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2. A person…has claustrophobia. He is afraid of closed places.
3. A person…has zoophobia. He is afraid of snakes.
4. A person…has zoophobia. He is afraid of mice.
5. A person…has xenophobia. He is afraid of strange people.
Substitute the pronoun whose for the underlined word and combine the
two sentences.
6. Aunt Selma is the woman. Her husband has microphobia.
Aunt Selma is the woman whose husband has microphobia.
7. Louis is the man. His grocery store is so clean.
8. He is the man. His phobia is hard to live with.
9. He is the man. His hands are always clean.
10. Don and Candy are the children. Their father is so sick.
Substitute the pronoun which for the underlined words.
11. Phobias are strong fears. They may start in childhood.
12. Uncle Louis has a phobia. It began with his sickness last year.
13. It must be his sickness. It started the phobia.
14. Usually there has been an early experience. It started the fear.
15. A doctor may ask questions. They will help him remember.
Substitute the pronoun which for the underlined words and move the
pronoun to a position between the two sentences.
16. A person may do things. He doesn’t understand them.
A person may do things which he doesn’t understand.
17. A person may have experiences. He doesn’t remember them.
18. A person may have fears. He cannot live with them.
19. A person may have feelings. He cannot talk about them.
III. Grammar
Subject-verb agreement
The verb in the relative clause must agree with the antecedent in the
main clause. If the antecedent is plural, the verb is plural. If the antecedent
is singular, the verb is singular. Study the examples below:
I know a person who is afraid of the dark.
(singular) (singular)
I know many people who are afraid of the dark.
(plural) (plural)
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