used to ask questions. The five main interrogative pronouns are * who, *whom, *whose, *what *which. **Who, whoseandwhomare interrogative pronouns that ask for names of persons. Who ** We usewhowhen the answer is thesubjectof the verb. Examples:
Whobroke the cup?Paulbroke the cup.
Whosang the loudest?Shesang the
loudest. Whom
**We usewhomwhen the answer is
theobjectof the verb. Examples: Whomis she talking to? She is talking toPhilip. Whomdid you see? I sawPater. Take note that althoughwhomis the correct form for the object of the verb, it is rarely used in normal spoken English. Usuallywhois used instead ofwhom. Whose
**We usewhosewhen we want to ask
about ownership. Examples: Whoseis this house? Whosecar did you drive here? What
**Whatis an interrogative pronoun
that asks for names of things. Examples: Whatis the time? Whatis your cats name?
Which
**Whichis an interrogative pronoun
that asks for a specific person or thing from a group. Examples: Whichof these bags is yours? Whichof them is the shortest?