Interrogative Pronouns

who, whom, which, what, whose

  • They are used to ask questions

  • WHO ? WHOM and usually WHICH are used to refer to people

  • WHICH and WHAT are used to refer to things and animals

Example

WHO told you ?

WHOM did you tell ?

WHAT do you want ?

WHICH CAME FIRST ?

There is one car missing. WHOSE hasn't arrived ?

Note

1. We sometimes use the suffix EVER to make compounds from some of these pronouns (mainly WHOEVER, WHATEVER, WHICHEVER)

2. When we add EVER we use it for emphasize , often to show confusion or surprise

Example

WHOEVER would want to do such nasty thing ?

WHATEVER did he say to make her cry like that

They are all fantastic, WHICEVER will you choose ?