Silent Connectors: Omitting Relative Pronouns for Class 7

This Grade 7 English grammar worksheet helps learners understand how relative pronouns can be omitted in certain sentence structures without changing the meaning of the sentence. Through carefully designed practice activities, students learn how words like who, whom, which, and that are sometimes left out when they function as the object in a relative clause. This concept helps children write smoother, more natural, and more advanced English sentences.

Why Omitting Relative Pronouns Matter in Grammar?

Omitting relative pronouns is an important sentence-editing and fluency skill for middle school learners because:
1. It teaches students how to shorten long sentences naturally.
2. It improves sentence flow in spoken and written English.
3. It builds understanding of relative clauses and object positions.
4. It helps learners recognise when who, whom, which, or that can be removed without affecting meaning.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five grammar-rich activities that build fluency with omitting relative pronouns:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Underline the Omitted Relative Pronoun Position
Students read ten sentences and identify the exact place where the missing relative pronoun would naturally appear. This helps them visualise hidden sentence connectors and understand omitted clause structure.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice Questions
Students choose the sentence in which the relative pronoun has been correctly omitted. This sharpens grammar recognition and comparison skills through structured options.

📋 Exercise 3 – Sentence Rewriting
Learners rewrite full relative pronoun sentences into shorter omitted relative pronoun forms. This gives hands-on practice in transforming sentence patterns accurately.

📝 Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks Passage
Students complete a contextual passage by identifying suitable omitted connector positions and understanding how relative clauses fit naturally inside connected writing.

🎯 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing
Students write a short paragraph about a book or movie they enjoyed recently, helping them apply sentence-combining fluency in independent writing.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Underline the Omitted Relative Pronoun Position 
1. The book (that/which) I borrowed from Ravi was interesting. 
2. The teacher (whom/that) Raj thanked after class smiled warmly. 
3. The player (whom/that) the coach selected trained daily. 
4. The uncle (whom/that) Riya invited for dinner brought sweets. 
5. The movie (that/which) we watched during holidays was inspiring. 
6. The girl (whom/that) we met at the science fair won a medal. 
7. The project (that/which) our group completed received praise. 
8. The shop (that/which) Asha visited in Mumbai sold paintings. 
9. The boy (whom/that) Meera called yesterday had shifted to Delhi. 
10. The poem (that/which) we studied in assembly was meaningful.

Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice Questions 
1. b 
2. c 
3. b 
4. b 
5. c 
6. a 
7. b 
8. a 
9. c 
10.a

Exercise 3 – Rewrite Without the Relative Pronoun 
1. The book I bought yesterday is useful. 
2. The movie Raj watched was funny. 
3. The shop Meera entered was crowded. 
4. The girl we invited came early. 
5. The song we sang in class was soft. 
6. The bag Asha carried was heavy. 
7. The sweets Riya distributed were fresh. 
8. The lesson we learned was important. 
9. The player the coach praised smiled. 
10. The market Ravi explored was noisy.

Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks Passage 
1. that 
2. whom 
3. that 
4. that 
5. that 
6. that 
7. who 
8. who 
9. that 
10. that

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing (Sample Answer) 
I recently watched a movie I enjoyed a lot with my family. It was a funny and inspiring story about a boy I admired for his courage. The scenes we liked most were full of adventure and excitement. There was also a teacher the boy respected deeply in the movie. The message I learned from the film was to stay brave in difficult times. It became a movie I will always remember.

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