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======Whose and who's====== | ======Whose and who's for asking questions====== |
=====Introduction===== | =====Introduction===== |
<html><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/3910_e7b5b07f33d3808668044a80ebb9a6e9.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="872" height="549" id="3910" style="width: 149px; height: 112px;" alt="lost wallet_porte-monnaie_carteira perdida" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/3910_e7b5b07f33d3808668044a80ebb9a6e9.jpg"></a> <a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/276_e02637b67a3dbb66df2420e9320ca65d.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="116" height="173" id="276" style="width: 84px; height: 115px;" alt="Question" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/276_e02637b67a3dbb66df2420e9320ca65d.jpg"></a></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>Whose</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong> wallet is this? </strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'> Who's</span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'> this?</span></strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span></strong></span><br></p></html> | <html><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/3910_e7b5b07f33d3808668044a80ebb9a6e9.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="872" height="549" id="3910" style="width: 149px; height: 112px;" alt="lost wallet_porte-monnaie_carteira perdida" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/3910_e7b5b07f33d3808668044a80ebb9a6e9.jpg"></a> <a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/276_e02637b67a3dbb66df2420e9320ca65d.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="116" height="173" id="276" style="width: 84px; height: 115px;" alt="Question" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/276_e02637b67a3dbb66df2420e9320ca65d.jpg"></a></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>Whose</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong> wallet is this? </strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'> Who's</span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'> this?</span></strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span></strong></span><br></p></html> |
=====Definition===== | =====Definition===== |
<html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Whose </span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>is a pronoun that we can use to ask questions.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Who's </span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>is a contraction of 'who is' or 'who has' and we also use it to ask questions.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>They are sometimes confused because they have the same pronunciation - /<span><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'>huːz/. </span></span></span></b></p><p> <br></p></html> | <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Whose </span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>is a pronoun that we can use to ask questions.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Who's </span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>is a contraction of 'who is' or 'who has' and we also use it to ask questions.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>They are sometimes confused because they have the same pronunciation. - /<span><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'>huːz/. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> [Note that 'whose' is also a relative pronoun. For more information, see Relative Pronouns: whom, whose, where.] </span></span></span></b></p><p> <br></p></html> |
=====Construction===== | =====Construction===== |
<html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'>Whose</span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(247, 150, 70); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></span></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="293" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 175.5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>Construction</span></b></span></p> </td> <td width="478" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 286.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>Examples</span></b></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="293" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 175.5pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>1. 'Whose' + 'to be' + object?</span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></b></span></p> </td> <td width="478" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 286.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> |