Exercise 1 – Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns
Read the following sentences and use the appropriate pronouns.
1. Murat is a good boy. __ always listens to__ teacher.
2. Amit and Sumit are twin brothers. ___ take the same bag to school.
3. Milly and I are very good friends. ___ have known each other since
childhood.
4. The mangoes are very sour. Where did you buy ___?
5. I love watching Tom and Jerry. __ reminds me of my childhood days.
6. I bought this book for my sister. __ often read it together.
7. This is Steve. Do you know __?
8. There are many windows here. But all of ___ are jammed.
9. The army has reached __ destination.
10.My aunt and uncle live in Delhi. ___ often visit ___.
11.While playing basketball, I hurt ____.
12.The children locked ___ up in the cupboard while playing hide and seek.
13.I bought __ flowers for my anniversary.
14.All the boys participated in the race and ___ one of them got a prize.
15.___ of the witnesses were present in the court.
16.I met Peter ___ just returned from Belgium.
17.Raju set for ___, a target which was difficult to achieve.
18.The criminals ___ admitted their crime.
19.This is the girl __ identified the burglar.
20.The book is Anne’s. It is __ favourite book.
Exercise Set 2: Identify the pronouns
1. Identify the possessive pronouns in the following sentences:-
1. Sarah lost her keys in the park yesterday.
2. The children completed their homework before dinner.
3. The cat washes its paws after playing in the mud.
4. John and Mary bought a new house; theirs is near the river.
5. The book on the shelf is mine; I left it there earlier.
6. The students handed in their projects to the teacher.
7. The company celebrated its 25th anniversary with a grand event.
8. Is this laptop yours, or did you borrow it from someone?
9. The dog wagged its tail happily when the owner returned home.
10.Those shoes are hers; she left them by the door.
11.The team is proud of its achievements in the recent competition.
12.My car is in the shop, so I’m borrowing my sister’s for the day.
13.I took my pet to a dog show.
14.His notes were more extensive than hers.
15.I saw that her pet was smaller than their cat.
16.Someone asked, ‘Is that little puppy yours?’
17.I replied, ‘Yes, he’s mine.’
18.Your taking the prize was a nice surprise.
19.The children make their beds without my asking them to.
20.Their singing inspired us.
21.That dog down the street is his.
22.I appreciate your understanding of the matter.
23.Bobby is a brother of mine.
24.The cake Diana baked last week is not as good as yours.
25.The flowers Vanessa brought were better than hers.
Use the correct form of pronouns
Choose the correct pronoun and use it in the sentence.
1. (Me/I) feel like taking a short trip to the Maldives
2. (I/me) think you should participate in the debate.
3. Wuthering Heights is (her/hers) favourite book.
4. Those papers are (mine/my).
5. The box was lying around. Is (it/its) yours?
6. The dog almost choked (himself/itself).
7. Natasha was all by (yourselves/herself)
8. I got (me/myself) all wet.
9. (That/this) book lying here is mine.
10. (Each/neither) of us were given a gift hamper.
11. Do you want (that/it) pen?
12. I lost the toy you gave (me/myself)
13. This house is (ours/our).
14. It was (their/theirs) car.
15. Do you know (his/him)?
Answers:
1. her
2. their
3. its
4. theirs
5. mine
6. their
7. its
8. yours
9. its
10. hers
11. its
12. my
13. my
14. His,hers
15. her,their
16. yours
17. mine
18. your
19. their
20. their
21. his
22. your
23. mine
24. yours
25. hers
Answers for Exercise 1
1. He, his
2. They
3. We
4. Them
5. It
6. We
7. Him
8. Them
9. Their
10. We, them
11. Myself
12. Themselves
13. These
14. Each
15. None
16. Who
17. Himself
18. Themselves
19. Who
20. Her
Answers for Exercise 2
1. I
2. I
3. Her
4. Mine
5. It
6. Itself
7. Herself
8. Myself
9. This
10. Each
11. That
12. Me
13. Ours
14. Their
15. Him
