Fill in the blanks with an appropriate pronoun.
1. The sun will get hotter and hotter and ………………………… will swallow the earth.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use it to refer to sun.
2. …………………….. is the last leaf.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. I made some tea for ……………………..
Correct!
Wrong!
When the subject and object refer to the same noun, use the reflexive pronoun.
4. Why not deliver the speech you have written ……………………………?
Correct!
Wrong!
5. Get …………………….. that file.
Correct!
Wrong!
A pronoun used as the object should be in its object form.
7. The deer looked at …………………….. reflection in the pool.
Correct!
Wrong!
Its is a possessive word like his or her. It's means it is or it has.
8. You could have injured ………………………..
Correct!
Wrong!
9. Do it ………………………
Correct!
Wrong!
10. She ……………………… called the police.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. You needn’t have annoyed ………………………..
Correct!
Wrong!
Him is the object form of he.
12. He talks to …………………………. a lot.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- The sun will get hotter and hotter and it will swallow the earth.
- It is the last leaf.
- I made some tea for myself.
- Why not deliver the speech you have written yourself?
- Get me that file.
- The deer looked at its reflection in the pool.
- You could have injured yourself.
- Do it yourself.
- She herself called the police.
- You needn’t have annoyed him.
- He talks to himself a lot.
