Relative Pronouns: Who, Whom and Which

Relative Pronouns: Who, Whom and Which

Who

The man who lives in the big house in my uncle.

- who refers to subject.

- who can be replaced with he/she/they

(He lives in the big house)

Who lives in the big house?

He lives in the big house.

Whom

They hired the woman whom they interviewed yesterday.

- whom refers to object.

- The sentence can be restructured using him/her/ them

(They hired the woman. They interviewed her yesterday.)

To whom did you give the book?

I gave the book to him.

Which

Use which to refer to animals or things.

- The car which is parked in front of my house is my father's

Multiple Choice

His horse _____ is a female, won the race.

• who

• whom

• which

Multiple Choice

This is the girl _____ won the singing competition.

• who

• whom

• which

Multiple Choice

The man _____ is wearing a blue coat is my father.

• who

• whom

• which

Multiple Choice

He is the baker _____ we choose to bake our mother's birthday cake.

• who

• whom

• which

Multiple Choice

Kamini did all the homework _____ the teacher assigned.

• who

• whom

• which

Multiple Choice

Ali was the taxi driver _____ they hired to take to the airport last night.

• who

• whom

• which