UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
VIII. Choose the correct answer or answers.
1. Yoko told me about students…a..d….have taken the entrance exam 13 times.
a. who
b. whom
c. which
d. that

2. The secretary………….I talked to didn’t know where the meeting was.
a. which
b. whom
c. that
d. Ø

3. You need to talk to a person………….you can trust. You will feel better if you do.
a. whose
b. which
c. whom
d. Ø

4. Bob is the kind of person to………….one can talk about anything.
a. who
b. whom
c. that
him

5. He is a person………….friends trust him.
a. who
b. his
c. that
d. whose

6. I’m looking for an electric can opener………….also can sharpen knives.
a. who
b. which
c. that
d. Ø

7. People………….live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
a. who
b. whom
c. which
d. Ø

8. The problems………….Tony has seem insurmountable.
a. what
b. he
c. that
d. Ø

9. The man………….I introduced you to last night may be the next president of the university.
a. which
b. whom
c. that
d. Ø

10. Cathy is trustworthy. She ‘s a person upon………….you can always depend.
a. who
b. whom
c. that
d. Ø

11. Your career should focus on a field in………….you are genuinely interested
a. which
b. what
c. that
d. Ø

12. People………….outlook on life is optimistic are usually happy people.
a. whose
b. whom
c. that
d. which

13. Ms. Donaldson, ………….teaches linguistics at the university, recently received recognition for her research.
a. who
b. whom
c. which
d. that

14. The earth………….is the fifth largest planet in the solar system, is the third planet from the sun.
a. who
b. whom
c. which
d. that

15. The check………….I gave Oliver was for work he’d done for me.
a. who
b. which
c. that
d. Ø

16. Melanie was looking after a dog………….leg had been broken in an accident.
a. which
b. whose
c. that
d. its

17. One of the people arrested was Mary Arundel, ………….is a member of the local council.
a. that
b. who
c. whom
d. Ø

18. The Titanic, ………….sank in 1922, was supposed to be unsinkable.
a. whose
b. that
c. which
d. who

19. The Newspaper is owned by the Mearson Group, ………….chairman is Sir James Bex.
a. which
b. that
c. who
d. whose

20. She is one of the few people to………….I look up.
a. who
b. whom
c. that
d. Ø

IX. Combine these pairs of sentences. Use a relative pronoun only when necessary. Use commas for non-defining relative clause.
1. I bought a cell phone. I can use it to send and receive e-mail.
……………………………………………………………………………………


2. My new cell phone has become a necessary part of life. I only bought it a month ago.
……………………………………………………………………………………
3. My roommate has never been on the Internet. She is afraid of computers.
……………………………………………………………………………………
4. Now, there are psychologists. They help technophobes use technology.
……………………………………………………………………………………
5. A lot of people suffer from technostress. Those people work in my office
……………………………………………………………………………………
6. Some people dream of a job. They can do the job without technology
……………………………………………………………………………………
7. My stereo doesn’t work today. It worked yesterday.
……………………………………………………………………………………
8. The man is a computer expert. You were talking to him.
……………………………………………………………………………………
9. Some documents have been found. They were stolen from a car.
……………………………………………………………………………………
10. Dr. Michelle Weil wrote a book about ‘technostress’. She is a psychologist
……………………………………………………………………………………
11. He works for a computer magazine. The magazine is very popular in Mexico.
……………………………………………………………………………………
12. Marta has a brother. Her brother’s name is manuel.
……………………………………………………………………………………
IV/ Complete the following sentences with “yes, no, already, yet, just, once, often, recently, ago, before”:
1/ A long time