Are psychics as useful to the real police [who / whom] search
for missing persons as they are
fascinating to fans of TV cop shows?
-S-6c Pronoun Case
EXERCISE 2 / Who / Whom, We / Us. Underline the correct PRONOUN
in each of the following
sentences. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the
back of the book.
EXAMPLE
1. The answer given by people [who / whom] have studied the
effectiveness of psychics is
“No.”
2. Dozens of studies show that psychics are no more accurate in
making predictions than [we /
us] nonpsychics are.
3. One FBI agent, though, became convinced of the power of a
psychic [who / whom] had
predicted the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan.
4. Some police departments agree to call in a psychic [who /
whom] the family of a missing
person recommends.
5. Interestingly, the mere threat to bring a psychic onto a case
can force a suspect [who /
whom] police consider superstitious to confess.
6. Sometimes people [who / whom] psychics have declared dead
then show up alive.
7. How do family members react when a psychic [who / whom]
they’ve trusted turns out to be
wrong?
8. Self-proclaimed psychics [who / whom] seek the spotlight are
usually unwilling to admit their
bad calls.
9. [Whoever / Whomever] consults a psychic about the sex of a
baby might also consider
amniocentesis or other medical tests instead.
10. To what extent do [we / us] human beings just believe
[whoever / whomever] we want to
believe?
Name: _____________________________________________________
Class/section: ________________________________
