ENGLISH QUIZ

Name:

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 pronoun is the word "we"?

 singular
 subject
 object

4. Which personal pronoun is almost always used for a thing?

 he
 it
 they

5. To refer to something that is far from you, use the pronoun

 this
 that
 these

6. With a singular pronoun the verb should be

 singular
 plural
 singular or plural
7. To use the correct personal pronoun, we may need to know the number, person, gender and/or _______
of the noun it's replacing.

 spelling
 case
 register

8. The only word ever used as a 2nd person personal pronoun is

 it
 you
 them

9. To choose the correct demonstrative pronoun (this, that, these or those), we need to know if the noun
being replaced is singular or plural and

 common or proper
 near or far
 subject or object

10. Complete with the correct possessive pronoun: "You did great in the interview, so congratulations Lee -
the job's ______ !"

 mine
 hers
 yours

11. Complete with the correct possessive pronoun: "If the only fingerprints on the gun are ______ , he must
be the killer."

 hers
 mine
 his

12. Reflexive pronouns refer back to the _______ of the sentence or clause.

 subject
 noun phrase
 object