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Interrogative and Relative Pronouns Lesson and Worksheet

The document provides information about interrogative and relative pronouns. It defines interrogative pronouns as pronouns used to ask questions and lists the common interrogative pronouns: what, which, who, whom, whose. It defines relative pronouns as pronouns used at the beginning of clauses that contain their own subject and verb. It lists the common relative pronouns as who, which, that, whose, and whom and provides examples of their usage. The document concludes with practice questions for learners to identify interrogative and relative pronouns.

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Interrogative and Relative Pronouns Lesson and Worksheet

The document provides information about interrogative and relative pronouns. It defines interrogative pronouns as pronouns used to ask questions and lists the common interrogative pronouns: what, which, who, whom, whose. It defines relative pronouns as pronouns used at the beginning of clauses that contain their own subject and verb. It lists the common relative pronouns as who, which, that, whose, and whom and provides examples of their usage. The document concludes with practice questions for learners to identify interrogative and relative pronouns.

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ONLINE TUTORING ENGLISH COURSE 1


ENGLISH 10

Topic: Pronouns
INTERROGATIVE AND RELATIVE PRONOUNS

 PRONOUN
- A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun in a sentence.

 INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN
- An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun which is used to make asking questions easy. 

 Five Interrogative Pronouns


1. What – Used to ask questions about people or objects.

Examples:
What do you want for dinner?
What is your friend’s name?
What time are we supposed to be there?

2. Which – Used to ask questions about people or objects.

Examples:
Which color do you prefer?
Which of these ladies is your mother?
Which seat would you like?

3. Who – Used to ask questions about people.

Examples:
Who is that?
Who was driving the car?
Who is going to take out the trash?

4. 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?
Whom do you live with?

5. Whose – Used to ask questions about people or objects, always related to possession.

Examples:
Whose sweater is this?
Whose parents are those?
Whose phone is that?

 RELATIVE PRONOUN
- A relative pronoun is used at the beginning of a special group of words that contains its own subject and verb.

COMMON RELATIVE PRONOUNS


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1. Who
- We use who in relative clauses to refer to people, and sometimes to pet animals. We use it to introduce
defining and non-defining relative clauses.

Examples:

I think there’d be a lot of children who’d love to have a climbing wall in school. 


(Defining)

That’s the dog who doesn’t like me.


(Defining; referring to a pet animal)

There’s this guy at work, who’s one of my friends, well he’s never been on a train. 
(Non-defining)

2. Which
- We use which in relative clauses to refer to animals and to things. We use it to introduce defining and non-
defining relative clauses.
- We always use which to introduce relative clauses when they refer to a whole sentence or clause.

Examples:

You need to tick the box which says yes. 


(Defining)

He won’t have much time to prepare for the meeting, which is this afternoon. 


(Non-defining)

She had to get up and walk all the way to the other side of the room, which isn’t easy with a
bad back. 
(Which refers to the whole sentence before it)

3. That
- We use that instead of who, whom or which in relative clauses to refer to people, animals and things. We use
it to introduce defining clauses only. That is more informal than who, whom or which.

Examples:

We met somebody last night that did the speech therapy course two years after you. 
(refers to a person)

The 8.30 is the train that you need to get. 


(refers to a thing)

She blamed herself for everything that had happened.

4. Whose
- We usually use whose as a relative pronoun to indicate possession by people and animals. In more formal
styles we can also use it for things.

Examples:

He’s marrying a girl whose family don’t seem to like him. 


(The family of the girl he’s marrying don’t seem to like him.)

There was me and there was Kate, whose party it was, and then there were two other people. 
(It was Kate’s party.)
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It is a rambling Tudor house, whose sitting room looks out over a wonderful walled garden. 


(The sitting room of the house looks out over …)

5. Whom
- We use whom in formal styles or in writing to refer to people when the person is the object of the verb. It is
much more common in writing than in speaking

Examples:

The response of those managers whom I have consulted has been very positive and we are looking forward to
meeting together. 
(whom refers to those managers and is the object of consulted in the relative clause)

She was a celebrated actress whom he had known and loved, on and off, almost since her first appearance on the
stage.

ADDITIONAL RELATIVE PRONOUNS

When, Where, and Why


- In informal language, we often use where, when or why to introduce defining relative clauses instead of at
which, on which or for which.

I know a restaurant where the food is excellent.


where places
(… a restaurant at which the food is excellent)

There isn’t  a day  when I don’t feel rushed off my feet.


when times
(… a day on which I don’t feel rushed …)

Do you know the reason why the shop is closed today?


why reasons
(… the reason for which the shop is closed …)

IT’S YOUR TURN!


Direction: Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun.

1. The girl _________ Mrs. Matthew chose will do a wonderful job.


A. who B. that C. whom D. whose

2. The boy _________ broke our fence seems very disrespectful.


A. who B. what C. whom D. these

3. She’s the woman _________ husband works for IBM.


A. who B. whose C. whom D. hers

4. He mailed the invitation cards _________ I had just written.


A. who B. whose C. which D. whom

5. Is there a pharmacy around here _________ I can get some cough medicine?
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A. that B. who C. whose D. where

6. The toy car _________ dad bought has a dent on it.


A. that B. whom C. it D. whose

7. My Aunt, _________ name is Kendra, is a marine biologist.


A. who B. that C. whom D. whose

8. The teddy bear _________ no longer has a nose is a baby’s favourite.


A. who B. whose C. what D. that

9. Mr. Anthony is a teacher _________ tells funny stories during class.


A. who B. whose C. which D. whom

10. Mount Mayon, _________ is an active volcano, has a shape of a perfect cone.
A. who B. which C. whose D. that

Direction: Fill in the blank with the correct interrogative pronoun.


1. _________ took my papers from the desk?
A. whom B. what C. when D. who

2. _________ did Derek say to Eric?


A. who B. whose C. what D. that

3. _________ painting are you going to choose for the exhibition?


A. who B. where C. when D. whose

4. _________ product is right for you?


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

5. _________ will bring the party favors?


A. who B. whose C. which D. whom

6. _________ is your favourite color?


A. who B. whose C. what D. that

7. _________ knows where rain forests are located?


A. whom B. that C. who D. whose

8. _________ map shows the equator?


A. who B. that C. whom D. whose

9. _________ are the continents near the equator?


A. whom B. what C. when D. who

10. _________ of the following shoes is good for hiking?


A. what B. which C. whose D. whom

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