Pronouns

Personal	objective	Possessive Simple + a noun; absolute – a noun	reflexive	demonstrative	indefinite
I	Me	My mine	Myself	It + verb sing. form O’clock, way, conditions, and to name the object	Some + a noun unc. noun is in the sing. form, count. noun is in the plural form
You	You	Your yours	Yourself	This + sing. form That + sing. form	Remember: Would you like some…? Can I take some..? (the answer is YES)
He	Him	His his	Himself	These + plural form Those + plural form	Any +a noun unc. noun is in the sing. form, count. noun is in the plural form BUT IN QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVE SENTENCES. In posit. sent. is in the meaning: любой
She	Her	Her hers	Herself	Here + sing. and plural form	Something, somebody, someone, somewhere, Anything, anybody/anyone, Anywhere. everywhere
It	It	Its its	Itself	There + sing. and plural form To place the objects in space	Negative pronoun: No, nothing, nobody/no one nowhere
We	Us	Our ours	Ourselves
You	You	Your yours	Yourselves
They	Them	Their theirs	Themselves

Exercises:

1. Use the correct pronoun:

1 ….saw him yesterday but ... didn't see ...

2. They want to see us but ... don't want to see ...

3. I wanted to speak to her but ... didn't want to speak to .

4. He decided to meet with her, but ... didn't want to meet

5. We wanted to help them, but ... didn't want to talk to

6. We were able to help her, but... didn't want to tell...the truth.

7. They saw me at the office yesterday, but... was too busy to talk with ... .

8. I tried to give you some advice, but ... didn't listen to

9. They didn't want to meet with me, but... wanted to and to tell the truth.

10. He was watching us carefully, but ... didn't see ... .

11. Why are you looking at me? - ... am sorry for ... .

2. Add my, your, his, her, our or their.

(My) first name is Mary. … family name is Adams. What about you? What’s … first name? And what’s … family name? I’m married. You can see … husband in the picture. … name is Arthur. We’ve got one son and one daughter. … son is 20. … name is Nick … . daughter is 25. … name is Emily. Emily is married. ... husband’s name is Bruce. Emily and Bruce have got two children. … names are Ken and Eva.

3. Choose the correct subject pronoun.

1. Tony isn’t at home ... he/him is at work.

2. Where are my keys? Have you got ... they/them?

3. Our friends are late ... . We/Us are waiting for … they/them.

4. They’re my classmates. … names are Noriko and Kate. They/Their

5. We’re students. ... classroom number is 106. Our/We

6. Excuse me. What’s ... last name again? you/your

7. That’s Mr. Kim. ... is in my class. He/His

8. ... name is Elizabeth. Please call me Liz. I/My

9. This is Paul’s wife. ... name is Jennifer. His/Her

10. My parents are on vacation. ... are in South Korea. We/They

4. Choose the correct possessive pronoun. This bag isn’t my/mine.

1. My name is Arthur. What’s your/yours?

2. Your children are older than our/ours.

3. This is our/ours car.

4. Is this yours/your house?

5. That bicycle is hers/her.

6. Are these their/theirs books?

7. Whose are these boots? Are they your/yours?

8. This is mine/ту camera.

9. Is that her/hers dog?

10. These aren’t our/ours pens. They are your/yours.

11. She’s mine/my sister. Her/Hers name is Ann.

5. Insert it is/there is in the spaces. In some sentences, contracted plural, negative and interrogative forms, or the past or future tense are required.

1. What's the time?- ... ... 3.30. ~ And what's the date?~ . . . . . . the 24th.

2. How far... ...to York?~ . . . . . . 50 miles.

3. ... ... very stormy last night. ~ Yes, ... ... storms all over the country.

4. ... ... freezing very hard. ... ... ...ice on the lake tomorrow.

5. As... ... sunny she decided to take the children to the sea.

6. Why don't you go for a walk? . . . . . . a pity to stay in when . . . . . . so nice outside.

7. ... ... not any shadows because ... ... not any sun.

8. ... ... going to be a bus strike tomorrow. ~ ... ... ...all right if ... ... a fine day; but if ... ... wet ... ... ... long queues on the Underground.

9. ... ... not any glass in the windows; that is why . . . . . . so cold in the room.

10. ... ... very wet yesterday; ... ... impossible to go out.

11. ... ...a lot of rain last week. ... ... floods everywhere.

12. ... ...a thick fog last night. ... ... several accidents on the motorway.

13. ... ... foolish to drive fast when ... ... foggy.

14. ... ... difficult to find your way round this town. . . . . . . so many streets all looking exactly alike.

15. Come on, children! ... ... time to get up! ... ... nearly breakfast time.

16 . .. . .. ... lunch time when we get to York, so let's have lunch there.~

6. Insert some or any, making the appropriate compounds if necessary.

1. There's . . . milk in that jug.

2. She wanted . . . stamps but there weren't . . . in the machine.

3. I'm afraid there isn't . . . coffee left; will you grind . . . ?

4. Is there . . . one here who speaks Italian?

5. I'd like to buy . . . new clothes but I haven't . . . money.

6. There's . . . gin in the cupboard but there aren't . . . glasses.

7. They can't have . . . more strawberries; I want . . . to make jam.

8. . . . one I know told me . . . of the details.

9. Have you . . . idea who could have borrowed your bicycle?

10. I saw hardly . . . one I knew at the party, and I didn't get . . . thing to drink.

11. When would you like to come? ~ . . . day would suit me.

12. Are there . . . letters for me?

13. Don't let . . . one in. I'm too busy to see . . . body.

14. . . . thing tells me you've got . . . bad news for me.

15. I can't see my glasses . . . where.

16. We didn't think he'd succeed but he managed . . . how.

17. You're looking very miserable; has . . . thing upset you?

18. If you had . . . sense you wouldn't leave your car unlocked.

19. Scarcely . . . one was wearing a dinner jacket.

20. . . . one who believes what Jack says is a fool.

21. She put her handbag down . . . where and now she can't find it.

22. Will you have . . . pudding or . . . fruit?

23. Haven't you got . . . friends in Rome? I feel sure you mentioned them once.

24. Haven't you got . . . friends here? You should join a club and get to know people.

25. I see you haven't . . . maps. Would you like to borrow . . . of mine?