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Sunday, 30 November 2014

Pronouns(Basics)





                                   Pronouns(Basics)

Subjective pronouns
I
WE
YOU
THEY
HE
SHE
it
Objective pronouns
Me
Us
You
Them
Him
Her
It
Reflexive pronouns
Myself
Ourselves
Yourself/yourselves
Themselves
Himself
Herself
itself
Possessive pronouns (without noun & nouns)
Mine/My
Ours/our
Yours/your
Theirs/their
His/his
Hers/her
 its



 Reflexive Pronouns
I made this cake myself.
Be careful with the knife. You’ll cut yourself.
Michael is looking at himself in the mirror.
Susan has hurt herself.
Our cat washes itself after each meal.
We organized the party all by ourselves.
Come in, children, and find yourselves a seat.
Baby birds are too young to look after themselves.
Here is a table to remind you about reflexive
pronouns.
Singular Plural
First person (I,me) myself (we,us) ourselves
Second person (you) yourself (you) yourselves
Third person (he, him) himself (they, them) themselves
(she, her) herself (they, them) themselves
(it) itself (they, them) themselves


Fill in the blanks with the correct reflexive pronouns
from the box.
1 No one can help us. We have to help ____________.
2 Jane always makes the bed by ____________.
3 They painted the wall all by ____________.
4 I hurt ____________ in the playground yesterday.
5 John, you must behave __________ before your friends.
6 Children, you must do the homework ____________.
7 Tom defended ____________ against the bullies.
8 The dog is scratching ____________.
9.She enjoyed the game____________.
10. You guys talk with_____________.

key:
1. ourselves 2.herself  3.themselves  4.myself  5.yourself  6.yourselves 7.himself  8.itself  9.herself  10.yourselves



Fill in the gaps using either ‘I’ or ‘me’:
1. Give that book to ________________ .
2. ________________ don’t like working in shops.
3. Does your friend know ________________ ?
4. ________________ and Ted are going out for lunch.
5. ________________ need to ask you something.
6. ________________ ’m a vegetarian.
7. ________________ was the first one to finish my exam.
8. This is a picture of ________________ and mum on holiday.
9. This is the house they showed ________________ .
10. Did you know that ________________ live in Manchester?
11. Jenny told ________________ that you went to London last week.
12. ________________ will see you soon.
13. Deepak is older than ________________ .
14. Call ________________ when you get there.
15. This is the house where ________________ was born.

Key:
1.me  2.I  3.me  4.Me  5.I   6.I  7.I  8.me  9.me  10.I  11.me  12.I  13.I  14.me  15.I





Fill in the gaps using either ‘he’ or ‘him’:
1. ________________ always goes home early on Tuesdays.
2. I asked ________________ for some help.
3. ________________ asked, “What’s her problem?”
4. ________________ was always a bit quiet.
5. That’s easy for ________________ to say.
6. Do you want to see ________________ now?
7. ________________ needs a new pair of shoes.
8. I think that ________________ is really selfish.
9. Can you ask ________________ ?
10. ________________ wasn’t very well last week.
11. ________________ put on his coat and went out.
12. Gillian gave the largest piece of cake to ________________ .
13. I love spending time with ________________ .
14. Everyone told ________________ to be quiet.
15. There’s something strange about ________________

Key:
1.He  2.him  3.He  4.He  5.him  6.him  7.He  8.he  9.him  10.He  11.He  12.him  13.him  14.him  15.him


Fill in the gaps using either ‘she’ or ‘her’:
1. ________________ thought he was joking.
2. ________________ has got long hair.
3. I see ________________ on the bus every day.
4. John called ________________ at half past nine.
5. Sally’s sister gave ________________ a new jacket.
6. I know ________________ studies English.
7. ________________ ’s quite serious, isn’t she?
8. ________________ ’s not interested in geography.
9. That guitar belongs to ________________ .
10. Is ________________ going on holiday with you?
11. ________________ waited in the rain for half an hour.
12. I told ________________ that you can’t meet ________________ .
13. ________________ picked up the bag.
14. My neighbour said that ________________ wasn’t coming.
15. Ask my sister if ________________ saw him.

