Question

Change the underlined part of the sentence, if necessary:If the tribesmen did not dance, the spirits whom attended the feast would be angry and the animals, necessary for food and warmth, would stay away.

• A. who attended
• B. whom have attended
• C. with whom attended
• D. no change
  

Answer 1

The correct option is A who attended

In the underlined part "whom attended", "whom" is a relative pronoun which functions as the object of a verb or preposition. In simple words, it receives an action and hence, will follow the verb or preposition. In the underlined part, a pronoun is required which performs the action "attended".
Hence option D is incorrect.
Option A: 'Who' is a pronoun that can perform as a subject. Hence A is the correct option.
Option B: 'Whom have attended' is also wrong as 'whom' does not perform an action.
Option C: Adding the preposition 'with' does not improve the sentence as a subject pronoun is required to perform the action.
Hence B and C are incorrect