Из всех вопросительных местоимений только who
изменяется по падежам и имеет форму объектного падежа whom, однако в разговорной речи ее использование необязательно.Whom did you invite for your birthday?
Местоимение which
, в отличие от what, предполагает выбор между ограниченным набором лиц или предметов:I’d paint my room in blue or yellow.
Which of the colours do you like more?I have no idea what colour to use in my room.
What colours do you like?Местоимения whoever, whichever
и whatever в вопросах передают изумление или негодование:Whatever is this thing on the floor?
Упражнение 24
1. How … students are in the class right now? 2. … are you planning to leave? 3. … is that person next to you? 4. … are you writing a letter to? 5. … do you do for living? 6. … is the reason for your visit? We haven’t seen each other for a while. 7. … this book belong to? 8. … are you going after graduation? 9. … do you expect to be in five years? 10. … color do you prefer most? 11. … did you meet at the conference? 12. … pattern do you like? Both dresses look great. 13. … is your brother going to do with his job? 14. … did you go for the holiday? – We went to Spain. 15. … is responsible for guest accommodation in your hotel?
Упражнение 25
1. The coach, (which/who
) was appointed just last week, made no comment on the situation. 2. Isn’t that the street (which/where) the accident happened last night? 3. The human brain, (which/what) weighs about 1400 grams, is ten times the size of a baboon’s. 4. There are several reasons (where/why) I don’t want to talk to Mike. 5. This is the university (which/where) I work. 6. The new guy in our group (who/whose) name is Alex, seems really nice. 7. All the friends to (who/whom) the e-mail was sent replied. 8. February 14th (where/when) we express our love to each other, is known as St. Valentine’s Day. 9. A very popular breed of dog is the German Shepherd (what/which) is often used as a guard dog. 10. The unsinkable Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, (what/which) shocked the whole world.– Относительные местоимения
– связывают придаточное предложение с главным, при этом они отличаются от союзов тем, что являются членами придаточного предложения:I know the lecturer who will make today’s report.
(who служит подлежащим придаточного предложения)К относительным местоимениям относятся:
who
Местоимение who
обозначает людей:This is the engineer who has designed the new engine.
Местоимение whose
отражает принадлежность к одушевленным предметам:Do you remember the man whose car was stolen yesterday?
Местоимение which
He showed me the museum which was founded 400 years ago.
Местоимение that
может относиться и к одушевленным, и к неодушевленным предметам:The musician that won the award is Italian.
I like the book that I bought yesterday.
Упражнение 26
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