3. What isan interrogative pronoun?
An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun
which is used to make asking questions easy.
There are five interrogative pronouns. Each one is
used to ask a very specificquestion.
4. Interrogative pronouns can also be used as relative
pronouns, which may be found in questions. You’ll know for certain
that a pronoun is classified as an interrogative when it’s used in a
question, because interrogative pronouns are found only in
questions.
• What
• Which
• Who
• Whom
• Whose
Interrogative pronouns are very easy to remember and use.
Memorize them to make things even simper.
5. Example of interrogative pronoun
Sentences containing interrogative pronouns are always
questions, so they always end with a question mark. In the following
examples, interrogative pronouns have been italicized for ease of
identification.
• What do you want for your birthday?
• Which shirt do you think looks better on me?
• Who do you think will win the playoff game?
• To whom are you speaking?
• Whose socks are those?
6. What is an indefinitepronouns
As the name suggests indefinite pronouns
are pronouns that are not definite in meaning. In
other words they are not specific in which noun
they replace. They may be singular or plural, and
must match the verb in number.
7. There are two categories of indefinite pronouns. The first
category includes pronouns that refer to a nonspecific
noun. These pronouns are:
-Anybody - Anyone
-Anything -Everybody
-Everyone -Everything
-Nobody -None
-No One -Nothing
-Somebody -Someone
-Something -Each
8. Exampleof indefinite
pronoun
• That ice-cream was good. Can I
have another?
• Can anyone answer this question?
• The doctor needs to know if you have
eaten anything in the last two hours.
• Each has his own thoughts.
• We can start the meeting
because everybody has arrived.
• They have no house or possessions. They
lost everything in the earthquake.
9. What is a relative pronoun?
A relative pronoun is a pronoun that
introduces an adjective clause. In English, the
relative pronouns are:
• That
• Which
• Who
• Whom
• Whose
10. A relative pronoun is used to start a description
for a noun. (This description is called an
adjective clause or a relative clause.) The
description comes after the noun to:
1. Identify it.
For example:
• The lady who made your dress is waiting
outside.
(The noun is the lady. The relative pronoun is
who. The adjective clause identifying the lady
is shaded.)
• I saw the dog which ate the cake.
(The noun being identified is the dog.)
• We did not know the tune that had been
playing..
11. 2. Tell us more information about it.
For example:
• Mrs. Miggins, who owns a pie shop, is
waiting outside.
(The noun is Mrs. Miggins. The adjective
clause tells us some information about
her.)
• I rode my bike, which now had two flat
tyres, back home.
(The noun is my bike. The adjective clause
tells us some information about it.)
12. Questions
1. _______ is the girl with small
yellow bike?
2. ______ is the name of the team
in blue?
Whic
h
Who
m
What
What
Who
mWho
13. 3. Laila : I dropped by mr alfa’s house but I
met…. there.
Vina: did anybody tell you where he went?
Laila: no.
4. Customer : I’d like to by a radio tape. Can I
have look at it, please?
shopkeeper : of course, you can. What about
a television?
Customer : no thank’s. I don’t need…
Everyon
e
No oneAnyone
Someo
ne
Anything
else
Nothing
else
Somethi
ng else
Everythi
ng else