Who or Whom

Is a subject pronoun. Who or what the sentence is about (the

person or thing that is doing or being something)

Usually comes at the beginning of a sentence.

Who just came in the door? Who gave that to you?

Is an object pronoun. Usually follows a preposition (to, for, from,

with) as object of the preposition.◦ To whom are you referring?◦ You loaned your book to whom?

It can also be the direct or indirect object (the person or thing that is having something done to it).

◦ Whom should I take to dinner tonight?◦ I saw someone whom I had met before.

The easiest way to test whether who or whom is correct, is to substitute.

Who = he Whom = him

Sometimes you will also need to turn a question around into a statement.

Who/Whom did the committee select?


The committee did select who/whom.


The committee did select who/whom.The committee did select he/him.



The committee did select him.



The committee did select him.The committee did select whom.

Who/whom is coming to your party?


He/Him is coming to your party?


He/Him is coming to your party?

He is coming to your party Who is coming to your party?

(Who or whom) did you see at Lake Erie? From (who, whom) did you learn about it? (Who, whom) will rent us a boat here? (Who, whom) knows where to catch fish? To (who, whom) did you write this morning? Tomorrow (who, whom) will travel with us? With (who, whom) will you walk to the

market?

1. __________ was the thoughtful person?2. For ______________ have they scheduled

the swimming party?3. Do you know ________ arranged the

flowers?4. _______ will be willing to drive tonight?5. I don’t know ________ gave you the

present.6. I wonder to ______ I should send the note.7. There are a lot of people _____ really like

our teacher.8. Many of the people _____ came to the

party had a great time.

Who or Whom

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