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A) SELECT THE CORRECT OPTION

1. Pronouns take the place of


 a noun
 a verb
 an adjective
2. What do pronouns help us add to our speech and writing?
 personality
 variety
 detail
3. What sort of pronouns are the words "he", "me" and "you"?
 interrogative
 possessive
 personal
4. What sort of pronoun is the word "we"?
 singular
 subject
 object
5. Which personal pronoun is almost always used for a thing?
 he
 it
 they
6. To refer to something that is far from you, use the pronoun
 this
 that
 these
7. "This is Lisa speaking." In this sentence, what sort of the pronoun is the
word "This"?
 reciprocal
 demonstrative
 personal
8. Possessive pronouns can be subject pronouns or
 object pronouns
 interrogative pronouns
 indefinite pronouns
9. With a singular pronoun the verb should be
 singular
 plural
 singular or plural
10. What sort of pronoun are the words "each other" and "one another"?
 interrogative
 reciprocal
 indefinite
B) Choose the correct pronouns to complete the sentences.

1. The old woman lived alone, with ---- to look after ----.

A) someone / her
B) anyone / herself
C) everyone / she
D) no one / her
E) anyone / she's

2. ---- two rings here on my little finger belonged to ---- grandmother.

A) These / my
B) That / mine
C) Those / me
D) The / myself
E) This / my

3. When the little boy grabbed the lizard, ---- tail broke off in ---- hand.

A) it's / his
B) it / him
C) its / his
D) it / one's
E) its / he's

4. A baby learns the meaning of words as ---- are spoken by others and later
uses ---- in sentences.

A) their / they
B) they / them
C) they / themselves
D) it / them
E) they / it

5. Some of these clothes are ----, and the rest of ---- belong to Zack.

A) yours / it
B) my / them
C) hers / their
D) me / they
E) mine / them

6. As for ----, I prefer to let people make up ---- minds.


A) myself / each other's
B) I / his own
C) mine / one another's
D) me / their own
E) my / theirs

7. The solicitor wrote a letter to Ann and ---- in which he asked us if we could
settle the matter between ----.

A) I / us
B) me / us
C) myself / ours
D) mine / our
E) me / we

8. As ---- cuts it as well as he does, I always have my hair cut at Johnson's.

A) anyone
B) someone else's
C) no one else
D) everyone
E) nobody's

9. They decided to buy the house because ---- location would allow ---- to get
to work very easily.

A) theirs / them
B) it / themselves
C) its / them
D) they / us
E) its / their

10. Our dog is of a very good breed as ---- is the offspring of two very
champion dogs and inherited ---- features.

A) this / its
B) he / them
C) she / theirs
D) that / his
E) it / their

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