Fill in the blank with the correct relative word that begins the adjective clause:
The watchman ______ daughter cleared the civil services exam still guards the gate of our society every night.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → whose
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: The watchman whose daughter cleared the civil services exam still guards the gate of our society every night. The adjective clause describes “the watchman”, and the daughter belongs to him.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) who | a person who does the action in the clause; it does not show whom something belongs to | The nurse who gave me the injection was very gentle. |
| (2) whose (answer) | shows whose something is, the person it belongs to | The girl whose bag was lost got it back from the bus driver. |
| (3) whom | a person who receives the action in the clause | The boy whom we met at the bus stop is Asha’s cousin. |
| (4) which | used for things and animals, not for people | The bicycle which I got last year has a flat tyre. |