Fill in the blanks with an appropriate pronoun.
1Her daughter is taller than ...............
Wrong!
Object pronouns are preferred after as and than.
2You can borrow my car but you have to bring ............... back before evening.
Wrong!
We use it to refer to inanimate objects.
3She looks older than ............... actually is.
Wrong!
A pronoun used as the subject should be in its subject form.
4I don’t trust people ............... do not love their country.
Wrong!
5He blamed ............... for the problem.
Wrong!
When the subject and the object refer to the same person, use the reflexive for the object.
6If you blame others for ............... problems, you will never resolve ..............................
Wrong!
7Why are you always blaming ............... for your problems?
Wrong!
A pronoun used as the object should be in its object form.
8He waited and waited but ............... didn’t come.
Wrong!
A pronoun used as the subject of a verb should be in its subject form.
9They threatened to kill ...............
Wrong!
A pronoun used as the object of a verb should be in its object form.
10I no longer have any respect for ...............
Wrong!
A pronoun used as the object of a preposition should be in its object form.
11You are no better than ............... is.
Wrong!
12She is older than ............... thought.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Her daughter is taller than me
- You can borrow my car but you have to bring it back before evening.
- She looks older than she actually is.
- I don’t trust people who do not love their country.
- He blamed himself for the problem.
- If you blame others for your, them problems, you will never resolve …………………………
- Why are you always blaming me for your problems?
- He waited and waited but she didn’t come.
- They threatened to kill me
- I no longer have any respect for them
- You are no better than he is.
- She is older than I thought.
