I dislike films ______
- (a)who have sad endings.
- (b)that have sad endings.
- (c)whose have sad endings.
- (d)whom have sad endings.
Answer
B
Why
Correct — B, that have sad endings. The relative pronoun refers to 'films', which are things, so the correct form is 'that' (or 'which'). 'Who' and 'whom' refer to people, and 'whose' is possessive and must be followed by a noun.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)who have sad endings. — 'Who' refers to people, but the antecedent 'films' is a thing, so 'who' cannot be used.
- (c)whose have sad endings. — 'Whose' is possessive and must be followed by a noun, so it cannot stand as the subject of 'have'.
- (d)whom have sad endings. — 'Whom' is the object form and refers to people, so it fits neither the non-human 'films' nor the subject slot.
Concept
A relative-pronoun item on using 'that' or 'which' for things rather than people.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
This is the book ______ won the award.
- (a)who
- (b)that
- (c)whom
- (d)whose
Answer(b) that — a book is a thing, so 'that' fits.
- practice — not a real PYQ
I want a phone ______ has a good camera.
- (a)who
- (b)whom
- (c)that
- (d)whose
Answer(c) that — the antecedent is an object, not a person.