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Choose the option that best fills in the blank:
_____ a beautiful baby!

interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

  1. When

  2. Who

  3. What

  4. Why

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option C is correct as 'what' in the sentence determines that the baby is beautiful. Option A is incorrect as it determines time   Option B is incorrect as it determines a person  Option D is incorrect as it determines the reason for the baby being beautiful. Hence Option C is correct.

Choose the option that best fills in the blank:


_____ will our parents say when they hear about this?

interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

  1. Whoever

  2. Whom

  3. What

  4. Which

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Since the question is asked for specific information from a general range of possible answers about a reaction to some news, "what" should be used. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect. 

Fill in the blank with a suitable pronoun:
______ is the book?

interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

  1. Who

  2. Whom

  3. What

  4. Which

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Interrogative pronouns are used in an interrogating way i.e in while asking questions(who, which, what, whom, whose etc).

'Who' and 'Whom' are used when asking questions about people where 'who' is used as the subject of the verb and 'whom' is used as the object of the verb.
'What' and 'Which' are used to ask direct questions about objects or people.
'Which' is used in cases where there are a limited number of answers possible whereas 'what' is used when the number of options or answers to a question are unlimited.
The given sentence has no verb and the subject in question is a particular book. So, options A and B are incorrect.
Since the number of objects (here the book) is limited, option C) what is incorrect.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D) which.

Fill in the blank with a suitable pronoun:
______ is your seat, this or that?

interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

  1. Who

  2. Whom

  3. What

  4. Which

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Interrogative pronouns are used in an interrogating way i.e in while asking questions (who, which, what, whom, whose etc).

'Who' and 'Whom' are used when asking questions about people where 'who' is used as the subject of the verb and 'whom' is used as the object of the verb.
'What' and 'Which' are used to ask direct questions about objects or people.
'Which' is used in cases where there are a limited number of objects being spoken about whereas 'what' is used when the number of options or answers to a question are unlimited.
In the sentence given, the narrator is asking the person being spoken to to choose between 'this' or 'that' seat which means the number of options is limited and so the correct answer is option D) which.

Fill in the blank with a suitable interrogative pronoun:


_______ did you consult regarding your falling health?

interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

  1. What

  2. Whom

  3. Whose

  4. Which

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Since the question is asked about a person who is at the receiving end of action, here, consultation regarding health, "whom" should be used. Hence, Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect. 

Fill in the blank with the correct interrogative pronoun from the options given below:
______ is the meaning of fragrance?

interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

  1. Who

  2. Whom

  3. What

  4. Which

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Interrogative pronouns are used in an interrogating way i.e in while asking questions(who, which, what, whom, whose etc).

The given sentence asks the meaning of the word 'fragrance'. There can be an unlimited number of answers to describe the word 'fragrance' as it is very subjective.
'Who' and 'Whom' are used when asking questions about people where 'who' is used as the subject of the verb and 'whom' is used as the object of the verb. Therefore, options A and B are incorrect.

'What' and 'Which' are used to ask direct questions about objects or people.
'Which' is used in cases where there are a limited number of options being spoken about whereas 'what' is used when the number of options or answers to a question are unlimited. So, option D) which is incorrect.
Therefore, the correct interrogative pronoun to be used in the sentence is option C) what.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
A: _____ are you doing under the trees?
B: I'm _____ my keys.

interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

  1. What / looking off

  2. Whom / looking in

  3. When / looking up

  4. What / looking for

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

We use what when we ask about specific information from a general range of possible answers, here, things to be done under the trees. As the objective is to find something, "for" should be used. Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect. 

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
"__________ are you?"
"I'm Alex."

interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

  1. Which

  2. How

  3. What

  4. Who

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The correct answer is Option D.

WHO is used as a pronoun when we ask about a person. In the given sentence the person is asking who the person is. Thus Option D is the correct answer.
The remaining options are incorrect because:

Option A: WHICH is used when there is a choice to be made.
Option B: HOW is used to describe manner, extent and condition of something.
Option C: WHAT is used to ask for information.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.


"Do you want a cigarette?"
"No, thanks. I _____ ."

interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

  1. no smoke

  2. smoke not

  3. am not smoking

  4. don't smoke

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Singular pronouns should take singular verb forms. In the simple present, most regular verbs use the root form, like with first person singular, "I". The root form of smoke is "smoke'". Its negative is "don't smoke". Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect. 

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
A: _______ are you going to the chemist's?
B: I'm going to the chemist's _______ some medicine.

interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

  1. Why / too buy

  2. Why / to buy

  3. When / two buy

  4. Where / buy

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

We use the interrogative pronoun "why" to enquire about a purpose, here the purpose for going to the chemists. The infinitive (to+ root verb) is used to express a purpose, here, to buy some medicine. Hence, Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.