Study the following sentences.

What are you looking for?

Who were you speaking to?

Which girl are you talking about?

You notice that when a preposition governs an interrogative word like who, what and which, it can go at the end of the sentence. This is common in spoken English.

More examples are given below.

What is this prize for?

What are you crying for?

What is this gadget for?

What is this made of?

What are you laughing at?

Who were you talking about?

Who is this present for?

Where did you buy it from?

Who did she go with?

Who were you playing with?

Who turned the heating on?

Exercise

Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositions.

1. What are you dreaming …………………………..?

2. Who shall I give this …………………………..?

3. What are you waiting ……………………………?

4. Which writer were you talking …………………………?

5. Which flight is the minister traveling ………………………….?

6. What kind of films are you interested …………………………?

Answers

1. What are you dreaming of? (dream of = think of, imagine)

2. Who shall I give this to?

3. What are you waiting for?

4. Which writer were you talking about?

5. Which flight is the minister traveling on?

6. What kind of films are you interested in?