Using WHO, WHOM, WHOSE in English

Using WHO, WHOM, WHOSE in English

Using WHOM

WHOM is an object pronoun.
Example; him, her, us…  It should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition.

We use WHOM to ask person receives an action.

Examples

• This is my brother , whom you met at our house last month.
• Do you know someone whom I can talk about global warming.

The woman whom I saw at the cinema last week is a dentist.

 

Using WHOSE

WHOSE is a pronoun. It is used in questions to ask who owns something.

It is a possessive pronoun.

Example; her, his, our and etc…

Examples

• Whose gloves are these?
• Whose notebook was stolen in the class?
• This is Mary, whose mother went to university with me.

Alex whose mother is an Math teacher lives in London.

 

Using WHO

WHO is used for people. Who is a subject pronoun.

Example; I, he, she, we and etc…

We use WHO to ask which person does an action or which person is a certain way.

Examples

• Who’s gonna cook dinner today?
• Who prepares the texts in the President’s speech?
• The person who you met after school was my teacher.

The man who I saw yesterday was Alex.