From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words as it…

The question appears to be slightly garbled, so let me first reconstruct it. The WASSCE sentence is most likely: "If you insist that you are not a tailor, ..... are you?" The instruction asks you to choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

Step 1: Analyze the question The sentence is a conditional clause followed by a question: "If you are not a tailor, ___ are you?" We need an interrogative word that asks about a person's occupation or identity.

Step 2: Explain the concept

• Who asks about a person's identity and acts as the subject (for example, "Who are you?").
• Whom is the object form, used after a preposition or as the object of a verb. After "are," the pronoun is a complement, not an object, so "whom" does not fit.
• Which asks you to choose from a limited, known set.
• What asks about a person's profession, nature, or kind of work. For example, "What is your father?" means "What is his job?"

Step 3: Apply it The sentence implies: "If you are not a tailor, then what is your occupation?" The question is about the kind of work the person does, not about their name or identity. So the natural word is what, as in "What are you?" meaning "What do you do?"

Test each option:

• "...whom are you?" is grammatically wrong.
• "...which are you?" is wrong, because no set of choices has been given.
• "...what are you?" is correct, because it asks about occupation.
• "...who are you?" is grammatically acceptable, but it asks for a name or identity, which does not follow from the "tailor" context.

Step 4: Answer The correct answer is C. what.

Tip: When a question asks about someone's job, profession, or type, use what ("What is she? She is a nurse."). Use who when asking for a name or identity ("Who is she? She is Ada.").