Pronouns

PERSONAL, POSSESSIVE AND REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

Ex.1 (elementary level). A. Fill in the gaps with suitable personal pronouns.

E.g.: Take these books and read them at home, please.

1. My sister works as a nurse in our hospital. ___ is very busy. 2. My brother and I were born the same day. ___ are twins. 3. Ben, are ___ going with us? 4. Buy some milk and boil ___ at home. 5. These two boys don’t know the game. ___ are new members of our club. 6. My brother knows English well. ___ studies at the university. 7. ___ say, it will rain hard tomorrow.

B. Use personal pronouns in the proper forms.

1. I looked at (he). He was taller than (I). 2. These exercises are difficult. Do (they) at home. 3. He is sitting between (you) and (I). 4. I know (she) well. 5. Nobody knows that (they) work together. 6. (I) hope you will go with (we). 7. Read this text and translate (it) into English. 8. There was some talk between Tom and (she). 9. (I) know this girl. (She) works with (they). 10. Why are (you) shouting at (I)? 11. Take some bread and eat (it) with butter.

C. Translate.

1. Я його часто бачу. Він працює з ними. 2. Це червоний олівець. Візьми його та передай (дай) мені. 3. Вона підходить до двері та відкриває її. 4. Вони говорять зі мною про новий план, але він мені не подобається. 5. Це дуже добрий хліб. Де ти його купляєш? 6. Моя сестра хороша студентка. Я часто роблю з нею моє домашнє завдання. А потім я допомагаю їй. 7. Мері йде з нами. Ми запросили (invited) її. 8. Ці гарні квіти – для тебе. Подивись на них. 9. Це серйозне (serious) правило. Вивчи його добре. 10. Я їх не знаю. Вони йдуть з вами?

Ex. 2. Use possessive pronouns in the proper forms.

1. She put out (her, hers) hand and took (my, mine). 2. The policeman wanted (our, ours) passports. I gave him (my, mine) and Mary got (her, hers) out of (her, hers) handbag. 3. Mind (your, yours) own business and I will mind (my, mine). 4. He left (her, hers) with (their, theirs) child. 5. John put his hand on (her, hers) to comfort her. 5. (Their, Theirs) story comes in two versions: (her, hers) and (my, mine). 6. Have you heard this plan of (our, ours)? 7. (My, Mine) opinion of him is not different from (your, yours). 8. (Their, Theirs) is not a good marriage. 9. (Your, Yours) health is as bad as (my, mine). 9. This is (our, ours) home as much as (their, theirs). 10. Of course, this is a joke of (her, hers). 11. ‘Where is (your, yours) seat?’ ‘I don’t want to take (my, mine)’. 12. We have chosen (our, ours) room, take (your, yours). 13. (My, Mine) information is not very detailed. – Neither is (my, mine.) 14. (Our, ours) flat is on the second floor. So is (her, hers). 15 He is a friend of (my, mine). 16. This book is not Mary’s. It’s (my, mine). 17. That thought is not (her, hers), she has never arranged (her, hers) thoughts so clearly.

Ex. 3. Translate.

1. Вона подивилась на його обличчя, а потім – на її. 2. Вони добре миють (свої) руки та ноги. 3. Доктор поклав руку на її плече. 4. Я дякую тобі за твою допомогу. 5. Ваші пісні чудові. Ви знаєте наші? 6. Наші друзі з Польщі не розуміють їхню мову, але розуміють нашу. 7. Мій дядько був учителем у твоїй школі. – Мій теж. 8. Джон – один із його друзів. 9. Сем і Том люблять свою сестру. Вона – їхня гордість. 10. Я вважаю, що він один із ваших учнів. 11. Мій погляд зустрівся з його. 12. Ви чудово виглядаєте в своїй формі. Моя не така тепла. 13. Наша англійська така ж добра, як і їхня. 14. Ми боялись його слів, а він – наших. 15. Вона одержала листа від (своєї) бабусі. 16. Тримай собаку. Він твій. 17. Він бере свою машину, чи вашу? – Свою. 18. Він подивився в свою сумку, а вона – в свою.

Ex. 4. Insert the proper reflexive pronoun.

1. Sally knows _______ better than other people know her. 2. Simon calmed _______ with difficulty. 3. He saw that she was seating _______ in the chair at the door. 4. At two o’clock I was cooling _______ in the lake. 5. I _______ don’t like such activities. 6. He wasn’t laughing at the situation, what he was laughing was _______. 7. One respects _______ more after making a serious decision. 8. The children opened the door _______. 9. Even love _______ finishes with death. 10. We wash _______ in the bathroom. 11. They blamed _______ for this unlucky marriage. 12. Look, our boss _______ is coming up to Jessica to greet her! 13. I am sure you want to do it _______, dear. 14. I hope you both enjoyed _______ in Paris. 15. Mary can be obedience _______ when she wants something. 16. We can’t imagine _______ dancing at that party. 17. You don’t have to remind _______ of it all the time. 17. Sit down and make _______ at home. 18. The dress _______ is good; you just can’t wear it to that party. 19. She is loyalty _______.

