Займенники whoever, whichever і whatever в питаннях передають здивування або обурення:
Whatever is this thing on the floor? – Що це таке на підлозі?
Вправа 24
Поставте необхідний питальний займенник.
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?
Вправа 25
Виберіть правильний варіант відповіді.
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.
Відносні займенники – пов'язують підрядне речення з головним, при цьому вони відрізняються від сполучникiв тим, що є членами підрядного речення:
I know the lecturer who will make today’s report. (who служить підметом пiдрядного речення.) – Я знаю лектора, який сьогодні буде робити доповідь.
До відносних займенників належать:
who – який, хто
whose – чий, чия
which – який, хто
that – той, та, то
Займенник who позначає людей:
This is the engineer who has designed the new engine. – Ось той інженер, який створив новий двигун.
Займенник whose відображає приналежність живим предметам: