Fill in the blanks with an appropriate pronoun.
1You should not talk to ............... ever again.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "him" because the subject and object are different people.
2He talks to ............... a lot.
Wrong!
Use the reflexive pronoun "himself" because the subject and object refer to the same person.
3I am not going to invite ............... again.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "her" because the person invited is not the subject.
4She cleaned the room ............... .
Wrong!
Use "herself" to show that she cleaned the room without help.
5Do you think we should invite ...............?
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "them" because the invited people are not the subject "we".
6You should not have done this to ............... .
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "me" after the preposition "to".
7He blamed ............... for the accident.
Wrong!
Use the reflexive pronoun "himself" because he blamed his own person.
8They congratulated ............... for winning the championship.
Wrong!
Use "themselves" because the people congratulated their own group.
9We congratulated ............... on their stupendous success.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "them" because the people congratulated are different from the subject "we".
10They didn't allow ............... to go.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "me" after the verb "allow".
11She didn't recognize ............... .
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "him" because he is the person recognized.
12It is foolish of ............... to behave like that.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "him" after the phrase "of".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- You should not talk to him ever again.
- He talks to himself a lot.
- I am not going to invite her again.
- She cleaned the room herself .
- Do you think we should invite them?
- You should not have done this to me .
- He blamed himself for the accident.
- They congratulated themselves for winning the championship.
- We congratulated them on their stupendous success.
- They didn’t allow me to go.
- She didn’t recognize him .
- It is foolish of him to behave like that.
