Fill in the blanks with an appropriate pronoun.
1We have informed ............... of this.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "them" after the verb "informed".
2She felt it was all her own fault; she blamed ............... for the tragedy.
Wrong!
Use the reflexive pronoun "herself" because the subject and object refer to the same person.
3We must love and respect ...............
Wrong!
Use the reflexive pronoun "ourselves" because "we" refers back to the same people.
4My essay was better than ...............
Wrong!
Use the possessive pronoun "hers" to mean "her essay".
5Here is my ticket. Where is ...............?
Wrong!
Use the possessive pronoun "yours" when no noun follows it.
6That son of ............... has broken my window again.
Wrong!
Use the possessive pronoun "yours" in the phrase "a son of yours".
7There are no secrets between ...............
Wrong!
Use the object pronouns "him and her" after the preposition "between".
8We have invited all the friends ............... have.
Wrong!
Use the subject pronoun "we" because it is the subject of "have".
9I spoke to the girl ............... bicycle had been stolen.
Wrong!
Use the possessive relative pronoun "whose" before the noun "bicycle".
10People ............... live in glass houses must not throw stones.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "who" or "that" as the subject of the relative clause.
11She married an accountant ............... she met on a train.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
Use "that", "who", or "whom" as the object of the relative clause.
12I like ............... kind of movies.
Wrong!
Use "this" with the singular noun phrase "kind of movies".
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- We have informed them of this.
- She felt it was all her own fault; she blamed herself for the tragedy.
- We must love and respect ourselves.
- My essay was better than hers.
- Here is my ticket. Where is yours?
- That son of yours has broken my window again.
- There are no secrets between him and her.
- We have invited all the friends we have.
- I spoke to the girl whose bicycle had been stolen.
- People who / that live in glass houses must not throw stones.
- She married an accountant that / who / whom she met on a train.
- I like this kind of movies.