Key:
1.She   2.She  3.her  4.her  5.her  6.She  7.She  8.She  9.her  10.she  11.She  12.her  13.She  14.she  15.she


Fill in the gaps using either ‘we’ or ‘us’:
1. ________________ aren’t interested.
2. Nobody told ________________ .
3. They don’t believe ________________ .
4. Will ________________ be able to meet up?
5. This is what ________________ wanted.
6. They saw ________________ walking down the road.
7. ________________ agree with you.
8. Tell ________________ what you mean.
9. ________________ hope that you enjoy yourselves.
10. Can ________________ tell you tomorrow?
11. ________________ don’t want to go out.
12. This puts ________________ in a difficult position.
13. That’s impossible for ________________ .
14. ________________ ’ll do what ________________ can.
15. Thank you for inviting ________________ .


Key:
1.We  2.us  3.us  4.we  5.we  6.us  7.We  8.us   9.We  10.we  11.We  12.us  13.us  14.We  15.us

Fill in the gaps using either ‘they’ or ‘them’:
1. I don’t know ________________ at all.
2. ________________ can’t hear you.
3. Ask ________________ yourself.
4. Who is that man with ________________ ?
5. ________________ went to the cinema with Linda and Rachael last night.
6. Please tell ________________ that ________________ are early.
7. Somebody wants to see ________________ .
8. I will put ________________ on the waiting list.
9. ________________ are at the football match.
10. Did ________________ see you there?
11. I’ve never heard of ________________ .
12. I want to invite _______________ , but I think ______________ are busy.
13. ________________ cut the grass, just like I asked ________________ to.
14. It was kind of ________________ to say ________________ would help.
15. What colour curtains do ________________ want?

Key:
1.them  2.They  3.them  4.them  5.They  6.them, they  7.them  8.them  9.They  10.they  11.  12.  13.them  14.them, they  15.they




Subjective Pronoun
I
WE
YOU
THEY
HE
SHE
IT
Objective Pronoun
Me
Us
You
Them
him
Her
it

Fill in each gap with either a subject pronoun or object pronoun:
1. Have you seen my dad? ____________ ’s wearing a red shirt.
2. Are ____________ going to finish your dinner?
3. I don’t like Christopher. ____________ really annoys ____________ .
4. Your bag is over there. Take __________ with __________ when you go.
5. We always go to bed early. Ten o’clock is late for ____________ .
6. Her shoes were dirty, so ____________ cleaned ____________ .
7. I’m going to the cinema. Do __________ want to come with __________ ?
8. My brother rang last night. __________ was great to talk to __________ .
9. Emily saw ____________ at the restaurant. They were having lunch.
10. The boy came up to ____________ and took my hand.
11. I don’t think the shop is open. ____________ usually closes at five thirty.
12. I showed ___________ my photos. He thought ___________ were boring.
13. “How much is that CD?” “____________ think ____________ ’s £11.99.”
14. Ben isn’t coming to see the film. ____________ ’s seen ____________ already.
15. It’s sunny today, isn’t ____________ ?
16. I went to see my aunt. ____________ was pleased to see ____________ .
17. It’s good to see ____________ all. Thanks for coming.
18. Lara’s boyfriend has broken up with ____________ . ____________ told ____________
that ____________ doesn’t love her any more.
19. ____________ were annoyed when their meal was late.
20. Adele said goodbye to her brother. She was sad to watch ____________ go.


Key:
1.He 2.you  3.He, me  4.it, you  5.us  6.she, them  7.you, me  8.It,him  9.them  10.me  11.It  12.him,they  13.I, it's  14.He, it  15.it  16.She, me  17.you  18.her,he,told her that he  19.They   20.him  




Fill in the blanks with proper possessive pronouns.

 1 Whose camera is this? Is it yours. ? (you)
 2 Excuse me, those are our seats, (we)
 3 Is it ___ suitcase or____ ? (you/he)
 4 Has the dog had ____ food? (it)
 5 They're not___ keys but they're____. (I/she)
 6 I don't think its___ room: I think it's___. (you/they)
 7 The police asked me for___ address. (I)
 8 Have you got___ pen, or would you like to borrow___? (you/I)
 9___ garden is bigger than____. (they/we)
10 I think this is___book. Oh no, it's___. (I/you)
11 The decision is____(they)
12 The cat wants____ dinner. (it)
13 You know it's not____ money. It's_____. (you/I)
14 It isn't____ car, it's_____. (he/she)
15 It wasn't ____mistake, it was ____.(I/they)
16 Have you met_____ mother? (they)
17 ____parents say the decision is____. (she/they)
18 _____brother hasn't got a phone, so he uses____. (I/we)
19 ___car wasn't working, so I used (I/he)
20 ____house is smaller than___. (we/they)

For this last section, answer them and send the answers to wowlife100.gmail.com, I will correct them and send back to you.

