How do I choose between who, which and that?

Use who for a person, which for a thing, and that for either, but that never appears in a non-defining clause.

How does the verb after the pronoun agree?

The verb agrees with the antecedent in person and number, not with the relative pronoun.

Primary English: Relative Clauses Basics (10 Questions)

2026-11-05

The first paper starts from the basic defining clause: who for a person, which for a thing, and that for either, with all ten items as single-sentence gap fills where the pronoun stands as subject or as object, each with a one-line note.

Quick answer A defining clause follows its antecedent with no comma; who is used for a person, which for a thing, and that for either; in the subject position the pronoun is followed straight by a verb, and in the object position by a subject and verb; the verb agrees with the antecedent.

01 Paper details (check answers afterwards)

Item	Detail
Questions	10 questions
Suggested time	about 20 minutes
Difficulty mix	Foundation 10
Chapter	Chapter: Primary English \| Relative clauses: who, which, that, whose, where
Level	P6

02 Questions (10 items)

FoundationThe girl ______ won the race is my sister.
FoundationThis is the bicycle ______ I bought last week.
FoundationThe teacher ______ teaches us maths is very kind.
FoundationI like the song ______ you played yesterday.
FoundationThe cat ______ is sleeping on the sofa belongs to my aunt.
FoundationPeople ______ talk too loudly annoy me.
FoundationThe bus ______ goes to the airport leaves every hour.
FoundationI lost the pen ______ you gave me.
FoundationThe man ______ called you is my uncle.
FoundationWe visited the park ______ has a big lake.

03 Answers and one-line notes

#	Answer	One-line note
1	who	The antecedent is a person and the relative pronoun is the subject, so who is used.
2	that	The antecedent is a thing, and as an object either that or which is correct.
3	who	A person in the subject position takes who, never which.
4	that	The antecedent is a thing and the pronoun is the object, so that fits.
5	which	An animal in the subject position takes which.
6	who	The antecedent is plural but who does not change form.
7	which	A thing in the subject position takes which.
8	that	As the object of the clause the pronoun is that or which.
9	who	A person in the subject position always takes who.
10	which	A place treated as a thing takes which in the subject position.

04 What to do after marking

After marking, redo only the wrong items and write down which step went wrong (formula, unit, or misread number).
Repeat the same item two days later; move to the next paper only when both attempts are correct.
Parents only need the answer and note columns; there is no need to explain every item.

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