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Total  Time:  60  mins                                      Practise  Exercise  no.  1                                        Total  no.  Of  Qs:  70  
Directions for Questions 1 to 30: from the given 20. Every student, professor, librarian, grounds keeper,
alternatives in the bracket, select the one that completes the secretary, and coach cheered (their/his) approval
sentence in most appropriate manner. when the cafeteria staff agreed to treat vegetables
more kindly.
1. The cowboy and his horse drank (their/its/his) fill 21. My friend Eric, like too many students in our Basic
at the desert oasis. Spanish class, believes that (they/his) don't need to
2. Each cowboy and horse drank (his/their/its) fill at learn a foreign language.
the desert oasis. 22. If a person wants to eat healthy fast food, (he/they)
3. Not only the homemade peanut butter pie but also should try Tito’s Taco Palace because it generously
the handpicked flowers will win Briana's heart with provides at least four ounces of high-protein insects
(their/its) thoughtfulness in every tortilla.
4. Everybody should take (his/their) seat 23. Neither of those two surfers realizes (his/their)
5. Can you believe it? Somebody left (its/her) dog in a dangling arms and splashing legs are captivating a
hot car with the windows rolled up! hungry shark cruising under the waves.
6. Some of this footwear smells because Tina wears 24. Either Ryan or his brothers will give (their/his)
(it/them) to the barn. socks to a complete stranger complaining about
7. The team agreed to host a car wash to finance blisters.
(its/their) farthest away game. 25. Each pig, chicken, goose, and rabbit breathed a
8. The football players earned 500 dollars for sigh of relief and wiped the proverbial sweat from
(their/its) trip. (their/its) brows when Farmer Jackson grabbed a
9. To increase (its/ their) profits, Tito's Taco Palace rake instead of the butchering hatchet.
packs its burritos with cheap refried beans. 26. My friends would argue less if everyone kept
10. The Southeastern Association of Salt & Pepper opinions about basketball, music, and women to
Shaker Enthusiasts will hold (its/ their) annual (themselves/himself).
convention in Atlanta. 27. After closing the restaurant, the pizzeria staff drove
11. If everyone picked up a single piece of litter every home, fell into (its bed/their beds), and dreamed
day, (they/one) would discover that the planet about things as diverse as Corvettes, poodles, and
would become a much cleaner place. skies full of spinning pepperoni slices.
12. The Committee of Victorious Vegetarians picketed 28. Bernie’s Burger Emporium claims that (their/its)
the cafeteria so that (they/it) could protest the cruel burgers are low fat, but the optional condiments I
and unusual treatment of plant matter by the cooks. need to make the dry patties palatable add plenty of
13. Not only the city council members but also the calories.
mayor donated (their/his) lunch money to a 29. Not only the cats but also Jasper the dog believes
downtown shelter for World Hunger Day. that the bed is (theirs/its), and humans are
14. My thirty-six-year-old brother still prizes a squirrel permitted to sleep on it only because they warm the
skull and a cigar box full of baseball cards because mattress.
(it is a relic/ these are relics) from his happy 30. When classes begin this year, Edgewater High
childhood. School will allow (its/their) students to have
15. While they were watching the Battle of the Bands, piercings only in their ears.
Mark and Pedro made bets on which musician of
Nuclear Toasters would trash (their/his) guitar first. Directions for Questions 31 to 70: fill in the blank with the
16. When a tornado appeared on the horizon, the most appropriate case of pronoun and complete the given
family agreed that (they/it) would have to postpone sentences.
the picnic.
17. Jenny almost stabbed her husband Bill with the 31. To complete our Egyptian mummy costumes, Lou
$150 sewing scissors because he had used (it/them) Ellen and __________ bought a 12 pack of toilet
to cut roofing shingles. paper.
18. Before a person adopts a big, hairy dog, (he needs a. I
/they need) to consider the amount of time spent b. me
vacuuming the floors. c. myself
19. Captain Kirk, as well as the other bridge crew, 32. It was __________ who ate your leftover slices of
denied that (they/he) had dented the right thruster pepperoni pizza.
of the Enterprise while buzzing a Romulan outpost. a. I
b. me

