Fill in the blanks with an appropriate pronoun.
1She ............... cleaned the house.
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Use "herself" to emphasize that she cleaned the house without help.
2"Whose watch is this?" "It is ..............."
Wrong!
Use "hers" as a possessive pronoun meaning "her watch".
3Aren't ............... frocks beautiful?
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Use "these" with the plural noun "frocks" when the things are near or being pointed out.
4............... must not praise oneself.
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Use "One" to match the reflexive pronoun "oneself".
5The girl lost the ring ............... was made of gold.
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Use "which" to refer to the thing, "the ring".
6I believe ............... I see.
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Use "what" to mean "the thing that".
7I saw a girl ............... had red hair.
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Use "who" as the subject pronoun for the person in the relative clause.
8The boy ............... she fell in love with was very poor.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "whom" and "who" can refer to the object of the preposition "with" in this sentence.
9The rumor ............... we heard proved to be true.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "that" and "which" can refer to "the rumor" in this relative clause.
10............... pen is this?
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Use "Whose" to ask who owns the pen.
11I have received my hall ticket. She hasn't received ...............
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Use "hers" as a possessive pronoun meaning "her hall ticket".
12You have never said anything kind to ...............
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Use "me" as the object pronoun after the preposition "to".
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- She herself cleaned the house.
- “Whose watch is this?” “It is hers“
- Aren’t these frocks beautiful?
- One must not praise oneself.
- The girl lost the ring which was made of gold.
- I believe what I see.
- I saw a girl who had red hair.
- The boy whom / who she fell in love with was very poor.
- The rumor that / which we heard proved to be true.
- Whose pen is this?
- I have received my hall ticket. She hasn’t received hers
- You have never said anything kind to me