Interrogative Pronouns

Exercise 570. Choose the right pronoun: where, what, how many, how far, when, whose, how, who, which.

Shoes are they? they're mine. 2. _____________________________ are they coming? by bus 3. _____________________________ are you doing your homework? in my bedroom. 4. _____________________________ do they get up? 5. _____________________________ trousers do you want,the red or the blue ones? 6. _____________________________ apples are there? 7. _____________________________ is Paris from Caen? 8. _____________________________'s the weather like today? 9. _____________________________ are you from? 10. _____________________________'s your phone number? 11. _____________________________ people are they? 12. _____________________________ is Paul phoning? 13. _____________________________ do Philip and Jean want to go?

14. _____________________________ are they doing in the park?

Exercise 571. Fill in the blanks with suitable interrogative pronouns.

1. ——————— did you invite to preside over the meeting?

a) Who
b) Whom
c) What
d) Whose

2. She asked —————— I preferred, tea or coffee?

a) Who
b) That
c) Which
d) Whom

3. Of ——————— are you speaking?

a) Who
b) Whom
c) Whose
d) None of these

4. —————— do you want to do?

a) What
b) Which
c) That
d) Whom

5. ——————— shall I give this to?

a) Whom
b) What
c) Whose
d) Which

6. —————— of these books will you take?

a) Which
b) Whom
c) That
d) Whose

7. I don’t know —————— of them will actually get it?

a) Whom
b) What
c) Which
d) Whose

8. ——————— said these words?

a) Who
b) Whom
c) What
d) Which

9. Of ——————— boy are you speaking?

a) Whom
b) Who
c) Which
d) That

10. ——————– do you want to see?

a) Who
b) Whom
c) Which
d) Whose

11. ——————– did he come here for?

a) Why
b) What
c) Whom
d) Who

12. ——————, do you think, is the correct answer to this question?

a) What
b) Which
c) Who
d) Whom

13. To —————— did she give her necklace?

a) Whom
b) Whose
c) What
d) Which

14. ——————– do you think he is?

a) What
b) That which
c) Who
d) Which

15. With ——————– were you exchanging pleasantries?

a) Whom
b) What
c) Which
d) Who

16. ———————– is better, honor or riches?

a) Which
b) Who
c) That
d) Whom

17. ———————— of them wants to see me?

a) Which
b) What
c) That
d) Whom

18. To ——————— do you pass on the notes?

a) Who
b) Whom
c) What
d) Which

Exercise 572. Here are some answers. What are the questions?

1. John Smith. What’s your name?

2. Venezuela. _______________?

3. I’m an engineer. _______________?

4. 25. _______________?

5. One metre seventy-eight. _______________?

6. Two brothers and a sister. _______________?

7. In a small flat in Caracas. _______________?

8. Fluent English and a little French. _______________?

9. I watch TV or I go out with friends. _______________?

10. About twice a week. _______________?

Exercise 573. Match the questions and the answers.

1. What nationality are you? 2. What sports do you do? 3. What kind of music do you like? 4. What kind of books do you read? 5. Are you shy? 6. Can you play the guitar? 7. What do you like doing in your spare time? 8. Why are you learning English? 9. Where do you live? 10. Do you like watching football matches on television? 11. What does your father look like? 12. What’s your mother like? 13. Have you got any brothers or sisters? 14. How do you feel about snakes?

a) Knitting and reading. b) Mostly novels; sometimes history books. c) Austrian. d) She’s very calm and cheerful. e) In a small town near Vienna. f) No, I’m fairly self-confident. g) They don’t interest me. h) I prefer playing games to watching them. i) Classical music. j) He’s tall and fair. k) Long-distance running. l) I’d like to travel more, and I think it’s a useful language. m) Yes, two sisters. n) Yes, but not very well.

Exercise 574. Put the words in the right order to form a question.

Model: you the buy shop did at What? What did you buy at the shop?

1. the is teacher Who? ______________________?

2. parents your are at Where moment the? ______________________?

3. When you did her see? ______________________?

4. did to Italy you go Why? ______________________?

5. do How you school to come? ______________________?

6. Whose that is car? ______________________?

7. do to How you often go cinema the? ______________________?

8. often have you do How holiday a? ______________________?

9. do you What up have time get to? ______________________?

10. job to have your wear you a Do uniform in? ______________________?

11. you Why have did so to many books buy? ______________________?

Exercise 575. Match a word in A with a word in B and a line in C. Then answer the questions about yourself.

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