Complete each sentence with who, whom, that, or whose.
Birth order researchers have discovered some interesting information that (1) can help us understand our colleagues better. Do you have a difficult boss (2) authoritarian personality makes your life difficult? If so, your boss might be a firstborn child. Children (3) are born first are often more authoritarian than their younger siblings. Do you have a co-worker (4) is passive, but particularly creative and insightful? This person may be a middle child. People (5) have both older and younger siblings are often passive because their older siblings were responsible for their well-being when they were young. The creativity (6) they exhibit might be the effect of their having spent a lot of time on their own due to having to share parental attention with their older and younger siblings. People (7) you work with (8) are controlling may be youngest children. These people are also likely to be more social than co-workers (9) are middle children. Of course, these are only generalizations. There are countless factors (10) help form people’s personalities, but birth order research may shed some helpful light on people’s behavior in the workplace.
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Explanation:
1) that
2) whose
3) who
4) who
5) who
6) that
7) whom
8) who
9) who
10) that
1. The correct answer is: that.
2. The correct answer is: whose.
3. The correct answer is: who.
4. The correct answer is: who.
5. The correct answer is: who.
6. The correct answer is: that.
7. The correct answer is: whom.
8. The correct answer is: who.
9. The correct answer is: who.
10. The correct answer is: that.
Birth order researchers have discovered some interesting information (1) that can help us understand our colleagues better. Do you have a difficult boss (2) whose authoritarian personality makes your life difficult? If so, your boss might be a firstborn child. Children (3) who are born first are often more authoritarian than their younger siblings. Do you have a co-worker (4) who is passive, but particularly creative and insightful? This person may be a middle child. People (5) who have both older and younger siblings are often passive because their older siblings were responsible for their well-being when they were young. The creativity (6) that they exhibit might be the effect of their having spent a lot of time on their own due to having to share parental attention with their older and younger siblings. People (7) whom you work with (8) who are controlling may be youngest children. These people are also likely to be more social than co-workers (9) who are middle children. Of course, these are only generalizations. There are countless factors (10) that help form people’s personalities, but birth order research may shed some helpful light on people’s behavior in the workplace.
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