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PRONOUNS Personal pronouns:

Subject Pronouns: I, you, she, he, it, we, they are used as a subject or predicate noun

She is a teacher

It was he who said that

Object Pronouns: me, you, him, her, them, us, it are used as

Indirect object: She baked him a pie

Direct object: I can hardly see it

Object of a preposition: They are going with us

Possessive Pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, theirs, ours, its take the place of possessive nouns

If this isn’t ours, it must be theirs

Yours is much better than mine

Tables below show the breakdown of the English personal pronouns along the four dimensions of case, person, number, and gender

Male Female Neutral Male Female Neutral Male Female Neutral

Male Female Neutral Male Female Neutral Male Female Neutral

Case and personal pronouns

In the following example, the pronoun is a part of the subject so subject pronoun should be used

My sister and me went to the movie (Incorrect)

My sister and I went to the movie (Correct)

In the following example the pronoun is a direct object so object pronoun should be used

My sister took a picture of him and I (Incorrect)

My sister took a picture of him and me (Correct)

Ex: I saw you when she talked to them

The pronoun I refers to the person speaking

The pronoun you refers to the person spoken to

The pronoun she and them refer to persons spoken about

Demonstrative Pronouns

List of Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those

Ex: That is his book

I want to exchange this for that and these for those

This is an excellent question

Reflexive Pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, yourselves.

a emphasize (intensify) a noun or another pronoun

Ex: Instructor himself ordered this product

Ex: We did all the work ourselves.

b point back to the subject of the sentence

Ex: He wanted to kick himself for even making that stupid comment

I bought myself a new shirt

Never use a reflexive pronoun in place of a personal pronoun

The following sentences are incorrect

Ex: Mary and myself went to the movie

My father drove Mary and myself to the movie

The following sentences are correct

Ex: Mary and I went to the movie

My father drove Mary and me to the movie

Indefinite pronouns

Indefinite pronouns do not refer to any particular persons or places or things They replace nouns without

specifying which noun they replace

Singular: another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, little, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, other, somebody, someone, something

Plural: both, few, many, others, several

Singular or plural: all, any, more, most, none, some

Indefinite pronouns that end in -one or -body are always singular //except none//

These words include: anyone, everyone, someone, one, anybody, somebody, nobody

a Pronouns that are always singular

Examples Everybody can do something, but nobody can do everything

Either looks like a good option

b Pronouns that are always plural

Examples Few were late for the meeting

Many bought tickets to the show

For indefinite pronouns that can be singular or plural, it depends on what the indefinite pronoun refers

to

Ex: - There is a lot of furniture in the room; some is damaged.

(some refers to furniture, which is singular )

- There are many books there; some are very interesting.

( some refers to books, which is plural )

Reciprocal Pronouns

Reciprocal Pronouns show a mutual relationship They are each other and one another

Each other is used when the group consists of just two people, animals or things.

One another is used when the groups consists of more than two people, animals ot things

Examples

John and Bob respect each other

We are commanded to love one another

Relative Pronouns

Relative Pronoun begins a subordinate clause and connects that clause to another noun that precedes it in the

sentence Relative pronouns list: who, whom, whose, whoever, whomever, which, whichever, that, what, whatever

Examples

It is a book that is difficult to ignore

The dog, which is a terrier, is four years old

I will consider renting or buying,

 I will consider renting or buying, whichever works out best

All relative pronouns do not change the form with gender, person, or number

Only who changes form with case

Subjective: who

Objective: whom

Possessive: whose

Examples

The girl who told me the story lives down the street

The girl whom I chose will get a present

I am not sure whose that is

Interrogative Pronouns

Interrogative pronouns are used to begin or introduce interrogative sentences.

They are who, whom, whose, what, and which

They are similar to the Relative Pronouns; the difference is their use in the sentence

Examples

Whom did you invite to the party?

Which did you prefer?

Who did what to whom?

Possessive adjectives

Possessive adjectives (also called determiners or determinative possessive pronouns) always

modify/describe a noun

They must be used together with nouns they are describing, and come in front of them

There are seven of them in modern English: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

His book is excellent

Their house is new

Highlighted words inform us to whom something belongs and their function is similar to those of adjectives

More about possessive adjectives

Pronouns and Adjectives

Some words that function as pronouns may function as adjectives because they tell something about the noun they modify rather than stand in for it

Examine the following table to see the different roles of some words and remember that

Adjective describes a noun and Pronoun replaces a noun

Possessive Adjectives

My English is good

I see your money

Possessive Pronouns

Mine is better Yours are gone

His girl is a student

I like her hair

It is our place

Their house is old

I will take his

I like hers

It is ours

I do not want theirs

Demonstrative Adjectives

I like that story

These quizzes are nice

Who did this work?

Demonstrative Pronouns

I like that

These are nice quizzes

Who did this?

Interrogative Adjectives

Which classes did you take?

Whose phone did you use?

What kind of pronoun is it?

