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)

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