PRONOUNS

A. NGỮ PHÁP TIẾNG ANH CƠ BẢN

Ex 2: Fill in the blanks with an appropriate personal pronoun (it, one, ones)
1. I tried the door. _________ was locked.
2. I like a strong cup of tea better than a weak ___________
3. _________ is six miles to the nearest hospital from here.
4. I found __________ difficult to explain to him what had happened.
5. ___________ always thinks other people's lives are more interesting.
6. There was a mother bird in the nest and there were four young ___________
7. I'm looking for a flat. I'd like a small ___________ with a garden.
8. ________ will suit me best for you to arrive at about ten o'clock.
9. I'd like to try on those shoes - the ___________at the front of the window.
10. __________was my sister who took me to the circus, not my brother.
Ex 3: Choose the correct words in italics.
1. Jane fell off hers/her bicycle and broke hers / her arm.
2. My sister had to drive my car to work. Hers / Her had a flat tire.
3. He wants you to return a book of his / him you borrowed last week.
4. Is this dictionary yours / your or mine / my ?
5. I see that he has lost his pen, perhaps you can lend him yours / your.
6 . His seat and mine / my are on the same row.
7. We live in the same building. Our / ours apartment has one bedroom, but their /
theirs has two.
8. The birds clean theirs / their feathers with theirs/their beaks.
9. I saw a cousin of mine/ me in the street this morning.
10. You said you would introduce me to a friend of yours / you.
Ex4: Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive pronouns d (my/mine, your/
yours...).
1. They usually eat ______________ lunch at the Rita Cafeteria.
2. The man is studying _________________ English lessons now.
3. We write letters to _________________ friends once or twice a month.
4. John's new jacket and ____________________ (my new jacket) are very similar.
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5. His father and mine have offices in the same building. ______________ ( our
office) is on the first floor, but ________________ (their office) is on the fourth
6. That red car in front of ________________ (your car) is __________________
(my brother's car).
7. That big house near the church is _______________________ (their house).
8. Their house and ________________ (our house) are both on the same block.
Ex 5: Rewrite these sentences, using pronoun it.
1. To keep it somewhere safe is important.
- It's important to keep it somewhere safe.
2. The journey to Brighton from London takes only one hour by train.
- _____________________________________________________________
3. Some parts of King Lear are extremely difficult to understand.
- _____________________________________________________________
4. That he will fail is clear to everyone but himself.
- _____________________________________________________________
5. Finding our way home won't be easy.
- _______________________________________________________
6. My question itself made him angry.
- _________________________________________________
7. Meeting each other on this occasion is a good chance.
- ____________________________________________________
8. Do you think that to explain to him what happened is difficult?
- ________________________________________________________
9. People think that he is the best doctor in this city.
- _____________________________________________________
10. To fall asleep like that is stupid.
- _____________________________________________________
Ex 6: Fill in the bblanks with the appropriate reflexive or emphatic pronouns
1. I shall do the job __________
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2. The teacher ___________ will take this particular lesson.
3. She stood looking at _________ in front of the mirror.
4. Why don’t you go __________ ?
5. They think ___________ clever.
6. Look after ____________.
7. We gave ____________ a lot of trouble.
8. Mother is not feeling _________ today.
9. He shaves ____________; he trusts no barber.
10. She made that chess ________ while she was living by _________.
Ex 7: Choose the right answer
1. I go to school with ___________ everyday.
a. they b. them
c. their d. themselves
2. We saw __________ at the Union last Friday.
a. her b. she
hers d. herself
3. Isn’t ___________ a nice person ?
a. he b. his
c. himself d. him
4. John and __________ gave the money to the boy.
a. her b. herself
c. she d. me
5. Your record is scratched and _________ is, too.
a. my b. mine
c. it d. myself
6. John’s shoes were worn out, so he bought _________ a pair of new shoes.
a. him b. his
c. them d. himself
7. Who does this CD belong to ? ~ _________ I’ve just bought it.
a. I b. me
c. mine d. myself
8. The manager __________ welcomed us to the hotel.
a. himself b. he
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 c. his d. him
9. Mary and _________ would rather go to the movies.
a. me b. my
c. I d. mine
10. Just help _________ to sandwiches, won’t you ?
a. you b. your
c. yourself d. yours
11. Could you lend Sue your ruler ? __________ has just been broken.
a. she b. her
c. hers d. herself
12. This parcel is for George and _________
a. I b. me
c. myself d. mine
13. Is that Mary _________ over there ? Yes, that’s _________
a. her b. she
c. hers d. herself
14. John and Tom, you __________ have to do it.
a. yourself b. yours
c. your d. yourselves
15. It was _________ who called you.
a. he b. him c. his d. himself
Ex 8: Insert the appropriate relative pronouns.
1. Tom, _________ motherr is French, speaks that language well.
2. That moutain, the summit __________ is covered with snow, it not easy to climb.
3. It wasthere that he met Mary ____________ is now his wife.
4. Your problem, I have ________ thought about a lot, is a difficult one.
5. The treaty, __________ was signed yesterday, is an excellent thinng.
6. Yesterday I met Harry __________ works near here now.
7. A friend of yours, ___________ called earlier today, left this parcel for you.
8. This is the biggest mushroom __________ i have ever seen.
9. This gentleman, to ____________ I have been talking is a mining expert.
10. This is the hardest problem _________ I have ever had to face.

