Interrogative and Relative Pronouns

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Interrogative Pronouns

A pronoun used in order to ask a question. Examples--› Who, what, which, who, whom, and whose

Rules for interrogative pronouns

1. The “who” pronoun in the English language always refers to an animate object.

2. The “what” pronoun in English usually refers to inanimate objects (it has the function of an attribute in a sentence), but sometimes it can refer to animate objects – in cases when someone is interested in the object’s occupation (profession).

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3. The “which” pronoun in English has the selective meaning. It can be used both for animate and inanimate objects.

4. The “whose” pronoun refers only to animate objects.

Relative Pronouns A relative pronoun is a pronoun that

introduces a relative clause. It is called a "relative" pronoun because it "relates" to the word that it modifies. Here is an example:› Examples› The person who phoned me last night is my

teacher.› "How can you govern a country which has

246 varieties of cheese?"

Name the interrogative pronoun1. Who was that creepy

person standing outside the school?

2. Which room is used for reading in?

3. Who was eating to much cheese?

Answer

1.Who2.Which 3.Who

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