What are interrogative pronouns used for?

Interrogative pronouns are used when we need to ask questions. Interrogative pronouns are when we do not know of
what we are asking the question about.

These are four interrogative pronouns are the most common ones: who, whom, what, which

The possessive pronoun whose can also be used as an interrogative pronoun. When this happens it is called an
interrogative possessive pronoun.

Examples of Interrogative Pronouns

Who won the football match?

Whom shall we ask when we get there?

Whose did they take?

Which is the greater?

What is that you have made?

Interrogative pronouns examples

Use for asking for or about
Pronoun Sentences using Interrogative pronouns

Asking for general information What’s your age? What is your middle name?
What
 We have ground coffee and instant
When you have a limited choice
coffee. Which would you like?
Which

When asking about a person and Who directed the movie terminator - was it
name James Cameron?
Who

Whose is this bag? Is it yours or somebody

Enquiring about possession or else’s?
Whose
owner

Use when asking about a person

or name
Whom Whom did you ask?
Examples of what each Interrogative pronoun is used for
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Interrogative Pronouns
We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions. The interrogative pronoun represents the thing that we
don't know (what we are asking the question about).

There are four main interrogative pronouns: who, whom, what, which

Notice that the possessive pronoun whose can also be an interrogative pronoun (an interrogative
possessive pronoun).

subject object

person who whom

thing what

person/ thing which

person whose
Notice that whom is the correct form when the pronoun is the object of the verb, as in "Whom did you see?"
("I saw John.") However, in normal, spoken English we rarely use whom. Most native speakers would say
(or even write): "Who did you see?"

Look at these example questions. In the sample answers, the noun phrase that the interrogative pronoun
represents is shown in bold.

question answer

Who told you? John told me. subject

Whom did you tell? I told Mary. object

What's happened? An accident's happened. subject

What do you want? I want coffee. object

Which came first? The Porsche 911 came first. subject

 question answer

Which will the doctor see first? The doctor will see the patient in blue first. object

There's one car missing. Whosehasn't arrived? John's (car) hasn't arrived. subject

We've found everyone's keys. Whose did you find? I found John's (keys). object

Note that we sometimes use the suffix "-ever" to make compounds from some of these pronouns
(mainly whoever, whatever, whichever). When we add "-ever", we use it for emphasis, often to show
confusion or surprise. Look at these examples:

 Whoever would want to do such a nasty thing?

 Whatever did he say to make her cry like that?
 They're all fantastic! Whichever will you choose?
Mini Quiz
Test your understanding with this quick quiz.

1. Complete with the correct interrogative pronoun: "_______ is yours? The blue one or the red one?"

What
Whose
Which

2. Which cannot be used as an interrogative pronoun to fill the gap? "I don't understand. ______ do you
mean?"

What
Whatnot
Whatever
3. Which interrogative pronoun would most people use even though in formal grammar it's incorrect? "
______ did you see at the party?"

Who
Whom
Who or Whom
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Interrogative Pronouns
Pronouns, words that replace nouns, have several different functions.
The interrogative pronouns are pronouns that are used, for the most part, in questions. The interrogative
pronoun is what the question is about-so you may not know what noun the pronoun is actually replacing.
Examples of Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns can also be used to introduce dependent clauses, and they serve as the subject
when they introduce a dependent clause.
Be careful! Some of these words can also function as adjectives or possessives (e.g. which bag; whose shoes).
Remember that a pronoun replaces the nouns. If one of these words comes directly before a noun, it is
probably an adjective.
Examples of interrogative pronouns:
Who (whoever)
Whom (whomever)
Which (whichever)
What (whatever)
Whose (whosever)
Examples of interrogative pronouns used in a sentence:
Who is laughing at me?
Which belongs to her?
Whom did you call?
What is your secret?
Whose is this?
I am not sure who can swim the fastest.
Can you tell me what you are thinking?
Whomever made that noise should come to my desk.
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