1Sam enjoys riding my bicycle. Sometimes I lend ...............
Wrong!
The correct object-pronoun phrase is "it to him" because the bicycle is the thing lent and Sam is the person who receives it.
2She cooked the lunch ...............
Wrong!
Use the emphatic pronoun "herself" to show that she did it on her own, without help.
3This is my uncle ............... lives in the US.
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person who is the subject of the relative clause.
4If we ask ............... nicely, she will show us how to solve the problem.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "her" after the verb "ask"; "she" is a subject pronoun and "hers" is a possessive pronoun.
5Here is the passenger ............... bag was lost.
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show that the bag belonged to the passenger.
6This is the movie ............... won the award.
Wrong!
Use "which" for a thing that is the subject of the relative clause.
7Jaipur, ............... is called the Pink City, is the capital of Rajasthan.
Wrong!
Use "which" for a thing in a non-defining relative clause.
8The dog fell off the sofa and hurt ...............
Wrong!
Use "itself" because the dog did the action to its own body.
9I ............... went to the mall and bought it.
Wrong!
Use "myself" for emphasis after the subject "I".
10They ............... fixed the problem.
Wrong!
Use "themselves" as the standard reflexive or emphatic pronoun for "they".
11They have visited our home a few times, but we have never been to ...............
Wrong!
Use "theirs" because the possessive pronoun stands alone without a following noun.
12That cat of ............... has drunk my milk.
Wrong!
Use "yours" after "of" in the possessive expression "a cat of yours".
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- Sam enjoys riding my bicycle. Sometimes I lend it to him.
- She cooked the lunch herself.
- This is my uncle who lives in the US.
- If we ask her nicely, she will show us how to solve the problem.
- Here is the passenger whose bag was lost.
- This is the movie which won the award.
- Jaipur, which is called the Pink City, is the capital of Rajasthan.
- The dog fell off the sofa and hurt itself.
- I myself went to the mall and bought it.
- They themselves fixed the problem.
- They have visited our home a few times, but we have never been to theirs.
- That cat of yours has drunk my milk.