Worksheet 1

Name: _______________________________________ Date: _______________________

1. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false ones.

a) Pronouns are words that replace or refer to adjectives.
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b) Pronouns are used to avoid repetitions.
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c) Antecedents are words that replace pronouns.
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d) Pronouns don’t need to agree on the number, gender, person and the case of the
antecedents.
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e) A determiner can’t appear before a pronoun.
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f) A pronoun can appear before another pronoun.
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g) A noun can’t appear before a pronoun but can appear before another noun.
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h) A preposition can appear before a pronoun and a noun.
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i) A verb can appear before a pronoun but can’t appear after.
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j) Personal pronouns refer to specific people or things.
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k) There are four types of impersonal pronouns: subject pronouns, object pronouns,
reflexive pronouns and possessive pronouns.
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l) Pronouns must agree with the verbs.
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2. Observe the sentences.

a) John is a teacher. - They is a teacher.
b) I told Charles the joke. - I told he the joke.
c) Shara is drinking a coffee. - I is drinking a coffee.
d) My father wasn’t there. - She wasn’t there.
2.1. What are the words in bold? And the underlined ones?
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2.2. The second sentence in each option is grammatically incorrect. Justify why.
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2.3. Make the sentences grammatically correct.
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3. Indicate the person, gender and number of each pronoun.

a) He
Person: _____________________________________________________________
Gender: ____________________________________________________________
Number: ____________________________________________________________
b) You
Person:_____________________________________________________________
Gender: ____________________________________________________________
Number: ____________________________________________________________
c) Themselves
Person:_____________________________________________________________
Gender: ____________________________________________________________
Number: ____________________________________________________________
d) Mine
Person: _____________________________________________________________
Gender: ____________________________________________________________
Number: ____________________________________________________________

4. Replace the antecedents with subject pronouns.

a) Mary is going to travel.
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b) The dog loves bones.
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c) Thomas likes to go shopping.
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d) Amelia and I studied a lot.
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e) Oliver and Isabella are eating delicious biscuits.
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f) The students didn’t study for the test.
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