2.5 Pronouns
Exercise 4
Complete the following sentences by adding who or whom. Copy the completed sentence onto your own sheet of paper.
- ________ hit the home run?
- I remember ________ won the Academy Award for Best Actor last year.
- To ________ is the letter addressed?
- I have no idea ________ left the iron on, but I am going to find out.
- ________ are you going to recommend for the internship?
- With ________ are you going to Hawaii?
- No one knew ________ the famous actor was.
- ________ in the office knows how to fix the copy machine?
- From ________ did you get the concert tickets?
- No one knew ________ ate the cake mom was saving.
Key Takeaways
- Pronouns and their antecedents need to agree in number and person. Usually, both are in the same sentence
- Most indefinite pronouns are singular though in modern times a singular THEY or THEM or THEIR can be used if gender is not defined.
- Collective nouns are usually singular.
- Pronouns can function as subjects or objects.
- Subject pronouns are never used as objects, and object pronouns are never used as subjects.
- Who serves as a subject of a verb.
- Whom serves as an object of a sentence or the object of a preposition.
This is adapted from “Chapter 2: Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence?” of the book Successful Writing (v. 1.0). For details on it (including licensing), click here.
