. Mary and Margaret are twins. You met them yesterday.
9. I’ll introduce you to the man. His support is necessary for your project.
10. The middle-aged man is the director. My father is talking to him.
11. The boy is my cousin. You make fun of him.
12. The student is from china. He sits next to me.
13. I thanked the woman. This woman had helped me.
14. The professor is excellent. I am taking his course.
15. Mr. Smith said he was too busy to speak to me. I had come to see him.
16. I saw a lot of people and horses. They went to market.
17. Tom has three sisters. All of them are married.
18. I recently went back to Paris. It is still as beautiful as a pearl.
19. I recently went back to Paris. I was born in Paris nearly 50 years ago.
20. Do you know the music? It is being played on the radio.
21. You didn’t tell us the reason. We have to cut down our daily expenses for that reason.
22. The day was rainy. She left on that day.

1945.
10. He joined the political party _______ was in power.
11. Love, ________ is a wonderful feeling, comes to everyone at some time in his life.
12. Freedom is something for _______ millions have given their lives.
13. It is easy to find faults in people ________ we dislike.


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14. The really happy people are those _______ enjoy their daily work.
15. We must find a time _______ we can meet and a place _______ we can talk.
III. Use a Relative pronoun preceded by a preposition to combine each pair of sentences
below:
1. This is a rare opportunity. You should take advantage of it to get a better job.
2. The boy is my cousin. You made fun of him.
3. This matter is of great importance. You should pay attention to it.
4. The woman lives next door to me. You gave place to her on the bus.
5. The examination lasted two days. I was successful in this examination.
6. This is the result of our work. I’m pleased with it.
7. There is a No parking sign. I do not take notice of it.
8. Mr. Brown is the man. I am responsible to him for my work.
9. Do you see my pen? I have just written the lesson with it.
10. We are crossing the meadow. We flew kites over it in our childhood.
IV. Use Relative adverb to combine each pair of sentences below:
1. This is the house. We often stay in this house in summer.
2. I’ll show you the second hand bookshop. You can find valuable books in this shop.
3. I have not decided the day. I’ll go to London on that day.
4. He was born on the day. His father was away on that day.
5. The book is a telephone directory. We can look up telephone numbers in this book.
6. Mrs. Brown rang Dr. Brown. He was going to carry out an urgent operation at that

3. He was the second person to be killed in this way.
4. I have just found a river to swim. (in)
5. This is a form for you to fill. (in)
VIII Choose the best answer


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1) The book ____ I bought at the bookstore yesterday is expensive.
A. who

B. whose

C. that

D. B & C are corre

2) What’s the name of the blonde girl ____ just came in?
A. whoB. whose

C. whom

D. A & B are correct

3) I don’t like people ____ lose their tempers easily.
A. who B. whose

C. that

D. A & C are correct

B. which

C. that

D. B & C are correct

8) Where is the girl ____ sells tickets?
A. who

B. whose

C. whom

D. A & C are correct

9) The man____ we consider our leader had much experience in climbing mountains.
A. who

B. whose

C. whom

D. A & C are correct

10) The artist ____ name I couldn’t remember was one of the best I had ever seen.
A. who

B. whose

C. that


14) There are too many poor people ____ do not have enough to eat in the world.


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A. whose

B. whom

C. who

D. which

15) The trees ____ have the beautiful flowers grow near the gate of the garden.
A. whose

B. whom

C. who

D. which

16) The teacher ____ teaches us French is coming today.
A. whom

B. who

C. that


C. that

D. All are correct

21) Do you know the music ____ is being played on the radio?
A. who

B. which

C. that

D. B & C are correct

22) This channel often shows the cartoons of ____ the children are very fond.
A. whom

B. which

C. that

D. B & C are correct

23) The dress ____ she bought last week doesn’t fit her well.
A. whom

B. which

C. whose

D. B & C are correct


B. whom

C. that

28) I bought some pencils ____ are in different colours.

D. A & C are correct


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A. whose

B. which

C. that

D. B & C are correct

C. whose

D. whom

29) She ate an apple ____ was still green.
A. who

B. which

30) This is my beloved school ____ I studied when I was young.


C. who

D. A & C are correct

C. that

D. A & C are correct

34) The house in ____ I was born is for sale.
A. which

B. whom

35) That is the chair ____ he used to sit on for meals.
A. which

B. whose

C. that

D. A & C are correct

36) What is the picture ____ you are looking at?
A. which

B. when

C. whose


C. who

D. All are correct

4o) Do you know the doctor for ____ I send?
A. whom

B. that

41) The man about ____ I was telling you is standing over there.
A. who

B. that

C. whom

D. All are correct


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42) The woman ____ Ann must take care of is very poor and old.
A. whom

B. that

C. who

D. All are correct


B. whom

C. that

D. All are correct

47)Ann, ____ lives next door, is very friendly.
A. who

B. whom

C. that

D. All are correct

48) We went to Sandra’s party, ____ we enjoyed very much.
A. which

B. whom

C. that

D. who

49) John, ____ I have known for a very long time, is one of my closest friends.
A. whose

B. whom

C. that

53) My office, ____ is on the second floor, is small.
A. whose B. which

C. who. .D. A & B are correct

54) She told me her address ____ I wrote down on a piece of paper.
A. which

B. that

C. whose

D. A & B are correct

55) The sun, ____ is one of millions of stars in the universe, provides us with heat and light.


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A. which

B. that

C. who

D. A & B are correct

56) Tom made a number of suggestions, most of ____ were very helpful.
A. them


D. B & C are correct

60) I sent her two letters, neither of ____ she has received.
A. that

B. these

C. which

D. whom

61) A café is a small restaurant ____ people can get a light meal.
A. where

B. which

C. that

D. All are correct

62) My room has a very large window ____ you can see the whole lake.
A. which

B. that

C. where

D. All are correct

63)Alaska, ____ my brother lives, is the largest state in the United States.


C. why

D. that

67) Do you know the reason ____ Laura doesn’t like me?
A. which

B. where

C. that

D. why

68) There was a time ____ dinosaurs dominated the earth.
A. which

B. when

C. that

D. A & B are correct


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69) The house in ____ I was born and grew up was destroyed in an earthquake ten
years ago.
A. which



D. All are correct

73 ) Please tell me the reason for ____ I should let you go.
A. that

B. which

C. why

D. B & C are correct

74) I know a wood ____ you can find wild strawberries.
A. where

B. which

C. that

D. All are correct

75) Can you suggest a time at ____ it will be convenient to meet?
A. which

B. when

C. why

D. that


B. In order that C. Although

D. After

80) You should give the iron time to heat up ____ you iron your clothes.
A. because

B. so that

C. even though D. before

KEY TO EXERCISES ON RELATIVE CLAUSES


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I.
1. She is the most intelligent woman whom I’ve ever met.
2.This doctor whom you visited yesterday is famous.
3. These children whom she is taking care of are orphans.
4. The two young men whom you are acquainted with are not good persons.
5. My father whom you met this morning goes swimming everyday.
6. The man whom I respect most is my father.
7. The man whose opinion I respect most is my father.
8. Mary and Margaret whom you met yesterday are twins.
9. I’ll introduce you to the man whose support is necessary for your project.
10. The middle-aged man is the director whom my father is talking to.
11. The boy whom you make fun of is my cousin.
12. The student who sits next to me is from China.
13. I thanked the woman who had helped me.

II.
1. ∅

2. that

3. who

4. where

5. who

7. where

8. that

9. who

10. that (which)

11. which

13. ∅

14. who

15. when/where

6. whom
12. which