Fill in the blank by choosing the suitable option:
This is the same book _________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → that you gave me last week.
Relative pronoun after "the same":
- After the same, the only, all and superlatives, the relative pronoun that is preferred.
- The relative clause must also agree in time with the rest of the sentence: a gift already given takes a past time word such as last week.
- This sentence: "This is the same book that you gave me last week."
Example: This is the same shop that sold us the faulty fan.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: what you gave me last week. — Incorrect. "What" means "the thing that" and cannot follow a noun ("book what" is wrong).
Option 3: which you gave me tomorrow. — Incorrect. The past "gave" cannot go with "tomorrow".
Option 4: whom you gave me yesterday. — Incorrect. "Whom" is used only for persons, not for a book.