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I. Choose the correct pronoun for each sentence below.

1. Three of (we, us, ourselves) took a car to the play.


2. He is more concerned about the match than (she, her, herself).
3. Marlyn and (I, me, myself) hope to be classmates.
4. Is he the one for (who, whom) the note is intended?
5. The master asked John and (he, him, himself) to speak at the convention.

II. In the following sentences the pronouns and antecedents do not agree. Replace the underlined
words containing errors with the correct form of pronouns.
1) Everybody knows that eating potato cashew cutlets is a good way to provide their bodies with vitamins.
2) The band of knife jugglers shocked their audience when a knife accidentally decapitated the head of a
cat.
3) Either the chef or the manager must give their permission for you to return that half-eaten poori.
4) Both the door and the floor have its shiny surface smeared with snot from our pet pup.
5) Which member of your track team makes their opponents resemble snails trying to compete with a
hare?

III. Spot the errors in the following sentences. (Pronoun)


1) The young chap (a) whom, they thought, (b) had stolen the food (c) turned out to be innocent (d). No
error (e).
2) The guest was (a) a popular singer (b) who had sung in several hit movies (c) and who everyone
wanted to meet (d). No error (e).

IV. If the underlined part of the sentence contains an error, replace it with the right option.
(Pronoun)
1) Except for you and I, all of them bought a gift for him.
a. Except for you and I, all of them bought
b. With exception of you and I, all of them bought
c. Except for you and I, all of them had bought
d. Except for you and me, all of them bought
e. Except for you and me, all of them had bought

2) When one reads the poetry of the seventeenth century, you find a striking contrast between the
philosophy of the Cavalier poets such as Suckling and the attitude of the Metaphysical poets such as
Donne.
a. When one reads the poetry of the seventeenth century, you find
b. When one reads the poetry of the seventeenth century, one finds
c. When one reads the poetry of the seventeenth century, he finds
d. If one reads the poetry of the 17th century, you find
e. As you read the poetry of the 17th century, one finds

3) The cricket team’s winning it’s first game of the series excited the student body.
a. The cricket team’s winning it’s first game of the series
b. The cricket team having won it’s first game of the series
c. The cricket team’s having won it’s first game of the series
d. The cricket team’s winning its first game of the series
e. The cricket team winning it’s first game of the series

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