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