Interrogative pronouns

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An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun which is used to make asking questions easy. There are just five interrogative pronouns. Each one is used to ask a very specific question or indirect question. Some, such as “who” and “whom,” refer only to people. Others can be used to refer to objects or people. Once you are familiar with interrogative pronouns, you’ll find that it’s very easy to use them in a variety of situations.

The five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose.

• What – Used to ask questions about people or objects. Examples:
  • What do you want for dinner?
  • I wonder what we’re doing tomorrow.
  • What is your friend’s name?
  • What time are we supposed to be there?
• Which – Used to ask questions about people or objects. Examples:
  • Which color do you prefer?
  • Which of these ladies is your mother?
  • She asked which train to take.
  • Which seat would you like?
• Who – Used to ask questions about people. Examples:
  • Who is that?
  • Who was driving the car?
  • I’m wondering who will be at the party.
  • Who is going to take out the trash?
• Whom – This interrogative pronoun is rarely seen these days, but when it shows up, it is used to ask questions about people. Examples:
  • Whom did you speak to?
  • Whom do you prefer to vote for?
  • You should ask whom to call.
  • Whom do you live with?
• Whose – Used to ask questions about people or objects, always related to possession. Examples:
  • Whose sweater is this?
  • Whose parents are those?
  • I wonder whose dog knocked our garbage can over.
  • Whose phone is that?

In some cases, interrogative pronouns take on the suffix –ever. A few can also take on the old-fashioned suffix –soever, which is rarely seen in writing these days. For example:

• Whatever
• Whatsoever
• Whichever
• Whoever
• Whosoever
• Whomever
• Whomsoever
• Whosever

Interrogative pronouns are very easy to remember and use. Memorize them to make things even simpler.

Examples of Interrogative Pronouns

Sentences containing interrogative pronouns are always questions, so they always end with a question mark. In the following examples, interrogative pronouns have been italicized for ease of identification.

1. What do you want for your birthday?
2. Which shirt do you think looks better on me?
3. Who do you think will win the playoff game?
4. To whom are you speaking?
5. Whose socks are those?

   
   

Interrogative Pronouns Exercises

Fill in the blanks with an interrogative pronoun.

QUIZ

1. __________ threw the football?
   1. who
   2. what
   3. which
   4. whose
2. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________ would you prefer, coffee or tea?
   1. who
   2. whom
   3. which
   4. whose
3. ______________ time do we need to be at the airport?
   1. which
   2. what
   3. whose
   4. whom
4. _____________ car is that?
   1. whom
   2. whose
   3. what
   4. who
5. ____________ is your sister’s name
6. 1. who
   2. whom
   3. what
   4. whose
7. _____________ did you tell?
   1. whom
   2. what
   3. whose
   4. which
8. _____________ of these books have you read?
   1. what
   2. whom
   3. whose
   4. which                                                                 https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/interrogative

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1. 1. Who called last night?

      Which keys are yours?

      Whom do I ask for at the desk?

      What did you do when the electricity failed?

      Whose watch is this? 

      	subject	object	possessive
      people	who	whom	whose
      things	which what	which what

      Interrogative pronouns allow us to build a question around the thing that the pronoun refers to. See WH- words, where they are explained more generally under the heading of WH- words.
      
      • Who is dancing with Lucy?
      • Which of these books would you recommend?
      • Completa las siguientes oraciones con el pronombre interrogativo adecuado.
        1 "  time is it?" "It's eight o'clock."

        2 "  did you get to work?" "By train."

        3 is the nearest supermarket?

        4  colour are her baby's eyes?

        5  old are you?
        6  wrote Hamlet?

        7  much money have you got?

        8 Could you tell me  I can buy stamps?
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        1.  how how far how many what when where which who whose I don't know are they doing in the park ?
        
        2.  how how far how many what when where which who whose I don't know shoes are they ? they're mine.
        
        3.  how how far how many what when where which who whose I don't know are they coming ? by bus
        
        4.  how how far how many what when where which who whose I don't know are you doing your homework ? in my bedroom.
        
        5.  how how far how many what when where which who whose I don't know do they get up ?
        
        6.  how how far how many what when where which who whose I don't know trousers do you want,the red or the blue ones ?
        
        7.  how how far how many what when where which who whose I don't know apples are there?
        
        8.  how how far how many what when where which who whose I don't know is Paris from Caen ?
        
        9.  how how far how many what when where which who whose I don't know's the weather like today ?
        
        10.  how how far how many what when where which who whose I don't know are you from ?

        Direct questions

        
        

        • Who are you?
        • What do you want?
        • Whom did you go with?
        • Whose is this?
        • Which is your pen?

        
        

        Indirect questions

        
        

        • I don’t know what she wants.
        • Tell me whom you want to meet.
        • Do you know whose coat this is?

        
        

        The interrogative pronouns may be used in the nominative (subject),accusative (object) or possessive cases.

        • Who did this? (Nominative)
        • Whose is this pen? (Possessive)
        • Whom do you want to meet? (Accusative)
        • What is your name? (Nominative)        

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