As you know from our previous article on types of pronouns that we they are used in various forms to replace noun in a sentence. In this informative guide we’ll look at Interrogative Pronouns what they actually are.
What are Interrogative Pronouns?
Interrogative Pronouns are interrogative words that are applied or used when you need to ask a question. The 5 different interrogative pronouns are: Who, Whom, What, Which, Whose. Interrogative pronouns such as “who”, “whose” and “whom” are used to refer to a person whereas other interrogative pronouns can be used to refer to objects.
You might be aware of the fact that interrogative pronouns will often stand for referring the things that we are not aware of and hence we keep asking about it.
Simple Tip: If you want to know whether a pronoun is an interrogative or not then, you need to simply ask. These interrogative pronouns are majorly used when asking questions. They can also be used as a different context and along with different kinds of pronouns.
Examples of Interrogative Pronouns
Let’s have a look at some examples of interrogative pronouns used in sentences:
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- What do you want to eat for dinner?
- I always wonder what we would be doing tomorrow.
- What do you think your friend would be doing?
- At what time are we supposed to be there?
- Which is your favorite color?
- Which of these items are you buying?
- She asked me which train we would be boarding.
- Which berth did you get would you like?
- Who is that?
- Who was driving the car?
- I’m wondering who will be at the party.
- Who is going to take out the trash?
- Whom did you speak to?
- Whom do you prefer to vote for?
- You should ask whom to call.
- Whom do you live with?
- Whose sweater is this?
- Whose parents are those?
- I wonder whose dog knocked our garbage can over.
- Whose phone is that?
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