INTERROGATIVE AND

RELATIVE PRONOUNS
Interrogative Pronouns
 An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.

 There are only five words in the English language

that are used as interrogative pronouns.

 They are:

What Which Who Whom Whose

How they’re used
 Examples of interrogative pronouns:

 What is the capital of Missouri?

 Which of these is your favorite?

 Who played quarterback in the game last night?

 Whom did she give the note to?

 Whose is this?
Interrogative pronoun or not?
 Which magazine would you rather read?
 Who went to the meeting last night?

 Why is there mud all over the room?

 When do you want to work on the project?

 Whom are you going to the dance with?

 What is your sister’s name?

 Which of these shirts do you like best?

 Which shirt do you like the best?

Relative Pronouns

 A relative pronoun introduces a subordinate clause.

 A subordinate clause must contain a subject and a

verb (just like a sentence), but cannot stand on its
own as a sentence.
A subordinate clause needs the other words around it to
make a complete sentence.
Relative Pronouns

 There are five words that commonly serve as

relative pronouns. They are:

That Which Who Whom Whose

What this looks like in a sentence
 In the following sentences, the relative pronoun is in bold,
and the entire subordinate clause is underlined.

 The one over there is the cake that Ashley baked.

 The new building, which was just built five years ago, already
looks old.

 Collin is the player who scored the winning touchdown.

 The man whom you are looking for is over there.

 The person whose car this is will be angry when he sees what
happened.
Relative pronoun or not?
 The planets which make up our solar system all revolve
around the sun.

 Which of these movies do you like the best?

 The man whom I talked to said that our team won.

 That is the first house I ever lived in.

 That is the woman who helped my sister fix a flat tire.

Relative pronoun or not?
 The Statue of Liberty, which is in New York, was given
as a gift from France.

 Whom were you talking to on the phone?

 Whose house were you at last night?

 I hope that I win the race tomorrow.

 Our neighbor’s dog, whose bowl is always empty, is

really overweight.
 Answer page 109-111