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Ex 9: Supply the appropriate interrogative pronouns in the blank space in
each sentence.
QUESTION ANSWER
1. time is it now ? It’s five - fifteen
2. bicycle is this ? It’s John’s
3. did you talk to ? The postman
4. was that tall boy ? My friend, Tom
5. girl is your sister ? The thin one
6. put the chair here ? Mary, I think
7. kind of cloth is that ? It’s silk
8. colour is her hair ? It’s black
9. do you call that in English ? A “suitcase”
10. picture did you see ? My uncle’s

Ex 10: Turn the following sentences into questions with who, whom, whose,
which, what asking about the words in italics
1. A leaf is part of a tree.
- What is a leaf?
2. That handsome man over there is Mr Green.
- _____________________________________
3. You can give your old trousers to the poor.
- ______________________________________
4. I am going to Canada with my parents.
- ____________________________________
5. She is a very charming girl.
- ____________________________________
6. He jumped in the policeman's foot.
- ______________________________________
7. You must drink out of the blue cup.

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- ______________________________________
8. He opened the door with a key.
- _______________________________________
9. The servant must have broken it.
- ______________________________________
10. Sweden is a fascinating country.
- ___________________________________________
Ex 11: Put in every or all
1. Diana is a religious person. She goes to church __________ Sunday.
2. I haven’t been out today because it’s been raining __________ day.
3. The postman comes at about eight o’clock _________ morning.
4. It’s eleven o’clock. Are you going to lie in bed ___________ morning.
5. I was busy last weekend. I spent ___________ Saturday wallpapering the sitting
– room.
6. Why are you in such a hurry ________ time I see you ?
7. It’s imorssible for ____________ student to have o book.
8. ALmost ___________ children like fairy tables.
9. It’s impossible for one human being to know __________ language in world.
10. I think ______ of my sutdents are studying hard for the exam.
B. DESTINATION B1
Ex 1: Complete using the words in the box. You have to use some words more
than once.
I you we they he she it
1. ________________asked Mr Simons, my science teacher, what glass was and
________________ said that ____________________ is a liquid!
2. Hi Diana! Are _________________ still coming shopping with us tomorrow?
3. My mum studied history at university. ________________ says
_______________ was a really interesting course.
4. Scientists are working hard to find cures for lots of diseases, but
______________ haven't found a cure for the common cold yet.
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5. Adam, do __________________ think ________________ should all bring some
food with us to your party?
6. Dad, do ______________ know if ________________ sell computer games in
the market?
Ex 2: Replace each word or phrase in bold with a word from the box. You have
to use some words more than once
him her it us them
1 Did you give that book back to Alicia?
- _________________________________________
2 I told Bill that you don't eat meat.
- ___________________________________________
3 Why does she always give our class more tests than the other class?
- ___________________________________________________________
4 They paid Kate Winslet a lot of money to be in this film.
- ___________________________________________________________
5 I haven't seen Rich and Andy for ages.
- ____________________________________________________________
6 Did you give an invitation to Mr and Mrs Clark?
- ___________________________________________________________
7 A TV channel has invited my family to take part in a game show!
- ____________________________________________________________
Ex 3: Rewrite the sentences using the word given
1 This is where we live. house
- This is ___________________________________
2 That wallet belongs to me! That
- ____________________________________________ wallet!
3 Do those shoes belong to you? your
- Are __________________________________________
4 That car doesn't belong to them. car

