Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
The man _______ car was stolen phoned the police.

• A. who
• B. which
• C. whose
• D. that

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

whose

Relative pronouns have two functions- Like other pronouns they stand for a noun or pronoun placed before them and like conjunctions they join subclauses with main clause and start the adjective clause.

In the given sentence the subject is 'the man'.

"Who" is always used to set up a relative clause that describes a person, while "that" is used to describe an object or another non-human being.

"Whose" is the possessive form of "who".

"Which" is also used for an object.

Since the given sentence shows that the man possesses a car, 'whose' must be used.

Thus option C is the correct answer.

Options A,B,D are incorrect.