Complete the following sentences using a demonstrative or interrogative pronoun.
1............... is that boy sitting next to Peter?
Wrong!
Use "Who" to ask about a person's identity.
2............... was a horrible experience.
Wrong!
Use "That" to refer back to an experience already understood from the context.
3............... are our children.
Wrong!
Use "These" for plural people or things near the speaker.
4............... is the road that leads to the railway station?
Wrong!
Use "Which" to ask someone to choose or identify one item from a possible set.
5............... told you this story?
Wrong!
Use "Who" as the subject when asking which person did something.
6............... do you mean?
Wrong!
Use "What" in the fixed question "What do you mean?"
7............... shall we invite to preside over the function?
Wrong!
Use "Whom" in formal English when the question word is the object of the verb.
8............... of these phones is yours?
Wrong!
Use "Which" to ask someone to identify one phone from a group.
9Are the people living in a village happier than ............... living in a town?
Wrong!
Use "those" to replace the plural noun phrase "the people" in a comparison.
10............... does your father do?
Wrong!
Use "What" to ask about someone's job or occupation.
11............... is the house that belongs to my grandfather.
Wrong!
Use "This" to introduce or point out something near the speaker.
12............... shall we contact?
Wrong!
Use "Whom" in formal English when asking about the person who receives the action.
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- Who is that boy sitting next to Peter?
- That was a horrible experience.
- These are our children.
- Which is the road that leads to the railway station?
- Who told you this story?
- What do you mean?
- Whom shall we invite to preside over the function?
- Which of these phones is yours?
- Are the people living in a village happier than those living in a town?
- What does your father do?
- This is the house that belongs to my grandfather.
- Whom shall we contact?