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- That's ________________________________________
5 This is where she sleeps. bed
- This ___________________________________________
6 That isn't what he does. job
- That ___________________________________________
7 Have you seen the dog's blanket? Its
- Where's ________________________________________
Ex 4: If a sentence is correct, put a tick (✔). If there is an extra word in a
sentence, write the word
1. Is that my mikshake or yours mileshake ?
___________________________________
2. Look where the dog has put its bone !
___________________________________
3. I haven’t got a camera with me because I’ve lent mine to my brother.
___________________________________________________
4. Your DVD player is just the same as theirs is.
______________________________________
5. Was it your decision or hers dicision ?
______________________________________
6. You can borrow my laptop, but why aren’t you using yours laptop ?
________________________________________
7. I think those are your CDs and these are ours.
____________________________________________
8. This is her book, these are your books and these two are mine books.
______________________________________________________________
9. That video belongs to Carol and Doug – at least, I think it’s theirs video.
_______________________________________________________________
Ex 5: Each og the words in bold is in the wrong sentence. Write the correct word
1. That’s great, Cathy. Did you make that herslf ?
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__________________________________________
2. Doug hit myself in the eye by mistake with his toothbrush !
____________________________________________________
3. Cats can look after yourself, can’t they ?
______________________________________
4. I hope you all enjoy himself in holiday !
______________________________________
5. Dad didn’t help me. I did it all themselves !
_______________________________________
6. We painted the room yourselves; we didn’t pay anyone to do it.
________________________________________________________
7. This kitchen isn’t going to clean ourselves, you know !
_______________________________________________
8. Wendy decided that she would buy itself a new dress in the sales.
___________________________________________________________
Ex 6: Complete using correct pronouns or determiners
INVENTIONS
If you invented somthing important, (1) ____________ would want to make money
out of (2) __________, right ? Most of us would want to make some money from (3)
__________ invention. Its seem only fair – we did the work, so the money should
be (4) ____________ too. Many invetors who have had (5) ___________ inventions
producted, have become rich and we shouldn’t blame (6) ____________ fot that.
But have (7) ____________ heard of Tim Berners – Lee (8) ____________ invented
the World Wide Webon the Internet, one of the most important inventions of the last
fifty years. Millions of lives have been changed by (9) ____________ introduction.
When Tim Berners – Lee inveted the Web, he made a promise to (10) ___________
– that he wouldn’t make any money out of it and that he would give (11)
____________ invention to the word. He did, and now the Web belongs to all of (12)
___________. Ask (13) ____________ what life would be like is the World Wide
Web wasn’t free. We should be grateful to Tim Berners – Lee, and thank (14)
___________ for (15) _____________ amazing gift to the world.

