What are interrogative

pronouns?

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Interrogative pronouns

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Interrogative pronouns

To “interrogate” is to ask a question.An interrogative pronoun asks a question.

There are five of them.Who was that?

Whom did you see?

What just happened?

Whose is this box of matches?

Which is the best way out of here?

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Interrogative pronouns

Choose an interrogative pronoun to complete each sentence.

_________ is Super Dad doing this weekend?

_________ was that masked man?

_________ did he rescue?

_________ is this cape?

_________ is the best superpower to have?

who whom what whose which

What

WhoWhom

WhoseWhich

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Interrogative pronouns

• A pronoun takes the place of a noun.• An interrogative pronoun asks a question.• There are five interrogative pronouns: who, whom

(whom is becoming used less often), whose, which and what.

• Choose who when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence. Choose whom when it is the object of the sentence.

• In the following sentence, the interrogative pronoun is red. Who do you think will win on Saturday?

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Interrogative pronouns