Who/whose/wha t/which/whom
They are used to form special questions.
Who refers to human beings, what usually refers to things (it may be applied to people when
inquiring about their occupation):
□ Who was that? - It was my friend./ It was Tom Waits.
□ What are you looking for? - I'm looking for a pen.
□ What is he? - A painter.
Which has a selective meaning (" которыйиз "). It may refer to persons or things:
□ Which of us does he mean?
□ Which side do you prefer?
□ Which would you like? This or that?
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MIND THE DIFFERENCE:
Who is he? - This guestion inguires about the name of some person.
What is he? - about the occupation of the person.
Which is he? - about some particular person out of the group.
EXERCISES______________________________________________________________
Ex. 22. (B) Insert interrogative pronouns.
1."_____ of the two of them is right?" he asked me. 2._______ do we call the sea between
England and France? 3.___ are your intentions for the summer? 4.____ would you like to
see as your assistant? 5._____ turn is it now? 6._____ is speaking? 7._____ can I do for
you? 8.____ is he? Is he a lawyer? 9._____ are you talking about? 10._____ problem are
you working at now? 11. We serve coffee and tea._____ would you like? 12._____ of you
did it? 13.______ did you meet at the theatre? 14._____ is that man over there? 15._____
is Sergeyev? Is he an engineer? 16._____ bag is this? Yours or John's? 17._____ do you
prefer: tea or coffee? 18._____ sort of films do you like best? 19.______ does the avocado
taste like? 20._____ city do you live in: London or Manchester? 21._____ do you usually do
at week-ends?
Ex. 23. (B) Translate into English.
1. Кто знает этого человека? 2. Кто из вас разбил эту вазу? 3. Кого из них вы спрашивали об этом? 4. Кого вы ждете здесь? 5. Кому вы дали свой словарь? 6. Какой это цвет? 7. На каком этаже вы живете? 8. Что вы купили? 9. Какой месяц самый короткий? 10. О чем вы разговаривали, когда я вас встретил? 11. Какой метод вы используете? 12. Кто этот высокий человек?
1.5 DEFINING PRONOUNS
ALL/EA CH/EVERY/EVERYBOD Y/EVERYTHING/EVERYONE/EITHER/
BOTH/OTHER/ANOTHER