Multiple Choice
1. Which pronoun asks about the owner of something?
A. Who
B. Whose
C. Which
D. That
B — Whose
The girl _____ won the competition is my friend.
Answer: Who
In “Who called you last night?”, is who relative or interrogative?
Answer: Interrogative — it asks who called.
Correct the mistake:
“Whose is standing outside?”
Answer: “Who is standing outside?”
Read the sentence:
“The dog that barked belongs to my neighbor.”
Which noun does that refer to?
Answer: The dog.
2. You have two books, a novel and a dictionary. Which question best expresses a choice between them?
A. What book do you want?
B. Who book do you want?
C. Which book do you want?
D. Whose book do you want?
Answer: C — Which book do you want?
_____ jacket is this? I found it beside the classroom door.
Answer: Whose
In “The boy whose bicycle was stolen reported it,” is whose relative or interrogative?
Answer: Relative — it connects information to “the boy” and shows possession.
Correct the mistake:
“The student which answered correctly received a prize.”
Answer: “The student who answered correctly received a prize.”
A teacher asks a student to choose between a pencil and a pen. Should the teacher ask “What do you want?” or “Which do you want?” Which question more clearly signals a limited choice?
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Answer: “Which do you want?” It clearly indicates a choice between the two available items
3. Which sentence uses whom as an object?
A. Whom arrived first?
B. The student whom I helped thanked me.
C. Whom is responsible for this?
D. Whom knows the answer?
Answer: B — The student whom I helped thanked me.
the artist _____ we invited to the exhibition arrived late.
Answer: Whom
in “I know what you mean,” is what relative or interrogative? Explain its meaning.
Answer: Relative — what means “the thing that you mean.”
Correct the mistake:
“To who did the teacher give the certificate?”
Answer: “To whom did the teacher give the certificate?”
A student says:
“In ‘I know what you mean,’ what must be interrogative because it asks about meaning.”
Is the student correct? Explain.
Answer: No. What is relative here and means “the thing that you mean.” The sentence is a statement, not a direct question.
4. Which sentence contains a relative pronoun, not an interrogative pronoun?
A. Who left the door open?
B. Which route should we take?
C. I understand what you mean.
D. Whose bag is on the chair?
Answer: C — I understand what you mean.
I cannot decide _____ of these three solutions will work best.
Answer: Which
Compare these sentences:
“Which dress do you prefer?”
“The dress which I bought is blue.”
Identify the function of which in each sentence and explain the difference.
Answer: In sentence 1, which is interrogative because it asks someone to choose. In sentence 2, which is relative because it connects information to “the dress.”
Rewrite the sentence using what correctly:
“I understand the thing what you are trying to explain.”
Answer: “I understand what you are trying to explain.”
Analyze these sentences:
“Whose notebook did you borrow?”
“The student whose notebook you borrowed wants it back.”
Identify the type of whose in each sentence, explain what it refers to, and explain why its grammatical job differs.
Answer: In sentence 1, whose is interrogative because it asks who owns the notebook. In sentence 2, whose is relative because it connects the clause to “the student” and shows ownership.
5. Which statement about the word that is correct?
A. It is always an interrogative pronoun.
B. It can replace whose when showing ownership.
C. It is a relative pronoun, but it is not an interrogative pronoun.
D. It can only refer to people.
Answer: C — It is a relative pronoun, but it is not an interrogative pronoun.
Complete both blanks using the correct pronouns:
“The scientist _____ discovered the error explained _____ had gone wrong.”
Answer: Who; what
. Analyze these sentences:
“What caused the delay?”
“I discovered what caused the delay.”
Why is what interrogative in the first sentence but relative in the second?
Answer: In sentence 1, what asks a direct question. In sentence 2, what is relative and means “the thing that caused the delay,” as part of a statement.
A student writes:
“That did you choose, the red folder or the blue folder?”
Rewrite the question correctly and explain why your chosen pronoun is more suitable than that.
Answer: “Which did you choose, the red folder or the blue folder?” Which is more suitable because the question asks someone to choose from a limited set. That is a relative pronoun, not an interrogative pronoun.
“The woman whom we interviewed knew the answer.”
Who performed the action of interviewing, and what role does whom play?
Answer: “We” performed the interview. Whom is the object of the verb “interviewed.”