Articles(Basics)

                                            Articles(Basics)
(A) Which indefinite article should we write in front of the following words - ‘a’ or ‘an’?
 1. __________ chair
 2. __________ girl
 3. __________ school
 4. __________ egg
 5. __________ hour
 6. __________ apple
 7. __________ exam
 8. __________ hospital
 9. __________ year
10. __________ university
11. __________ address
12. __________ ear
13. __________ sheep
14. __________ tie
15. __________ union
16. __________ orange
17. __________ ice cream
18.__________ pencil
19. __________ umbrella
20. __________ shoe
21. __________ number
22. __________ heater
23. __________ interview
24. __________ application form
25. __________ heir
26. __________ computer
27. __________ bag
28. __________ octopus
29.__________ honest man
30. __________ fridge


(B)Complete the sentences using either ‘a’ or ‘some’
(for countable nouns use 'a' and for uncountable nouns use 'some')
 1.There is ________________ sand in my shoe.
 2.There is ________________ five pound note in my wallet.
 3.There is ________________ wine in the cupboard.
 4.There is ________________ butter in the fridge.
 5.There is ________________ peanut butter on the worktop.
 6.There is ________________ radio in the kitchen.
 7.There is ________________ toothbrush in the bathroom.
 8.There is ________________ jam in the cupboard.
 9.There is ________________ magazine in the living room.
10.There is ________________ queue at the post office.
11.There is ________________ luggage in the car.
12.There is ________________ suitcase in the bedroom.
13.There is ________________ flour in the cupboard.
14.There is ________________ sugar in your tea.
15.There is ________________ bicycle outside.
16.There is ________________ rice in the cupboard.
17.There is ________________ dog in the garden.
18.There is ________________ postman coming to the door.
19.There is ________________ alcohol in the fridge.
20.There is ________________ bathroom upstairs.
21.There is ________________ computer in the office.
22.There is ________________ oil on the floor.
23.There is ________________ ice on the windscreen.
24.There is ________________ shirt in the tumble dryer.
25.There is ________________ homework to do later on.
26.There is ________________ food on the table.
27.There is ________________ cheese in the fridge.
28.There is ________________ light switch on the wall.
29.There is ________________ vinegar on your chips.
30.There is ________________ pen in my pocket.




Answers:(A)
1.a 2.a 3.a 4.an 5.an 6.an 7.an 8.a 9.a 10.a 11.an 12.an 13.a 14.a 15.a 16.an17.an 18.a 19.an 20.a 21.a 22.a 23.an 24.an 25.an 26.a 27.a 28.an 29.an 30.a

Answers(B)
1.some 2.a 3.some 4.some 5.a 6.a 7.s 8.some 9.a10.a 11.some 12.a  13.some 14.some 15.a 16.some 17.a 18.a 19.some 20.a 21.a 22.some 23.some 24.a 25.some 26.some 27.some 28.a 29.some 30.a




Practice

Write a, an, or no article to complete these sentences.

 1. I'd like a sandwich, please

 2. He asked me for ____money.

 3 They wanted______ information about the trains.

 4 I'd like___ apple and ___orange, please.

 5 They've got___very big house.

 6 Do you like___fast cars?

 7 We watched_____films all afternoon.

 8 Have you got___umbrella?

 9 I asked for____ bread and______cheese.

10 Are you drinking______milk?

11 I had____glass of water.

12 He gave me_____orange.

13 Is there_____telephone here?

14 We had_____eggs for breakfast.

15 I like____coffee and ___tea.


Practice

Complete these sentences with a, an, the or no article.

1 She plays____piano beautifully.

2 We usually meet once____week.

3 I enjoy studying languages. so,I find___Latin quite easy.

4 I always listen to___radio when I get up.

5 Does your daughter read___Bible?

6 I can cycle 15 miles____hour.

7 Do you enjoy learning___Spanish?

8 I take the children swimming twice____week.

9 I think you watch___television too often.

10 Did you study____physics at school.

11 He stood___first in__class.

12 ____Tajmahal was built by Shahjahan.

13 The potatoes are 80 pence___bag.

14 Can you swim in___Ganges?

15 I really enjoy playing___football at the weekends.