Interrogative Pronouns: Understanding Who, Whom, Whose, What, and Which, Study notes of Grammar and Composition

Download Interrogative Pronouns: Understanding Who, Whom, Whose, What, and Which and more Study notes Grammar and Composition in PDF only on Docsity! 1 PRONOUNS (4) Interrogative Pronouns (08) In context 3 min What is an interrogative pronoun? Who works in the lab? What are these liquids? 2 Interrogative Pronouns 12 min Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions. They can be the subject or the object in the question. The main interrogative pronouns are: who, whom, whose, what, which. Examples: Who works in the lab? (subject) Whom did you speak to? (object) Whose is this shirt? (object) What are these liquids? (object) Whichis the best? (subject) Language Tips on Interrogative Pronouns 5 min Interrogative pronouns can also be used as other parts of speech, such as interrogative adjectives or other types of pronouns. Examples: What sandwich do you want? (interrogative adjective) The person whois coming is my manager. (relative pronoun) Sometimes we use ‘who’ instead of ‘whom’. The correct and formal way is ‘whom’. Examples: Whom did you speak to? (formal) Who did you speak to? (informal) Writing Exercise 5 min Match the 2 columns. 1. Who a. are you saying? 2. Whom b. told you that? 3. Whose c. are you speaking to? 4. What d. do you prefer? 5. Which e. are those scissors?