Pronouns
Personal | Possessive adjectives | Possessive pronouns | Reflexive-Emphatic pronouns | |
Before verbs as subjects | After verbs as objects | Followed by nouns | Not followed by nouns | |
I | Me | My | Mine | Myself |
You | You | Your | Yours | Yourself |
He | Him | His | His | Himself |
She | Her | Her | Hers | Herself |
It | It | Its | — | Itself |
We | Us | Our | Ours | Ourselves |
You | You | Your | Yours | Yourselves |
They | Them | Their | Theirs | Themselves |
NOTE: Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns express possession. Possessive Adjectives go before nouns, whereas Possessive Pronouns do not go before nouns: e.g. This is her jacket. It’s hers.
1.1 Write the correct possessive adjectives for these sentences:
1. These are my parents. (I)
2. I've got ______ watch. (he)
3. Is this ______ car? (you)
4. Do they like ______ new house? (she)
5. Have you met ______ teacher? (they)
6. Who's got ______ money? (I)
7. I don't like ______ teacher. (we)
8. Have you got ______ passport? (you)
9. He forgot ______ keys. (he)
10. They changed ______ hotel. (they)
11. She gave the letter to ______ secretary. (she)
12. There's something wrong with ______ car. (I)
13. They're having a party in ______ garden. (they)
14. Where's ______ pen? (I)
15. I like ______ jacket. (You)
1.2 Write the correct possessive adjective or pronoun for these sentences:
1. Whose camera is this? Is it yours? (you)
2. Excuse me, those are our seats. (we)
3. Is it _____ suitcase or ______? (you, he)
4. Has the dog had ______ food? (it)
5. They're not ______ keys – they're ______. (I/she)
6. I don't think its ______ room: I think it's ______. (you/they)
7. The police asked me for ______ address. (I)
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8. Have you got ______ pen, or would you like to borrow ______? (you/I)
9. ______ garden is bigger than ______. (they/we)
10. I think this is ______ book. Oh no, it's ______. (I/you)
11. The decision is ______. (they)
12. The cat wants ______ dinner. (it)
13. You know it's not ______ money. It's ______. (you/I)
14. It isn't ______ car, it's ______. (he/she)
15. It wasn't ______ mistake, it was ______. (I/they)
16. Have you met ______ mother? (they)
17. ______ parents say the decision is ______. (she/they)
18. ______ brother hasn't got a phone, so he uses ______. (I/we)
19. ______ car wasn't working, so I used ______. (I/he)
20. ______ house is smaller than ______. (we/they)
Nouns
A noun can be countable or uncountable: e.g. I eat a banana every day. I like bananas. (A countable noun can be singular or plural.) I eat rice every day. I like rice. (An uncountable noun has only one form). Here are some uncountable nouns:
accommodation, advice, baggage, behavior, bread, chaos, damage, furniture, information, luck, luggage, news, permission, progress, scenery, traffic, weather, work, etc. |
2.1 Write “C” for countable and “U” for uncountable nouns:
apple; water; boy; milk; table; pen;
bread; cup; computer; money; cheese; tooth;
car; grass; person; road; chair; bicycle; hand; flour; information; butter; sugar; tree;
garden; book; news; bus; wine; house.
2.2 Write the plurals of the words given in brackets to complete these sentences:
1. Would you bring the bottle and some glasses, please? (glass)
2. We cut the cake into _____. (half)
3. We bought some _____ to eat with our _____. (tomato/sandwich)
4. They caught several _____ that afternoon. (fish)
5. It was a shop selling _____ and _____. (stereo/video)
6. Would you like some of these _____? (potato)
7. We saw a cartoon about _____ and _____. (cat/mouse)
8. All the _____ had different coloured _____. (house/roof)
9. It was autumn, and the _____ were falling. (leaf)
10. Did you make these _____? (handkerchief)
11. We use several _____ for painting the _____. (process/car)
12. They have some _____ and a few _____. (chicken/sheep)
13. They visited several _____ that night. (disco)
14. I've read her _____, but I haven't seen any of her _____. (book/play)
15. I bought some _____ for the _____. (shelf/glass)
16. There were _____ of _____ in the factory. (thousand/box)
17. The _____ went in one door and the _____ went in the other. (man/woman)
18. They have a lot of _____ at the moment. (worry)
19. Would you bring the _____ and _____? (knife/fork)
20. The _____ chased the _____ for several miles. (wolf/deer)