Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has an underlined part. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your response. Otherwise, mark your answer as (4).

That is the boy who I was speaking of.

  1. whom I was

  2. who I am

  3. whom I am

  4. No improvement required

  5. .
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A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as in this context, the pronoun ‘whom’ denotes the object of the verb ‘speaking’. The pronoun ‘who’ is used to indicate the subject of a sentence or a clause.

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