– Я бы покрасила свою комнату синим или желтым цветом. Который из этих (двух) цветов тебе нравится больше?

I have no idea what colour to use in my room. What colours do you like? – Понятия не имею, в какой цвет покрасить свою комнату. Какие цвета (любые) тебе нравятся?

Местоимения whoever, whichever и whatever в вопросах передают изумление или негодование:

Whatever is this thing on the floor? – Что это такое на полу?

Упражнение 24

Поставьте необходимое вопросительное местоимение.

1. How … students are in the class right now? 2. … are you planning to leave? 3. … is that person next to you? 4. … are you writing a letter to? 5. … do you do for living? 6. … is the reason for your visit? We haven’t seen each other for a while. 7. … this book belong to? 8. … are you going after graduation? 9. … do you expect to be in five years? 10. … color do you prefer most? 11. … did you meet at the conference? 12. … pattern do you like? Both dresses look great. 13. … is your brother going to do with his job? 14. … did you go for the holiday? – We went to Spain. 15. … is responsible for guest accommodation in your hotel?

Упражнение 25

Выберитеправильныйвариантответа.

1. The coach, (which/who) was appointed just last week, made no comment on the situation. 2. Isn’t that the street (which/where) the accident happened last night? 3. The human brain, (which/what) weighs about 1400 grams, is ten times the size of a baboon’s. 4. There are several reasons (where/why) I don’t want to talk to Mike. 5. This is the university (which/where) I work. 6. The new guy in our group (who/whose) name is Alex, seems really nice. 7. All the friends to (who/whom) the e-mail was sent replied. 8. February 14th (where/when) we express our love to each other, is known as St. Valentine’s Day. 9. A very popular breed of dog is the German Shepherd (what/which) is often used as a guard dog. 10. The unsinkable Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, (what/which) shocked the whole world.

– Относительные местоимения – связывают придаточное предложение с главным, при этом они отличаются от союзов тем, что являются членами придаточного предложения:

I know the lecturer who will make today’s report. (who служит подлежащим придаточного предложения) – Я знаю лектора, который сегодня будет делать доклад.

К относительным местоимениям относятся:

who – который, кто, whose – чей, чьё, which – который, кто, that – тот, та, то

Местоимение who обозначает людей:

This is the engineer who has designed the new engine. – Вот тот инженер, который создал новый двигатель.

Местоимение whose отражает принадлежность к одушевленным предметам:

Do you remember the man whose car was stolen yesterday? – Помнишь человека, чью машину вчера угнали?

Местоимение which (который, которого) относится к неодушевленным предметам:

He showed me the museum which was founded 400 years ago. – Он показал мне музей, который был основан 400 лет назад.

Местоимение that может относиться и к одушевленным, и к неодушевленным предметам:

The musician that won the award is Italian. – Музыкант, который выиграл премию – итальянец.

I like the book that I bought yesterday. – Мне нравится книга, которую я купил вчера.

Упражнение 26

Поставьте необходимое относительное местоимение who, whose, which или that.

1. That is the shop … was awarded as the best shop in the city. 2. He didn’t follow the instructions … he was given, so he failed to pass the test. 3. The girl … brother goes with me to the gym is a good singer. 4. The girl … lived next door was very shy and couldn’t say a word to protect herself at school. 5. The man … broke into our house was caught in two days. 6. I need to buy a laptop … can work up to 5 hours without a charger. 7. She visits her grandmother … lives in the countryside every summer. 8. My father … is a doctor has no idea how to repair a car. 9. She was wearing a dress … looked like princess’. 10. The photo … is placed on the mantel was taken at the picnic two years ago. 11. The bookshelf … we bought last week has broken down. 12. The man … was sitting on the bench turned around and saw his granddaughter. 13. A woman … son was crying paid no attention to him. 14. The woman … car had broken down on her way home spent 3 hours waiting for help. 15. My best friend … I know for years will never let me down.