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C. GIẢI THÍCH NGỮ PHÁP
Ex 1: Subject or object form ? Put in the pronouns
1. There’s no need to shout. I can hear you.
2. You and I work well together. __________ are a good team.
3. We’ve got a bit problem. Could __________ help _________, please ?
4. John’s two years younger than Alice, but _________ is nearly as tall as
_________.
5. This is a good photo, isn’t ________ ?
- Is Jessica in _________ ?
- Yes, that’s __________. Look, ___________ is next to Andrew.
6. Who did this crossword ?
- _______. I did _________ this morning .
7. Is this Nicky’s bag ?
- No, ________ i didn’t bring one. It can’t belong to _________.
8. __________ am looking for my shoes. Have __________ seen ________ ?
- Yes, __________ are here.
9. What about Emily ?
- I expect __________ will be there. And her brother. _________ both came to the
party.
- Do ________ mean Jackson ? I don’t like __________ very much.
10. Are Rita and Richard coming to the party ?
- We’ve invitred ___________, but isn’t sure _________ can come or not.
Ex 3: Put in there or it
1. What’s the new reataurant like ? It is good ?
2. The road is closed. __________ has been an accident.
3. Take a taxi. ___________ is a long way to the station.
4. Did someone ring ?
- ________ was Vicky. She just called to say she’s arriverd safely.
5. _________ was a car outside. _________ looked very expensive.
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6. WHen we got to the cinema, ___________ was a queue outside. ___________
was a very long queue, so we decided not to wait.
7. How far is __________ from Milan to Rome ?
8. __________ was wet, and __________ was a cold east wind. _________ was
after migdnight, and _________ were few people on the street.
9. I was told that ____________ would be sombody to meet me at the airpot but
___________ wasn’t anbybody.
10. __________ is a woman at the door.
- Oh, __________ is Aunt Le.
Ex 4: Choose the right possessives
1. Did you and your / yours firend have a nice holiday ?
2. Is this Alice’s book or your / yours ?
- It’s her / hers.
3. Who / whose car is that on the driveway ?
- I don’t know, not our / ours.
4. Take your / yours feet off the table. It / Its legs aren’t very strong.
5. The Whartons are spending August in our / ours flat, and we’re borrowing their /
theirs.
6. That’s my / mine coat, and the scarf is my / mine too.
7. Your / Yours eyes are blue and her / hers are brown.
8. They claim the money is all their / theirs.
9. Unfortunately, the town has lost it’s / its only cinema.
10. Rachel has got her / hers own calculator. She doesn’t borrow my / mine.
Ex 5: Complete the conversation. Put in my, your, ect or mine, yours, ect
Laura: Did you and (1) __________ friends have a nice holiday ?
Emma: Yes, it was wonderful. We had the best holiday of (2) _________ lives. It
didn’t star very well, though. Daniel forgot to bring (3) __________ passport.
Laura: Oh, dear. So what happened ?
Emma: Well, luckily he doesn’t live far from the airport. He rang (4) ____________
parents, and they bought the passport over in (5) _________ car, just in time.
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Laura: You remembered (6) __________, i hope.
Emma: Yes, I had (7) ___________, even though I’m usually the one who forgets
things. Actu – ally Rachel thought for a minute that she’d lost (8) ___________.
Luckily is was in (9) ___________ suitcase. Anyway, in the and we had a
marvellous time.
Ex 6: Complete each sentence, using reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, ...)
with one of these verbs (in the correct form)
burn cut blame enjo expres hurt dry turn look at lock
y

1. I cut myself shaving this morning.

2. John fell out of the window, but he didn’t _____________ badly.
3. The computer will ____________ off if you don’t use it.
4. We ______________ out last night.
5. Be careful ! That pan is very hot. Don’t _______________.
6. Jane _____________ in the mirror to check her make – up.
7. They had a great time. They really _____________.
8. Sometime I can’t say what I mean. I wish I could ____________ better.
9. It isn’t your fault. You really shouldn’t _______________.
10. Vicky and Emma, you can ______________ on these towels.
Ex 7: Put in reflexive pronouns (myslef / yourself / herself ...) or personal
pronouns (me / you / her ....)
1. Julia had a great holiday. She enjoyed herself.
2. It’s not my fault. You can’t blame ___________________.
3. Don’t pay any attention to ___________. He always complanins.
4. What I did was very wrong. I’m ashamed of _________________.
5. We’ve got a problem. I hope you can help _______________.
6. My mother likes to have all her famlily near ______________.
7. The old man is no longer able to look after __________________.
8. It’s a pity you didn’t bring your camera with ___________________.

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9. I gave ______________ a key so that they could let ______________ in.
10. Don’t worry about ______________, Mom. I can look after _______________.
11. Don’t tell _______________ the answer to the puzzle. We can work it out for
________________.
12. “Can I take another biscuit ?”
- “Of course. Help ________________ !”
Ex 11: Choose the correct form.
1. We had to wait beacause somone had lost its / their ticket.
2. One of the policemen had injured his / their arm.
3. Most of these shoes is / are in fashion now.
4. No one likes / like going to the dentist, do her / they ?
5. If anybody wants / want to leave early, she / they can.
6. One of the guests had brought somthing wrapped in brown paper. She put it /
them on the table.
7. Some of my friends has / have arrived.
8. No tourists ever come / comes to ur village.
9. Everybody have / has to leave his / their bags outside.
10. No car is / are allowed in the city center.
D. TIẾNG ANH CHO NGƯỜI MỚI BẮT ĐẦU
Ex 1: Personal pronouns
1. My name is Lan. __________ am Vietnamese.
2. My parents live in HCM city. We visit ___________ often.
3. It’s a good story. Do you want to read ____________.
4. I have a problem. Can you help ____________.
5. Can __________ show me where I can find a good hotel in this city ?
6. I know Linh well but _____________ doesn’t know me .
7. Nam is a student. ______________ is 9 years old.
8. Mrs. Hoa has got a son. She loves ___________ a lot.

