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It was him / who came / running / into the classroom.

A. It was him

B. who came

C. running

D. into the classroom

E. No Error

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Change, It was him into It was he
As complement of the Copulative verb is Nominative case.

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Comments ( 10 )

  1. Pobitro Roy
    Pobitro Roy :
    11 months ago

    It will be
    1.it was him whom came into---
    Or
    2.it was he who came into-----

  2. Malik Shehzad
    Malik Shehzad :
    1 year ago

    Thank you 😊

  3. Saleem Chandio
    Saleem Chandio :
    5 years ago

    It was he

  4. Rahul Meena
    Rahul Meena :
    7 years ago

    I can't understand error in this question....can u give me solution...

  5. Arpit Nirwan
    Arpit Nirwan :
    7 years ago

    the answer choice is A, because 'it was and it is' always take subjective pronoun like he she they I etc
    as him is objective pronoun

  6. Bharath Kumar
    Bharath Kumar :
    8 years ago

    Please tell me correct answer guyssss

  7. Naveen Kumar
    Naveen Kumar :
    8 years ago

    "he" is used to mention the person only but "him" is used to mention the belongings. Eg: "it is belongs to him" not "it is belongs to he"

  8. Alok Kumar
    Alok Kumar :
    9 years ago

    Answer: E because we always use objective case after verb.

  9. Akhilesh Gautam
    Akhilesh Gautam :
    9 years ago

    E is right.
    But, it was he/him both are right.

  10. Amit Kumar
    Amit Kumar :
    9 years ago

    Bro...option me correction kar....option me hi answer de diya hai...

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