Grammar Test 2 Answer 2

2. Barry wished he was a horse so that the stable boy who he was interested in would have to clean up after him, and comb him in the late afternoon.

Ans.

Barry wished he were a horse so that the stable boy whom he was interested in would have to clean up after him and comb him in the late afternoon.


1) Use were instead was because the verb wish dictates the use of the conditional. [1pt.]

2) Use whom because it occupies the object position within the relative clause "whom he was interested in" ("he" is the subject.). [Note: you could write this as "in whom he was interested" also] [1pt.]

3) Remove the comma after him. The and is connecting two verbs here; therefore it is not needed. [1 pt.]

Total = 3 pts.