The document summarizes interrogative and demonstrative pronouns. It discusses who and its subjective, objective, and possessive cases. It provides examples of when to use who versus whom based on whether it is the subject or object of a sentence. It also briefly introduces demonstrative pronouns such as this and that, giving examples of how to use them.

1. INTERROGATIVE &
DEMONSTRATIVE
PRONOUNS

2. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

3. Interrogative Pronoun who…it’s a matter of
case?
• The pronoun Who
The pronoun who usually refers only to
persons. Unlike the other interrogative pronouns,
who changes its form depending on the case, as
shown in the following table.
• Subjective Case: who
• Objective Case: whom
• Possessive Case: whose

4. WHO OR WHOM?
• Choose the correct form of who based on the function
of the word in the sentence.
Who…subject case Whom…object case
To (who, whom) does the keychain belong?
To is a preposition; the noun or pronoun that ends a
prepositional phrase is called the object of the
preposition. Hence, you must use the object case. The
objective case is whom.
To whom does the keychain belong?

5. WHO OR WHOM?
• (Who or Whom) is your best friend?
• Think…locate the subject and verb to find your answer.
The subject of the sentence is who, the verb is – is, and the
predicate nominative is friend.
Your best friend is who? (friend=subject; is=verb;
who=predicate nominative)
Who is your best friend?

6. WHO OR WHOM?
•You gave (whom or who) my car?
• (You=subject; gave=verb; car=direct object; what is
the indirect object?)

7. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
• Points out a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
• Examples:
• That is a beautiful costume.
• These are the t-shirts I designed.

8. 1. Use this pen to sign your
name.

9. 2. That is the craziest cat I
have ever seen!

10. 2. That is the craziest cat I
have ever seen!