Warm-up Write the correct word in each question. (Who’s, Whose) on first? (Who’s, Whose) book is under that desk? About (who, whom) did Abigail Adams write?

Interrogative and Demonstrative Pronouns Pg. 447

Who got the lead in the play? Whom are you going to visit? Rewrite each sentence in statement form, replacing who or whom with an appropriate personal pronoun.

Who takes the place of the subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) Whom takes the place of the object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)

An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun used to introduce an interrogative sentence. Who and whom refer to people. Who is used when the interrogative pronoun is the subject of the sentence. Whom is used when the interrogative pronoun is the object of a verb or a preposition.

Who borrowed the book? [subject] Whom did the librarian call? [direct obj.] For whom did you borrow the book? [object of the preposition]

Which and what are used to refer to things and ideas. What interests you? Which is it?

Whose shows that someone possesses something. I found a copy of Great Expectations. Whose is it?

When writing, be careful not to confuse whose with who’s When writing, be careful not to confuse whose with who’s. Who’s is the contraction for who is.

A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that points out something. this that these those This (singular) and these (plural) refer to something nearby. That (singular) and those (plural) refer to something at a distance.

This is an interesting book. [singular, nearby] These are interesting books. [plural, nearby] That is a long book. [singular, at a distance] Those are long books. [plural, at a distance]

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