Relative Pronouns – Exercises

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Exercise

Choose the right relative pronoun.

  1. Tiu estas la banko, estis rabita hieraŭ.subject (nominative) pronoun (What was robbed? the bank/it), singular (banko) → kiuThat’s the bank that was robbed yesterday.
  2. La viro, rabis la bankon, estis maskita.subject (nominative) pronoun (Who robbed the bank? the man/he), singular (viro) → kiuThe man who robbed the bank was masked.
  3. Li havis komplicon, li lasis en la aŭto.object (accusative) pronoun (Whom did the robber leave in the car? the accomplice/him), singular (komplicon) → kiunHe had an accomplice, whom he left in the car.
  4. La bankoficistoj, la rabisto minacis, estis tro timemaj por premi la alarmbutonon.object (accusative) pronoun (Whom/what did the robber threaten? the bank clerks/them), plural (bankoficistoj) → kiujnThe bank clerks, who the robber threatened, were too afraid to press the alarm button
  5. Tiu bankrabo estis la plej terura, iam okazis al ili.subject (accusative) pronoun (What happened to them? the worst thing ever), relative pronoun relates to the superlative adjective (la plej terura) → kioThis bank robbery was the worst thing that has ever happened the them.
  6. La kasoj, en estis la mono, estis malfermataj de la bankoficistoj.en here: place (Where was the money? in the register), plural (kasoj) → kiujThe registers, in which/where the money was, were opened by the bank clerks.
  7. La saketoj, en ili metis la mono, estis bluaj.en here: movement/direction(Into what was the money stashed? into the sacks), plural (saketoj) → kiujnThe sacks into which they stashed the money were blue.
  8. Unu viro, poŝtelefono sonoris, ne respondis.possession/ownership (Whose mobile range? the man’s/his), singular (viro)→ kiesA man whose mobile range didn't answer (it).
  9. Tio estis la sola, li eblis fari.object (accusative) pronoun (What could he do? only that thing), relative pronouns relates to the previous adjective (la sola) → kionThat was the only thing (that) he could do.
  10. La rabisto eliris la bankon tra elirejo, pri sciis nur la bankoficistoj.preposition pri, singular (elirejo), → kiuThe bank robber left the bank through an exit of which only the bank clerks knew.
  11. Iuj policistoj, al la aŭto ŝajnis suspektinda, haltigis la rabistojn.preposition al, plural (policistoj), → kiujSome police officers to whom the car seemed suspicious stopped the bank robber.