WORKING with PRONOUNS

I Rewrite the incorrect sentences.

1. He didn’t see nobody in the
room.___________________________________________________
2. Please give to me the number of that school.
__________________________________________
3. In my school, anybody plays
rugby._________________________________________________
4. We all enjoyed themselves at the party.
______________________________________________
5. Have you seen mine coat?
_________________________________________________________
6. Hacking it is a common teenage crime.
______________________________________________
II Underline the suitable pronoun.
7. Give myself my bag back!
Ann isn’t happy because somebody/anybody has stolen hers/her mobile phone.
_________________________________________________________
1.
8. Somebody
2. Her children are too
forgot young
to lock thetodoor,
lookdidn’t
after they.
he/they?
________________________________________
3. My brother is older than me/I but he/him isn’t as tall as I/me am.
4. We don’t know theirs/their telephone number, but they know our/ours.
5. People play sport everywhere/anywhere in the world.
6. We helped they/them move the piano; they couldn’t have done it on their/them own.
7. Have you lost anything/nothing?

III Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B or C, to fit each space.
Dan Fool committed a crime. He burgled into a house and stole ___1 money from it. Then he went
home and began to count ___2. He had nearly 3000 pounds and was very pleased with __3. Then
Dan turned on the radio and suddenly he heard ____4 talking about the burglary on the news. The
owner of the house- Mrs. Loy said that 4000 pounds had been stolen.
After these words Dan counted money again and looked to see if ___5 had fallen on the floor, but
there wasn’t __6 there. The burglar was very angry, he thought to ____7 that Mrs. Loy kept a
thousand pounds for___8 and wanted to blame the thief for it all. So he picked up ___9 mobile and
phoned the radio station. He said that he had stolen only 3000 not 4000 pounds. The reporter kept
____10 talking while the police used ___11new technology to trace the call, and Dan was quickly
arrested. The police found the other 1000 pounds lying in the street, where the unfortunate burglar
had dropped ____12 as he ran away from the house.
1. A some B any C his 7. A him B himself C his
2. A them B it C they 8. A her B hers C
herself
3. A him B his C himself 9. A his B he C him
4. A somebody B nobody C something 10. A him B his C he
5. A they B them C it 11. A his B its C their
6. A something B anything C nothing 12. A its B them C it
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I Rewrite the incorrect sentences.

1. He didn’t see anybody in the room.
2. Please give me the number of that school.
3. In my school, nobody plays rugby.
4. We all enjoyed ourselves at the party.
5. Have you seen my coat?
6. Hacking is a common teenage crime.
7. Give me my bag back!
8. Her children are too young to look after themselves.

II Underline the suitable pronoun.

1. Ann isn’t happy because somebody/ anybody has stolen hers/her mobile phone.
2. Somebody forgot to lock the door, didn’t he/they?
3. My brother is older than me/I but he/him isn’t as tall as I/me am.
4. We don’t know theirs/their telephone number, but they know our/ours.
5. People play sport everywhere/anywhere in the world.
6. We helped they/them move the piano; they couldn’t have done it on their/them own.
7. Have you lost anything/nothing?

III
1A 2B 3C 4A 5C 6B 7B 8C 9A 10 A 11 C 12 C