Interrogative Pronouns

Which did you like?

Whose did you break?

What is a pronoun?

Indefinite Adjectives

Many children like ice cream.

Did you want some bananas?

Is there any tea?

I need a few minutes

Indefinite Pronouns

Many bought tickets to the

show

Some are not fresh

No, there is not any?

I have a few

QUIZ

1 Mia left notebook on the bus

(a) her

(b) yours

(c) his

2 The colorful picture of the flowers is

(a) their

(b) your

(c) mine

3 The proud parents brought home new baby girl

(a) his

(b) her

(c) their

4 William strummed guitar and invited everyone to sing (a) his

(b) its

(c) her

5 The computer quickly stores information on huge memory (a) yours

(b) theirs

(c) its

6 These warm chocolate chip cookies melt in mouth

(a) its

(b) your

(c) yours

7 Is seat belt always fastened?

(a) your

(b) mine

(c) its

8 The fluffy brown puppy is

(a) its

(b) my

(c) theirs

9 hand shot up when the teacher asked for volunteers (a) Their

(b) Her

(c) Mine

10 I didn't get a cheeseburger, so I tasted

(a) mine

(b) its

(c) hers

11 Paul, Rudy, and _ are going to play air hockey

A me

B I

12 _ boys also delivered calendars over the weekend

A We

B Us

13 The best players on the field were you and

A them

B they

14 _ and Sharona are graduating from college next year

A Her

B She

15 My friends and _ like to do our homework on the telephone

A I

B me

16 Ms Reyna marked _ absent

A he

B him

17 The location of the cave is a secret between _ two

A we

B us

18 Dad asked Chris and _ to paint the garage

A she

B her

19 My old red sweater has lost shape

A it's

B its

20 Please leave the boat keys on dock

A you're

B your

21 egg salad sandwiches are the best

A Their

B They're

22 Do you know about these boxes?

A these

B anything

23 Be sure that knows his or her lines.

A everybody

B his or her

24 The twins were late because of forgot about the party

A them

B both

25 of balloons have lost helium

A Several

B these

Choose one of the words to complete each sentence

her / herself / hers / she

26 Can you drive _ to work?

27 This cat is _

28 I heard that _ won the lottery

29 She said that she wanted to do it _

30 Do you think _ is older than me?

31 There is a problem with _ TV

32 Has _ called you yet?

33 She doesn't want to go by _

34 There is no way _ will agree with me

35 brother is a doctor

36 The boat is _

37 I think, that is _

38 Once there was a young man who called Icarus

(a) myself

(b) himself

(c) herself

39 His father always wanted his children to look after and do what they wanted (a) themselves

(b) ourselves

(c) herself

40 The trouble was that Icarus always wanted to put into danger

(a) herself

(b) itself

(c) himself

41 His father said again and again if we don't take care, we'd hurt

(a) themselves

(b) yourselves

(c) ourselves

42 Icarus shocked his father with an idea that he was going to try out on

(a) himself

(b) themselves

(c) herself

43 He had watched birds fly by throwing into the air

(a) yourselves

(b) themselves

(c) ourselves

44 His sister said she would like to push into the air and fly but she was too frightened (a) itself

(b) himself

(c) herself

45 Icarus said he would try and he promised his father: I will not injure

(a) yourself

(b) myself

(c) ourselves

46 The last words his father said before Icarus left were: Look after

(a) yourself

(b) himself

(c) myself

47 Unfortunately Icarus went too near the sun and the wax on his wings melted and the feathers

worked free and he fell on the ground and died

(a) itself

(b) yourselves

(c) themselves

48 The old woman lived alone, with to look after

A) someone / her

B) anyone / herself

C) everyone / she

D) no one / her

E) anyone / she's

49 two rings here on my little finger belonged to grandmother

A) These / my

B) That / mine

C) Those / me

D) The / myself

E) This / my

50 When the little boy grabbed the lizard, tail broke off in hand

A) it's / his

B) it / him

C) its / his

D) it / one's

E) its / he's

51 A baby learns the meaning of words as are spoken by others and later uses in sentences A) their / they

B) they / them

C) they / themselves

D) it / them

E) they / it

52 Some of these clothes are , and the rest of belong to Zack

A) yours / it

B) my / them

C) hers / their

D) me / they

E) mine / them

53 As for , I prefer to let people make up minds

A) myself / each other's

B) I / his own

C) mine / one another's

D) me / their own

E) my / theirs

54 The solicitor wrote a letter to Ann and in which he asked us if we could settle the matter between

A) I / us

B) me / us

C) myself / ours

D) mine / our

E) me / we

55 As cuts it as well as he does, I always have my hair cut at Johnson's

A) anyone

B) someone else's

C) no one else

D) everyone

E) nobody's

56 They decided to buy the house because location would allow to get to work very easily A) theirs / them

B) it / themselves

C) its / them

D) they / us

E) its / their

57 Our dog is of a very good breed as is the offspting of two very champion dogs and inherited features

A) this / its

B) he / them

C) she / theirs

D) that / his

E) it / their

58 Hello Henry, Kate, Peter Help to some food and I'll be with you in a moment

A) you

B) yours

C) yourself

D) yourselves

59 A student of has just been to see me

A) your

B) yours

C) yourself

D) you

