French exercises / B1 / Pronounsqui, que, dont, où: join two clauses with the right one.
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Qui vs que
Look at what comes straight after the word, not at what it means. If a verb follows, use qui. If a new subject follows, use que. That single test settles nearly every case, and it works whether the thing being described is a person or an object.
Read the full explanationCe qui vs ce que
Exactly the test you already use for qui and que. If a verb comes next, it is ce qui. If a subject comes next, it is ce que. Both translate as “what” with no noun in front, and the ce in front of them is what makes learners forget to apply the test at all.
Read the full explanationFrench relative pronouns
Five pronouns, each with one job. Qui is the subject, que the object, dont replaces a de phrase, où covers place and time, and lequel follows a preposition when the thing is not a person. What you pick depends on the grammar of the clause, never on the English word.
Read the full explanationPronoms relatifs: worked examples
Five from the set, with the answer filled in and the rule that decides it.
- 01
C'est un ami qui habite à Lyon depuis dix ans.
A verb straight after the blank means the relative is the subject.
- 02
Le film que nous avons vu hier était génial.
A subject follows the blank, so the relative is the object.
- 03
C'est le genre de film qu'on regarde en famille.
que elides before a vowel: que on is never written.
- 04
Les gens qui travaillent ici sont très sympas.
- 05
Les outils avec lesquels il travaille sont très anciens.
lequel takes the number of its antecedent: les outils → lesquels.