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Which sentence sounds better? The first one, of course. So the trick is, if you can use
him, you should use whom.
Exercise 4
Complete the following sentences by adding who or whom. Copy the completed
sentence onto your own sheet of paper.
- ____ hit the home run?
- I remember ____ won the Academy Award for Best Actor last year.
- To ____ is the letter addressed?
- I have no idea ____ left the iron on, but I am going to find out.
- ____ are you going to recommend for the internship?
- With ____ are you going to Hawaii?
- No one knew ____ the famous actor was.
- ____ in the office knows how to fix the copy machine?
- From ____ did you get the concert tickets?
- No one knew ____ ate the cake mom was saving.
Key Takeaways
- Pronouns and their antecedents need to agree in number and person.
- Most indefinite pronouns are singular.
- 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.