Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns.
1I want you to help ............... with my homework.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "me" after the verb "help".
2She said that she couldn't do anything to help ...............
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "him" after the verb "help".
3We are all waiting for ...............
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "you" after the preposition "for".
4That cat of ............... has scratched me again.
Wrong!
Use the possessive pronoun "yours" after "of" in this double possessive structure.
5He is a friend of ...............
Wrong!
Use the possessive pronoun "mine" after "of" in this double possessive structure.
6One of ............... friends is a sailor.
Wrong!
Use the possessive determiner "his" before the noun "friends".
7None of ............... can do anything about it.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "us" after the preposition "of".
8Between you and ..............., I don't trust him.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "me" after the preposition "between".
9My car is faster than ...............
Wrong!
Use the possessive pronoun "his" to mean "his car".
10He earns more than ............... do.
Wrong!
Use the subject pronoun "I" before the verb "do".
11I ............... decorated the hall.
Wrong!
Use the reflexive pronoun "myself" to emphasize that I decorated the hall personally.
12She was angry with herself; she blamed ............... for the mistake.
Wrong!
Use the reflexive pronoun "herself" because the subject "she" and the person blamed are the same, as "angry with herself" shows.
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- I want you to help me with my homework.
- She said that she couldn’t do anything to help him.
- We are all waiting for you.
- That cat of yours has scratched me again.
- He is a friend of mine.
- One of his friends is a sailor.
- None of us can do anything about it.
- Between you and me, I don’t trust him.
- My car is faster than his.
- He earns more than I do.
- I myself decorated the hall.
- She was angry with herself; she blamed herself for the mistake.