The Pronoun

I. Rewrite the sentences replacing the underlined words by a personal pronoun:

a. Mary and I are students.
b. Melissa isn't an engineer. Melissa is an
architect.
c. Bob is my classmate.
d. My teachers are from the USA.
e. Are Melissa and Pamela from England?
f. Tommy, Bob and I are neighbors.
g. Is Paul a dentist?
h. You and Fred aren't from Italy.
i. Louise is not my mother's friend.
j. Are you and I good friends?

II. Choose the correct word for each space.

a. My telephone is out of order, but ________ is working.
o your o his
o our o their
b. We gave them ________ telephone number, and they gave us ________.
o ours, their o ours, theirs
o our, their o our, theirs
c. These grammar books are different. ________ has 278 pages, but ________ has only 275.
o Yours, mine o Yours, my
o Your, my o Your, mine
d. This bird has broken ________ wing.
o it's o hers
o its' o its
e. ________ pencil is broken. Can I borrow ________?
o Mine, yours o My, yours
o Your, mine o Yours, mine
f. ________ computer is a Mac, but ________ is a PC.
o Your, mine o Your, my
o Yours, mine o Yours, my
g. Was ________ grammar book expensive?
o your o your's
o yours o you
h. Jody has lost ________ book.
o mine o hers
o her o theirs
i. Junko has eaten her lunch already, but I'm saving ________ until later.
o hers o my
o her o mine
j. You can't have any chocolate! It's ________!
o your o her
o its o mine
III. Delimitate the relative clause and main clause in each sentence and circle the relative pronoun:
1. The book that I got from the library is due tomorrow.
2. My father, whom I respect, congratulated me on a job well done.
3. I am always frustrated by people who talk while watching a movie.
4. The store no longer sold the computer that I wanted.
5. We walked past the church in which I was baptized.
6. The child to whom you have spoken is my sister.
7. The tallest man who came to the show is my Uncle James.
8. The man whose restaurant burned down was very sad.
9. My first novel, which was published last year, was about my family.
10. The hit song, whose composer won an award, has been playing all day.

IV. Add an interrogative pronoun to complete each question sentence from: who, whom, what, whose,
which.
1. ______ one of the books is your favorite? 7. _____ is the new student in the band?
2. To _____ should I address the letter? 8. _____ is the title of the poem that you liked?
3. _____ shoes are sitting outside the front door? 9. _____ is going to be the guest speaker for the
4. _____ would you like to do tomorrow? assembly?
5. _____ house should we go to on Saturday to 10. _____ homework was turned in without a name
watch the game? written on it?
6. To _____ was the package sent?

V. Translate the sentences:

a. That can’t talk to each other.
b. The twelve angry men were all pointing fingers at one another.
c. Both groups fought hard against each other.
d. They gave each other gifts.
e. The sisters were hugging one another.
f. He made breakfast all by himself.
g. We had to cook for ourselves since mom didn’t want to make dinner.
h. When you go shopping for me, buy a present for yourself.
i. She created all the Christmas decorations by herself.
j. The new robotic toys can put themselves away.

VI. Add an indefinite pronoun to complete each sentence:

1. I put my soda down on the table, but _______________________ moved it!
2. The party is going to be great! _________________________ will be there.
3. Does ___________________ have change for a dollar so I can buy a soda?
4. I was disappointed because _____________ that I invited came to the party.
5. Rachel was so popular that __________________ wanted to sit next to her.
6. ___________________ left the freezer open, and the ice cream melted.
7. The teacher said I could bring cupcakes for ________________ in the class.
8. Henry was surprised that _________________ sent him a birthday card in the mail, but did not sign the card.
9. That painting is so simple. _____________________ could have painted it.
10. The teacher passed the math tests out to ________________ and the room was suddenly quiet.

VII. Choose the correct demonstrative pronoun to complete each sentence.

1. ____________________ (These/ This) are the shoes I like.
2. ____________________ (This/ That) car over there is the best one.
3. ____________________ (These/ Those) books right here are mine.
4. ____________________ (That/ Those) store across the street sells clothes.
5. ___________________ (Those/ This) students over there are my friends.
6. I’ve been looking for a turkey, and I’d like to buy________(that/ those) one.
7. __________________ (This/ These) is the year we’ll win the championship!
8. __________________ (This/ These) aren’t my trainers.
9. ____________________ (That/ Those) are her CDs.
10. ____________________ (This/ That) over there is a computer.