Is whom still correct English?

Yes, in edited writing. In conversation, many people use who everywhere and nobody minds. On tests, in essays, and in formal letters, whom is still expected where the sentence needs an object, and these sheets practice that register.

Why is it to whoever and not to whomever?

Because the pronoun belongs to its own clause, not to the word before it. In give the flyer to whoever asks, the clause whoever asks is the object of to. Inside that clause, the pronoun is the one asking, which is a subject's job, so whoever.

What does the he or him test look like on a question?

Answer the question with he or him. Whom will the team elect as captain? The team will elect him, so whom. Who do you think will win? Drop do you think: he will win, so who.

8th grade who and whom

8th grade who and whom worksheets

Who and whoever are subject forms; whom and whomever are object forms. Eighth graders write the right one in questions, in clauses that describe a noun (the coach whom we met), after a preposition, and in the harder cases: a whoever clause after to or for, and a clause with I think or everyone agreed in the middle.

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The kind of sentences you'll fix

Try he or him in the blank. Write who or whoever if he fits, and whom or whomever if him fits.

For (who / whom) did the band play that slow song at the end of the concert?
Fixed: For whom did the band play that slow song at the end of the concert?
The runner (who / whom) everyone expected to win tripped at the start.
The lab partner with (who / whom) I share a bench always forgets the goggles.

Every print pulls a new set of sentences at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling gets a different mix.

What's on an 8th grade sheet

8th grade sheets draw from 62 sentences, 7 to a page.

A few of the sentences:

Whom will the team elect as captain this year?
Who left the back door open during the storm?
The robotics club welcomes whomever the teachers recommend.

Fix it. Try he or him in the blank. Write who or whoever if he fits, and whom or whomever if him fits. 7 sentences to fix per page.

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

One test does almost all the work. Take the clause the blank sits in, put he or him in the blank, and put the words back in normal order. Whom did the counselor recommend becomes the counselor recommended him, so whom. The student who I believe wrote the best essay becomes he wrote the best essay, once you drop I believe, so who. The hard items are the whoever ones after a preposition, where students write whomever because the word comes after to. Have them underline the whole clause first: to whoever earns the highest score. Inside the underline, the pronoun earns the score, so it is whoever.

Watch for: Whom is not simply the word that follows a preposition. In give it to whoever asks first, the whole clause is the object of to, and inside the clause the pronoun is doing the asking, so it is whoever. Words like I think or everyone agreed do not change the answer. Take them out and test what is left: the player who I think will start becomes the player who will start. Whom is not the fancy form of who. It is the object form, and a sentence that needs who is just as wrong with whom as the reverse.

Common questions about 8th grade who and whom

Is whom still correct English?: Yes, in edited writing. In conversation, many people use who everywhere and nobody minds. On tests, in essays, and in formal letters, whom is still expected where the sentence needs an object, and these sheets practice that register.
Why is it to whoever and not to whomever?: Because the pronoun belongs to its own clause, not to the word before it. In give the flyer to whoever asks, the clause whoever asks is the object of to. Inside that clause, the pronoun is the one asking, which is a subject's job, so whoever.
What does the he or him test look like on a question?: Answer the question with he or him. Whom will the team elect as captain? The team will elect him, so whom. Who do you think will win? Drop do you think: he will win, so who.

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