2.5 Pronouns

Exercise 4

Complete the following sentences by adding who or whom. Copy the completed sentence onto your own sheet of paper.

  1. ________ hit the home run?
  2. I remember ________ won the Academy Award for Best Actor last year.
  3. To ________ is the letter addressed?
  4. I have no idea ________ left the iron on, but I am going to find out.
  5. ________ are you going to recommend for the internship?
  6. With ________ are you going to Hawaii?
  7. No one knew ________ the famous actor was.
  8. ________ in the office knows how to fix the copy machine?
  9. From ________ did you get the concert tickets?
  10. 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.

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