| Learning
objectives |
 In
this lesson you will learn the
definition of an interrogative pronoun and study
examples of interrogative pronouns. |
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| Definition of an interrogative pronoun |
- An interrogative pronoun is:
- a "wh" question word that acts as a
pronoun and is used to ask questions
- a word that:
- acts as the
subject of a
verb (who)
- acts as the
object of a
verb or
preposition (whom)
- refers to animals or things (what, which)
- refers to people (who, whom, which - occasionally refers
to people)
- The compound of an interrogative pronoun is formed with
"ever" (whoever, whomever, whatever, whichever)
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| Examples of interrogative pronouns |
- Who is that?
- You gave the book to whom?
- What is that?
- Which is that?
- The following words are interrogative pronouns
- who, whom, what, which, whoever, whomever, whatever,
whichever
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