60 Her parents were in Malaya So were

A) mine

B) your

C) my

D) myself

61 The cat caught tail in the door

A) it's

B) itself

C) its

D) it

62 When Sally won the lottery, she pinched to make sure she wasn't dreaming

A) hers

B) herself

C) her

D) himself

63 in the village went to the party but enjoyed it very much

A) Someone / no one

B) Nobody / no one

C) Everyone / nobody

D) Everyone / somebody

64 William Shakespeare is who I have always admired

A) someone

B) no one

C) everyone

D) anyone

65 You mustn't blame You are the guilty one

A) yourself

B) me

C) myself

D) you

66 Almost no friend of came to the funeral

A) her

B) myself

C) theirs

D) them

67 It's partly finished There is left

A) nothing

B) everything

C) anything

D) something

68 I didn't buy in the end

A) nothing

B) something

C) everybody

D) anything

69 It's no good if everyone to get own way

A) wants / their

B) want / their

C) wants / their

D) want / theirs

70 He was an only child, so he had to learn how to amuse

A) himself

B) him

C) anybody

D) each other

71 They always defend If you blame one, the other will spring to her aid A) themselves

B) one another

C) him

D) them

72 He claimed to be an expert, but he knew almost about it

A) everything

B) nothing

C) anything

D) something

73 If had called, they would have left a message

A) anybody

B) nobody

C) everybody

D) no one

74 No one can find Alice and David .

A) everywhere

B) somewhere

C) anywhere

D) nowhere

75 Despite her father's complaints, she decided to live in Canada

A) herself

B) of her own

C) by herself

D) her

76 The music in the house was so loud that everybody had to shout to make heard A) herself

B) oneself

C) themselves

D) them

77 There was to help me so I had to do all the cleaning myself

A) anybody

B) no one

C) somebody

D) everyone

SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT

1 Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator going

to have to make a decision

is

are

2 my boss or my sisters in the union going to win this grievance?

Is

Are

3 Some of the votes to have been miscounted

seem

seems

4 The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring _ more than

just a nuisance

are

is

5 Everyone selected to serve on this jury _ to be willing to give up

a lot of time

have

has

6 Kara Wolters, together with her teammates, _ a formidable

opponent on the basketball court

presents

present

7 He seems to forget that there things to be done before he can graduate are

is

8 There _ to be some people left in that town after yesterday's flood

have

has

9 Some of the grain to be contaminated

appear

appears

10 Three-quarters of the students against the tuition hike

is

are

11 Three-quarters of the student body against the tuition hike

is

are

12 A high percentage of the population _ voting for the new school

is

are

13 A high percentage of the people _ voting for the new school

was

were

1 A) At the end of the story, they was living happily ever after

B) At the end of the story, they were living happily ever after

C) At the end of the story, they were living happily ever after

D) At the end of the story, they was living happily ever after

2 A) Al and Eli go to the beach to surf with their friends

B) Al and Eli go to the beach to surf with their friends

C) Al and Eli goes to the beach to surf with their friends

D) Al and Eli goes to the beach to surf with their friends

3 A) When Al and Eli arrive, they find that their friends has waxed their boards

B) When Al and Eli arrive, they find that their friends has waxed their boards

C) When Al and Eli arrive, they find that their friends have waxed their boards

D) When Al and Eli arrive, they find that their friends have waxed their boards

4 A) The group of children from that school has never seen the ocean

B) The group of children from that school have never seen the ocean

C) The group of children from that school has never seen the ocean

D) The group of children from that school have never seen the ocean

5 A) If our staff members doesn't quit picking at each other, we will not meet our goals B) If our staff members don't quit picking at each other, we will not meet our goals C) If our staff members don't quit picking at each other, we will not meet our goals D) If our staff members doesn't quit picking at each other, we will not meet our goals

1 Either the photographer or her companions (was, were) the first to see the gorilla

2 Jill’s natural ability and her desire to help others (has, have) led to a career in the ministry

3 Everybody who signed up for the ski trip (was, were) taking lessons

4 Some of our luggage (was, were) lost

5 None of his advice (make, makes) sense

6 One out of every three sunsets (was, were) covered with clouds

7 A ship and a plane (has, have) recently disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle

8 The teeth in a crocodile’s mouth (is, are) sharp

9 The leaders of the expedition (was, were) looking for a campsite

10 The lions and the photographer (was, were) face to face

11 During the trip macaroni and cheese (was, were) the favorite meal for the two drivers

12 Measles (is, are) a contagious childhood disease

13 On the side (is, are) political correspondents hoping for an interview

14 The trunk of the elephant and the belly of the hippo (make, makes) me laugh