Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns.
1. Sam hasn’t returned the razor ………………………….. borrowed from ………………………
Wrong!
A pronoun used as a subject should be in its subject form and object should be in its object form.
2. What are you doing in ……………………………. room?
Wrong!
The possessive forms of pronouns are - my, mine, his, her, hers, their, theirs, your and yours.
3. Why is ………………………….. so angry today?
Wrong!
A pronoun used as the subject should be in its subject forms. Subject pronouns are: he, she, they, you, we and it.
4. I don’t know what happened to ……………………………
Wrong!
A pronoun used as the object of a preposition should be in its object form. Examples are: her, him, me, you, them and us.
5. I didn’t recognize ……………………. but ……………………. recognized …………………..
Wrong!
6. It took ……………………………. quite some time to realize what ……………………… was doing.
Wrong!
7. They have never invited ………………………… to ………………………. parties.
Wrong!
8. I expected ………………………… to arrive but ………………………. didn’t.
Wrong!
9. I asked …………………………… what ………………………. problem was.
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10. You should have invited ………………………………
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Here the pronoun them is the object of the verb invited. Them is the object form of they.
11. I don’t know ………………………… personally.
Wrong!
Her is the object form of she.
12. Will you do …………………………. a favour?
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Sam hasn’t returned the razor he borrowed from me.
- What are you doing in my room?
- Why is she so angry today?
- I don’t know what happened to him.
- I didn’t recognize her but she recognized me.
- It took me quite some time to realize what I was doing.
- They have never invited us to their parties.
- I expected him to arrive but he didn’t.
- I asked him what his problem was.
- You should have invited them.
- I don’t know her personally.
- Will you do me a favour?
