Corrigé pronoms relatifs : exercices d’anglais terminale

1. who (ou that) : antécédent humain, sujet.
2. which : relative explicative entre virgules, that est impossible.
3. whose : le livre du professeur, possession.
4. where : lieu.
5. whom : après une préposition, antécédent humain.
6. when : moment.
7. which : reprend toute la proposition (« ce qui »).
8. Whatever : « quoi que vous décidiez ».

1. There were 300 graduates, two-thirds of whom were women.
2. He wrote four novels, none of which was a success.
3. I have two brothers, both of whom live in Canada.
4. The committee read fifty applications, most of which were excellent.
5. The firm employs 2,000 people, half of whom work remotely.
6. She offered several solutions, each of which had drawbacks.
7. The survey questioned 1,000 teenagers, many of whom admitted feeling lonely.

Of whom pour des personnes, of which pour des choses, et toujours une virgule devant.

1. each other : ils se connaissent l’un l’autre.
2. themselves : chacun s’est blessé lui-même.
3. one another (each other est aussi accepté).
4. each other.
5. themselves : chacun se regarde dans le miroir.
6. each other’s : génitif du réciproque.
7. each other (ou one another).

1. Wouldn’t it be surprising if they won the final?
2. Don’t you remember our first day at this school?
3. Isn’t this the best moment of our lives?
4. Shouldn’t they have warned us earlier?
5. Wouldn’t it be fairer to share the costs?
6. Hasn’t she worked hard enough this year?

On reprend l’auxiliaire de la phrase (do s’il n’y en a pas) et on le met à la forme négative contractée devant le sujet.

1. This is the house in which my grandfather was born.
2. The colleague with whom I work is French.
3. The topic about which we talked is sensitive.
4. The scholarship for which she applied is very prestigious.
5. The people to whom the letter was sent never replied.
6. The reason for which he resigned remains unclear.

Who devient whom et that devient which dès que la préposition passe devant.

1. They wrote to each other for years.
2. She has three sisters, two of whom are doctors.
3. Wouldn’t it be surprising if he resigned? (prétérit après if)
4. The book (that) I told you about is out of print. « Dont » n’est pas ici une possession.
5. What worries me is the cost.
6. The pupils helped one another. (ou each other)

1. Les invités, dont la plupart avaient fait un long voyage, étaient épuisés.
2. N’est-il pas temps que nous arrêtions de nous disputer ?
3. Ils se rejettent mutuellement la responsabilité de l’échec.
4. Il a perdu son emploi, ce qui l’a obligé à déménager.
5. Les deux pays, dont aucun n’a signé le traité, ont été critiqués.

1. The students, two-thirds of whom passed, celebrated all night.
2. I met a girl whose sister is a famous singer.
3. Romeo and Juliet loved each other passionately.
4. The candidates, most of whom were young, looked nervous.
5. Wouldn’t it be surprising if he came?
6. The house in which I live is very old.
7. This is the woman who helped me yesterday. (sujet du verbe helped)

1. Three hundred students arrived four years ago.
2. « most of whom had never lived away from home »
3. « a few of which do not even appear on the map » (which renvoie à small towns)
4. one another et each other
5. « Isn’t that the most valuable lesson of all? » et « Wouldn’t it be a shame to forget it…? » Le public est invité à répondre « yes » : ce sont des questions d’accord, pas de vraies questions.
6. The most valuable lesson is that knowledge is built together, by relying on one another.

1. The passengers, most of whom were British, survived.
2. They never talked to each other again.
3. Wouldn’t it be strange if she refused?
4. The reason for which he left remains a mystery.
5. She owns two houses, both of which are by the sea.
6. Isn’t that precisely what we need?

Réponses modèles :

1. My class has thirty-two students, half of whom want to study science.
2. My best friend and I have supported each other since we were six.
3. Wouldn’t it be great if school started at ten?
4. I have read several books this year, the best of which was a novel by Toni Morrison.
5. Tonight we celebrate three years during which we have helped one another through every exam. Isn’t it amazing how far we have come? Let’s raise our glasses to the friends without whom none of this would have been possible.