Complete following sentences using appropriate pronouns.
1............... jeered at the bull-thief.
Wrong!
Use the subject pronoun "They" before the verb.
2When ............... see a public tap running, do you close it?
Wrong!
Use the subject pronoun "you" before the verb "see."
3There was no way to get ............... out of the well.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "him" after the verb phrase "get."
4............... started feeling well after a few days.
Wrong!
Use the subject pronoun "She" before the verb.
5............... bought the car for 20,000 dollars.
Wrong!
Use the subject pronoun "He" before the verb.
6............... made some porridge himself.
Wrong!
Use "He" because the reflexive pronoun "himself" refers back to a male subject.
7Give ............... the document.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "me" after the verb "give."
8Why not stage a play we have written and directed ...............?
Wrong!
Use "ourselves" because it refers back to "we."
9You made these errors, so correct the mistakes ............... before you submit the form.
Wrong!
Use "yourself" when the person being addressed does the action alone.
10............... shall write a letter to the Commissioner.
Wrong!
Use the subject pronoun "We" before the auxiliary verb "shall."
11They have invited everyone except ............... to their party.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "us" after the preposition "except."
Answers
- They jeered at the bull-thief.
- When you see a public tap running, do you close it?
- There was no way to get him out of the well.
- She started feeling well after a few days.
- He bought the car for 20,000 dollars.
- He made some porridge himself.
- Give me the document.
- Why not stage a play we have written and directed ourselves?
- You made these errors, so correct the mistakes yourself before you submit the form.
- We shall write a letter to the Commissioner.
- They have invited everyone except us to their party.