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c. myself 42. It is important to Julie and __________ that Dad
33. Grandma asked my brother and __________ to buy offers a vegetarian alternative to the pork fest that
cherry cough drops while we were at the drugstore. is his current menu for the family reunion picnic.
a. I a. I
b. me b. me
c. myself c. myself
34. That’s not what happened! It was __________ who 43. Don’t drag me into the argument! __________
shoved straws up my nose and began barking like a choosing one side over the other will just make
walrus! everyone mad at me!
a. I a. me
b. me b. my
c. myself c. myself
35. When I was a child, Grandpa was unhappy with 44. Although Dr. Grayson shot us several stern looks,
__________ excavating his rose garden in the Tawana and __________ continued knitting during
hopes of finding dinosaur bones. the boring lecture on the French Revolution.
a. me a. I
b. my b. me
c. myself c. myself
36. Don’t ask Josephine for her sloppy and ill-prepared 45. Judi brought a tray of perfect cupcakes to the bake
homework! It is __________ who can give you all sale. __________, on the other hand, were lopsided
of the correct answers to Mr. Nguyen’s calculus with drippy frosting and stale sprinkles.
homework. a. Mine
b. Mines
a. I 46. Just between you and __________, Selena should
b. me dump Fred the nose picker and date that cute track
c. myself star in our chemistry class.
a. I
b. me
37. In his sternest voice, Professor Cohen told Matthew
c. myself
and __________ that he wanted to see us after
47. If you don’t like __________ criticizing your sappy
class.
poetry, then don’t ask for an honest opinion!
a. me
a. I b. my
b. me c. myself
c. myself 48. On our afternoon walk at the lake, __________ met
Jake, a bloodhound with droolsicles dripping from
38. When Richard started eating my French fries, I his jowls.
pulled the plate closer and told him they were all a. me and Oreo
__________. b. Oreo and I
a. mine c. Oreo and myself
b. mines 49. We don’t care if you feel superior eating a healthy
39. Our boss called both Shane and __________, spinach salad for lunch. __________ are happier
hoping that we would work an extra shift that splitting this sausage and mushroom pizza.
evening. When we saw the number on caller ID, we a. Me and Waldo
decided not to answer. b. Waldo and I
a. I c. Waldo and myself
b. me 50. The crackle from the cellophane bag gave away
c. myself __________ position in the auditorium. We
40. I admit that I ate your last two eggs. Consider it stopped chewing the popcorn, hoping Professor
payback for __________ finding an empty cereal Wright didn’t notice that we were breaking his no
box and milk carton this morning. food policy.
a. me
b. my a. Fred’s and my
c. myself b. Me and Fred’s
41. If you must have anchovies, order your own pie. c. Myself and Fred’s
Loretta and __________ prefer plain cheese pizza.
a. I
51. Dr. Skinner, our psychology instructor, explained
b. me
c. myself that Tweety, _____ is a Looney Tunes cartoon
character, has passive-aggressive tendencies.
a. That

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b. Who b. He says
c. which c. They say
52. I hate driving my brother’s truck because it always 62. Coach’s bald head was so shiny that he
breaks down when ______ in the middle of a busy inadvertently blinded his own quarterback during
intersection. the last seconds of the close game.
a. I am a. It
b. We are b. They
c. You are c. he
53. To save money, the manager told Jimmy, his 63. Cisco loves the mythological stories from ancient
employee, that ______ needed to use more of the Egypt, so he plans to study _____________ during
cheap lettuce and less of the expensive taco beef. summer break.
a. We a. Even more mythological
b. The cooks b. Even more of that
c. he c. Even more of it
54. ___________ sniffed the floor as it searched for 64. Stephanie insists on running before the sun sets, for
crumbs under the dining room table. ______________ what kind of nutcase will be
a. The hound’s smelling apparatus prowling the streets after dark.
b. The begal a. You never know
c. The dog’s nose b. They never knoe
55. My lawn service company owes me $50 because c. She never knows
______ destroyed my collection of plastic 65. At the mall, Eboni and Andrea browsed for two
flamingoes with a high-powered mower. hours before ______ finally decided to buy Samuel
a. Its employees a new leather jacket for his birthday.
b. They a. This young woman
c. he b. Eboni
56. While Ben was picking brown lettuce out of his c. She
beef burrito, a cockroach crawled from underneath 66. Lincoln refuses to own a white car because one
the shredded cheese. _______ really distressed hour after __________ it, the paint is powdered
poor Ben. with gray dust.
a. The brown lettuce a. He washes
b. That b. They wash
c. This c. You wash
57. _________________ that extraterrestrials have 67. The sun-blistered paint and clouds of black exhaust
kidnapped the President’s brain. attest to Diane’s poor care of _________.
a. In this supermarket tabloid, it says a. That
b. This supermarket tabloid says b. Her car
c. It says in this supermarket tabloid c. It
58. The car passengers were blasting music and 68. During her speech, Lucy spoke with heart-felt
throwing recyclable aluminum soda cans out the conviction about animal cruelty. She loves
windows. _______ really upset Erin, who drove ________ very much and hates to see a single one
behind them. hurt or in pain.
a. Their poor taste in music a. All types of animals
b. That b. It
c. It c. them
59. Gladys' long hair stuck to the mashed potatoes with 69. Clarence always brings a tape recorder to class
gravy as ______ sat on the windy patio of the because ___________ when Dr. Wilson will drop
campus cafeteria. an important clue about the next chemistry test.
a. This young woman a. They never know
b. She b. He never knows
c. it c. You never know
60. Betty prefers eyeglasses to contact lenses because 70. Jennifer explained to Samantha that _________
she doesn't have to worry about bugs bouncing off needed to comb her wild hair before her interviews
her corneas. with the recruiters began on campus later that
a. You don’t afternoon.
b. People Don’t’ a. The young woman
c. She doesn’t b. Samantha
61. While fishing, we saw explosions of bubbles on the c. She
surface of the waves. _________ that over 100
boats have vanished in this area of the Bermuda
Triangle.
a. One old man says

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 Pronoun  Practise  Exercise  1  (Solutions)
1. Their 21. He doesn’t 41. A 61. A
2. Its 22. He 42. B 62. A
3. Their 23. His 43. A 63. A
4. His 24. Their 44. B 64. C
5. Her 25. Its brow 45. B 65. B
6. It 26. Himself 46. A 66. A
7. Its 27. Their beds 47. A 67. B
8. Their 28. Its 48. A 68. A
9. Its 29. Theirs 49. A 69. B
10. Its 30. Its 50. A 70. B
11. He 31. A 51. B
12. It 32. A 52. A
13. His 33. B 53. B
14. They are relic 34. A 54. B
15. His 35. B 55. A
16. It 36. A 56. A
17. Them 37. B 57. B
18. He needs 38. A 58. A
19. He 39. B 59. A
20. His 40. B 60. C