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9. My children study at Chu Van An high school. __________ go to chool on
weekdays.
10. This is Mr. Van. I have known ___________ for a long time.
Ex 2: Prossessive pronouns
1. It’s your pen. It’s __________.
2. It’s my bag. It’s ____________.
3. It’s our car. It’s ___________.
4. They’re her friends. They’re ______________.
5. It’s their house. It’s ____________.
6. They’re your books. They’re _____________.
7. They’re my trousers. They’re _______________.
8. It’s his coat. It’s ____________.
9. It’s my computer. It’s _____________.
10. They’re our parents. They’re _____________.
Ex 3: Choose the right answer
1. My sister teaches himself / herself / themselves English.
2. He usually looks at himself / yourself / itself in the mirror.
3. Don’t work to hard. Enjoy ourselves / themselves / yourselves.
4. I always make myself / himself / itself sandwiches for lunch.
5. This car can stop themselves / herself / itself.
6. Minh and I ourselves /themselves / yourself saw the thief breaking into the house.
7. Did you buy that house by yourself / ourselves / herself ?
8. The children can look after itself / himself / themselves for a day.
9. Please try to put ourselves / herself /yourself in my position.
10. The light can turn itself / herself/ themselves off.
Ex 5: Choose (this / that / these / those)
1. Here in my mobilephone. Have a look at ___________.
2. __________ are lovely flowers. They are too far to see clearly.

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3. Come and see __________. It’s a frog !
4. __________ is my grandfather overthere.
5. Is ____________ your house ?
- Yes. Let’s go inside.
6. _________ are our children. This is Nam and this is Linh.
7. What is ________ ? The black thing near the red house overthere.
8. Never say _________ to me again. I hate being heard about him.
9. Look at your book and compare it with _________ here.
10. What are ___________ ? Why are you putting them on this table ?
Ex 6: Choose (what / which / who)
1. ___________ is your best friend ?
2. __________ are you speaking to ?
3. ___________ do you want to do in future ?
4. ___________ of these bags will you take ?
5. ___________ invented telephone ?
6. ____________ do you like ?
7. ___________ do you go to the bookshop for ?
8. ___________ country do you want to visit, England or America ?
9. _________ are you ?
10. __________ is watching TV ?
Ex 7: Choose the right answer
1. This is the who / whom / which works at a hospital.
2. The woman which / whom / whose I met yesterday is a famous doctor.
3. The film who / which / whose won the OSCAR is about a terrible pandemic.
4. I have a brother who / whom / which always makes my parents sad.
5. My hometown which / who / whose is famous for green tea is located in the north
of Vietnam.
6. The boy whose / whom / who father is a football can play football well.

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7. The laptop who / whom / which I bought last year still works well.
8. There are many people who / whom / whose can eat nothing for many days.
9. A bus is a big car who / whom / which carries a lot of people.
10. The singer which / whom / whose many young people like can dace as well.
Ex 8: Fill in an appropriate pronoun
1. _________ cold today.
2. __________ help me with my homwork.
3. ___________ are the best teachers I have known.
4. Here is my room. Where is _________ ?
5. Look at __________ ! Here is the poto of my family.
6. She is making some cakes for the party. __________ look good !
7. That book is relly interesting. I borrowed __________ from my friend.
8. This is Hoa. ___________ is my classmate.
9. “Can ____________ help me with this exercise ?”
10. ___________ live with our parents in Ha Noi.
11. She was born in Viet Nam and she always thinks about ____________.
12. “I can’t find my phone.”
- “Is this __________ ?”
13. “Whose book is that ?”
- “It’s not ___________. My book is old.”
14. He’s in love with __________ but she doesn’t love him.
15. They’re nice people. Do you know __________ ?

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