what and which
Fill the gaps in the following sentences by using either what or which.
(When which is used it should be preceded by a comma which the student must insert for himself.)
1 He didn't believe . . . I said . . . annoyed me very much.
2 In detective stories the murderer is always caught . . . doesn't happen in real life.
3 He wasn't surprised at . . . he saw because I told him . . . to expect.
4 In hospitals they wake patients at 6 a.m. . . . is much too early.
5 There was no directory in the first telephone box . . . meant that I had to go to another one.
6 I did... I could . . . wasn't much.
7 The clock struck thirteen . . . made everyone laugh.
8 I am sure that . . . you say is true.
9 We travelled second class . . . is cheaper than first class but more crowded.
10 He didn't know the language . . . made it difficult for him to get a job.
11 People whose names begin with A always get taken first . . . is most unfair.
12 He played the violin all night . . . annoyed the neighbours.
13 When the mechanic opened the bonnet he saw at once . . . was wrong with the car.
14 I didn't buy anything because I didn't see . . . I wanted.
15 They sang as they marched . . . helped them to forget how tired they were.
16 I saw a coat marked down to £10... was just . . . I was prepared to pay.
17 He was very rude to the customs officer . . . of course made things worse.
18 Show me . . . you've got in your hand.
19 Tell me . . . you want me to do.
20 The frogs croaked all night . . . kept us awake.
21 All the roads were blocked by snow . . . meant that help could not reach us till the following spring.
22 You needn't think you were unobserved! I saw . . . you did!
23 She was once bitten by a monkey . . . made her dislike monkeys for the rest of her life.
24 Some dairies have given up electric milk floats and gone back to horse drawn vehicles …... . . shows that the horse still has a place in modern transport.
25 She expects me to clean the house in half an hour . . . is impossible.
26 He poured water on the burning oil stove . . . was a crazy thing to do.
27 Would you know . . . to do if you were bitten by a snake?
28 They turned on the street lights . . - made it suddenly seem much darker than it really was.
29 I don't know . . . delayed the train, but it went much slower than usual . . . made me late for my appointment.
30 He asked a question ….. . . I answered, and then he asked exactly the same question again ….. . . showed me that he hadn't been listening.
31 The crime was not discovered till 48 hours later . . . gave the criminals plenty of time to get away.
32 My neighbours on either side of me have painted their houses . . . of course only makes my house look shabbier than it really is.
33 The headmaster believed that children should do . . . they liked . . . meant, of course, that they didn't learn much.
34 I couldn't remember the number of my own car . . . made the police suspicious.
34 He said that . . . frightened him was the appalling silence of the place.
36 You will be punished for . . . you have done.
Exercise 105 which or what
I what, which 2 which 3 what, what 4 which 5 which 6 what, which 7 which
8 what 9 which 10 which 11 which 12 which 13 what 14 what
15 which 16 which, what 17 which 18 what 19 what 20 which 21 which
22 what 23 which 24 which 25 which 26 which 27 what 28 which 29 what, which
30 which, which 31 which 32 which 33 what, which 34 which 35 what 36 what
taken from A Practical English Grammar
A J Thomson A. V. Martinet
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