Chapter 11 - Interrogative Pronouns

Definition

we called WH questions to asking about something - person or thing. practice question - answer will help a lots to understand 5 types of Interrogative

Form	What does it describe	Question	Answer
Who	Person, subject of sentence	Who are you	I am John
Whom	Person, object of verb	Whom did you meet?	I met Dita
Whose	Person, related to possession or relationship	Whose car is this?	This is my car
Which	Person or ting, limited choice to be chosen	Which shoes do you like?	I like adidas
What	Thing, general information	What lesson do you learn?	I learn Spanish

Rules

1. Subject interrogative, replace subject of sentence and the noun performing the verb when asking the question

Form: WH + Verb (auxiliary or action verb)

Who own this bike? he owns the bike
 WH   V

Question	Answer	Remark
What is your favorite soccer team?	South Korea is my Favorite team	South Korea replace subject
Which is better?	Chicago is better	Chicago replace subject
Who is perform on stage?	Dewa is performed on stage	Dewa 19 replace subject

2. Object interrogative, receive action of verb

Form: WH + Auxiliary/Modal verb + S + main Verb

Auxiliary: be (am, is, are, was, were), do (do, does, did, done), have (has, have, had). It complement of main verb. It can't stand alone without main verb

modal verb: can, could, may, might, must, etc

examples:

Where do you live? - I live in Jakarta  

  WH    A    S    V

Who could help you clean the floor? Raymond could help me
 WH   M      V      S  main V

Question	Answer	Remark
What did you buy?	I bought coffee	i-subject, buy-verb, coffee-object
Which does Ann throw?	Ann throws a ball	ball is object, receive action
Whom do you call?	I call Raymond	Raymond is object, receive action

3. Suffix-ever - whatever, whoever, whichever to emphasize which/what exactly

whatever did you teach to make them so brilliant? 

The bikes are perfect! choose whichever you like