PRACTICE 1: Pronouns and Articles

Pronoun exercises

1. Change the subject noun(s) to subject pronouns. (Escribe las oraciones de

nuevo cambiando los sustantivos por un pronombre personal)

a. My sister is thirsty. ____________________________________________

b. My grandmother is old. ________________________________________
c. The students are young. ________________________________________
d. The restaurant is expensive. ____________________________________
e. The dog is angry. _____________________________________________
f. The cats are fat. ______________________________________________
g. The city is big. _______________________________________________
h. The girls are pretty. ___________________________________________
i. The sock is clean. _____________________________________________
j. The socks are dirty. ____________________________________________
k. You and I are happy. ___________________________________________
l. You and your brother are sad. ___________________________________
m. The man is tired. _____________________________________________
n. The men are rich. _____________________________________________
o. The woman is quiet. ___________________________________________
p. The women are noisy. __________________________________________
q. You and I are hungry. ______________________________________
2. Complete the blanks with the appropriate possessive adjective as in the
example: (completar los espacios en blanco con el adjetivo posesivo
adecuado).
Example: He has got a new computer. His computer is very good.

a. I have got a house. ________________ house is very big.

b. She has got a cat. _______________ cat is black.
c. My brother has got a bicycle. He rides _______________ bicycle
every afternoon.
d. We learn English at school. ______________ teacher of English is
nice.
e. You go to a different school. How is _________________ school?
f. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have got a son. ______________ son’s name is
Michael.

3. Put in my / your / his / her / their / its. (Poner my / your / his / her / their / its)
For example: Do you like your job?

a. I know Mr. Woods but I don’t know ____________ wife.

b. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher live in England. _____________ son lives in
Australia.
c. We’re going to have a party. We’re going to invite all ____________
friends.
d. Anne is going out with _______________ friends this evening.
e. This is a beautiful tree. ___________ leaves are beautiful colour.
f. John has got a brother and a sister. ________ brother is 25 and
_______ sister is 21.
g. “Is that ____________ car?” “No, I haven’t got a car”.
 Article exercises
4. Complete the sentences using a, an, the, / (nothing). (Completar las
oraciones con los articulos siguientes a, an, the, / (nada))
For example: Did I tell you about the TV show that I watched last night?

a. Dave likes reading in _________ library.

b. Yosuke shops for _______ new shirt every week.
c. She needs ________ new glasses.
d. Julia has _______ dog.
e. We usually eat ________ rice for lunch.
f. Chris has ______ motorcycle.
g. There are _______ children in the park.
h. Marco owns ________ e-reader.
i. He climbed _______ tree that is in his backyard.
j. My friend has two daughters. _______ girls want bicycles for Christmas.