{"id":2914,"date":"2022-02-24T16:52:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T16:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An interrogative word or question word is a function word used to ask a question, such as what, which, when, where, who, whom, whose, why, whether, and how. They are sometimes called wh-words because in English most of them start "},"modified":"2022-05-10T11:09:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:09:22","slug":"interrogative-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/interrogative-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Interrogative Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-3776934729\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>An interrogative word or question word is a function word used to ask a question, such as what, which, when, where, who, whom, whose, why, whether, and how. They are sometimes called wh-words because in English most of them start with wh-. They may be used in both direct questions and in indirect questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose. What \u2013 Used to ask questions about people or objects.<br><br>Examples:<br>&#8211; Who&nbsp;is calling?<br>&#8211; What do you want for dinner?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/interrogative-pronouns\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">What Are Interrogative Pronouns?<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Interrogative pronouns are used in&nbsp;interrogative sentences to ask questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are five primary interrogative pronouns:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>who<\/strong>&nbsp;(subject pronoun&nbsp;that asks about <strong>a<\/strong> <strong>person<\/strong>)<\/li><li><strong>what<\/strong>&nbsp;(subject or object pronoun that asks about <strong>a<\/strong> <strong>thing<\/strong>)<\/li><li><strong>which<\/strong>&nbsp;(subject or object pronoun that asks about <strong>a<\/strong> <strong>person or thing<\/strong>)<\/li><li><strong>whom<\/strong>&nbsp;(object pronoun&nbsp;that asks about <strong>a person<\/strong>)<\/li><li><strong>whose<\/strong>&nbsp;(a possessive pronoun&nbsp;that asks about <strong>a person<\/strong>)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each one is used to ask a specific question or indirect question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: We sometimes use the suffix &#8220;-ever&#8221; or &#8220;-soever&#8221; to make compounds from some of these pronouns ( whoever, &nbsp;whatever, &nbsp;whichever, whatsoever, whichsoever ). When we add &#8220;-ever&#8221;, we use it for emphasis, often to show confusion or surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Who<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who<\/strong> is used to ask questions about people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Who&nbsp;is calling?<\/li><li>Who&nbsp;are you?<\/li><li>Who is she married to?<\/li><li>Who wants chocolates?<\/li><li>Who&nbsp;knows her?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">What<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We use what to ask questions about people or things (objects).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is your name?<\/li><li>What is that?<\/li><li>What&nbsp;do you want?<\/li><li>What&nbsp;did you do when the electricity failed?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Which<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Which is Used to ask questions about people or things. When a choice between two or more options is given or a number of items or responses is expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Which color do you prefer &#8211;&nbsp; red or blue?<\/li><li>Which&nbsp;came first?<\/li><li>Which&nbsp;is yours?<\/li><li>Which&nbsp;is better?<\/li><li>Which&nbsp;is your address?<\/li><li>Which&nbsp;one is your sister?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Whom<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Whom is used when we refer to the object or a verb or preposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Whom&nbsp;did you give the book to?<\/li><li>Whom&nbsp;did you tell?<\/li><li>You went with whom.<\/li><li>Whom&nbsp;did you invite?<\/li><li>Ask the receptionist whom to contact.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Whose<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Whose is used to ask questions about people and things (shows possession).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Whose is this?<\/li><li>Do you know whose number I should call?<\/li><li>Whose&nbsp;did you find?<\/li><li>Whose&nbsp;one shall we take?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Interrogative pronouns + suffix \u2018-ever\u2019 or \u2018-soever\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Interrogative pronouns sometimes take the suffix \u2013ever&nbsp;or \u2013soever. <strong>(Whatever, Whatsoever, Whichever, Whoever, Whosoever, Whomever, Whomsoever, Whosever)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Whoever&nbsp;would want to do such a nasty thing?<\/li><li>Whatever&nbsp;did you say?<\/li><li>Whosever&nbsp;is this?<\/li><li>Whomsoever&nbsp;did you find?<\/li><li>They&#8217;re all fantastic!&nbsp;Whichever&nbsp;will you choose?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interrogative pronouns assist in forming questions. There are five interrogative pronouns. Each one is used to ask a specific question or indirect question:<\/p>\n<p>The five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose. What \u2013 Used to ask questions about people or objects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[223,26,25,72],"tags":[29,28,56,73],"class_list":["post-2914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interrogative","category-english","category-english-grammar","category-pronouns","tag-english","tag-grammar","tag-interrogative","tag-pronouns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}