Question

Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun from the options given.
I like the books _________ have interesting stories.

• A. Who
• B. That
• C. Whom
• D. What

Answer 1

The correct option is B That

Pronouns are the words that replace nouns. In order to fill in the blank, we must understand what relative pronouns are. Relative pronouns are pronouns that are used to connect a clause or a phrase to a noun or a pronoun. For example, 'I don't know who you are.' Here, 'who' is used to connect the phrase with 'I don't know' with the rest of the sentence. Also, 'who' connects the clause with 'you' here.

NOTE: We need a relative pronoun to connect the subordinate clause with the noun 'books'.

Option A - 'Who' is a relative pronoun, which is used for people. Here, the sentence is about 'books' thus we can use 'who'. Hence, option A is incorrect.

Option C -'Whom' is used as a relative pronoun, which is used as an objective pronoun for people. As the sentence is about 'books' we can't use 'whom' here. Hence, option C is incorrect.

Option D - 'What' is a relative pronoun, used to indicate/demonstrate a thing/ideas or for asking for any information indirectly. As the sentence is not about asking information, we can't use 'what' here. Hence, option D is incorrect.

Option B - 'That' is a relative pronoun which is used to indicate/demonstrate an object/thing/place. Here, the 'books' are being demonstrated and hence we can use 'that'. Thus option B is the correct answer.

'I like the books that have interesting stories.'