Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns.
1. Sam hasn’t returned the razor ………………………….. borrowed from ………………………
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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?
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Wrong!
The possessive forms of pronouns are - my, mine, his, her, hers, their, theirs, your and yours.
3. Why is ………………………….. so angry today?
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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 ……………………………
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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 …………………..
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6. It took ……………………………. quite some time to realize what ……………………… was doing.
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7. They have never invited ………………………… to ………………………. parties.
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8. I expected ………………………… to arrive but ………………………. didn’t.
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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.
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Her is the object form of she.
12. Will you do …………………………. a favour?
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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?
