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Interrogative Pronouns. Who, Which, What, Whom, Whose. Essential Question. What are interrogative Pronouns?. An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun used to introduce an interrogative sentence. Interrogative Pronouns. The interrogative pronouns who and whom both refer to people.
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Interrogative Pronouns Who, Which, What, Whom, Whose
Essential Question What are interrogative Pronouns? An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun used to introduce an interrogative sentence.
Interrogative Pronouns The interrogative pronouns who and whom both refer to people. Who is used when the interrogative pronoun is the subject of the sentence. Example: Who is Pandora? Who gives Pandora her name?
Interrogative Pronouns The interrogative pronouns who and whom both refer to people. Whom is used when the interrogative pronoun is the object of a verb or preposition. Example: Whom does Zeus call? For Whom does Hephaestus make a staff?
Interrogative Pronouns The interrogative pronouns which and what are used torefer to things. Example: Some gifts are for Pandora. Which are they? Athena makes Pandora a robe. Whatdoes Hephaestus make?
Interrogative Pronouns The interrogative pronoun whose shows that someone possesses something. Example: The jar is in Pandora’s house. Whose is it?
Interrogative Pronouns DO NOT confuse Who’s with Whose Example: Who’sreading the myth. (contraction for who is) Whoselightening bolt is this? (interrogative pronoun)