Ex. 5. Insert a reflexive or a personal pronoun where necessary.

1. Behave _______! You are not at home. Learn to behave _______ in public. 2. He shaves _______ every day. 3. I plan to take my brother with _______. 4. My sister looks at _______ in the mirror every morning. 5. My sister likes sweets and often buys candies for _______. 6. She likes her daughter and dresses _______ very well. 7. We decided to keep the fruit for _______. 8. Take care of _______ or I _______ will take care of _______. 9 I’ll talk to you when I make _______ a cup of tea. I can make one for _______ as well. 10. Go and wash _______. 11. John washed _______ and ran out. 12. When she wakes up she likes to stretch _______ in the bed. 13. I fell and hurt _______ badly. 14. Take the bread and cut _______, but be careful and don’t cut _______. 15. Don’t help me, I can do it _______. 16. Look at the baby! Feed _______ before he starts to feed _______. 17. When my Mum is at home I talk to _______, but when I am alone I talk to _______. 18. I felt _______ bad when I ate too many plumps. 19. After he fell from the stairs he felt _______ nervously. Fortunately, he had only two or three bruises.

Ex. 6. Change the sentences using reflexive pronouns.

E.g.: He was alone in the room. – He was by himself in the room.

1. We can see it with our own eyes. 2. I prefer to keep it secret. 3. She recovered consciousness. 4. They live on their own. 5. You don’t need to come in person, guys. 6. Jane looks a different person today. 7. Do you cook without other people’s help? 8. They left him alone. 9. He imagined he was a genius. 10. Did you study the language without a teacher? 11. On Monday I was greeted by none other than our boss. 12. They divided it among each other. 13. She is perfection incarnate. 14. You may have the computer at your disposal.

Ex. 7. Translate

1. Це ваша кімната, це – його, а де моя? 2. Ти підеш з нами в парк? Ми можемо піти самі. 3. Сам Джон дуже веселий, а його жінка серйозна. 4. Не чіпайте нас, ми все зробимо самі. Це наша проблема. 5. Подивись на себе! Ти сьогодні не вмивався і не голився. 6. Скажи їм про це сам. 7. Цей будинок – їхній, а той – її. 8. Я обіцяю собі, що не буду розмовляти сам з собою. 9. Візьми мою книгу, вона краща. На її сторінках є малюнки 10. Вони не збираються розказувати нам про неї. Ми про все подумаємо самі. 11. Він сидить у кімнаті сам. Я бачив це на власні очі. 12. Подивись, сам начальник зустрічає нас. Він сьогодні сама чемність. 13. Візьміть себе в руки. 14. Один із моїх друзів їде в Америку. 15. Ви думаєте про себе дуже багато. 16. Я сама побачу його завтра. 17. Я можу дати вам свою власну фотографію. 18. Вона себе не розуміла. 19. Двері не зачиняються самі, чи не так? 20. Були такі моменти, коли він дуже жалів себе самого. 21. Коли вона була готова, вона подивилась на себе у дзеркало. 22. Майк налив собі чашку кави і сів у крісло.

DEMONSTRATIVE, INTERROGATIVE, RELATIVE AND CONJUNCTIVE PRONOUNS

Ex. 1. A. Insert this, that, these, those or it.

1. ______ is a good idea. 2. All ______ is very interesting. 3. None of ______ present was surprised on hearing ______. 4. ______ will do. 5. Try one of ______ keys. 6. What’s this? – ______ is a new machine. 7. ______ are computers of the latest type. 8. I felt something cold on my cheek. ______ was a snowflake. 9. Who were you listening to? – ______ were my neighbours. 10. You can take ______ book beside you or ______ magazine on the farthest desk. 11. Can you see ______ men at the shop across the street? ______ are my Daddy and his friend. 12. ______ boy you are in love with is dangerous. Can’t you feel ______?

B. Insert such (a) /so or the same/like that.

1. This is ______ house we occupied last year. It is ______ nice house, and it is ______ cozy. 2. She was really ______ nice girl. She was ______ friendly. I always wanted to have a friend ______. 3. It was ______ cold that the game was cancelled. 4. It was ______ hot weather that I couldn’t work. 5. We were in ______ class. 6. The book was ______ boring that I stopped reading it. I will never read books ______. 7. It was ______ good film that went to see it four times. 8. This is ______ bus we took in the morning. I like buses ______, they are quick. 9. They had ______ nice friends that I envied them. 10. And their garden is ______ beautiful! 11. Why do they talk in ______ loud voices? 12. The canteen served ______ food that I couldn’t eat it. Who runs canteens ______? 13. It was ______ quick car that the police couldn’t catch it. This criminal uses ______ car all the time. 14. It was ______ long lecture that I almost fell asleep. I don’t usually attend lectures ______. 15. It was ______ dark that we stayed inside. 16. The bag was ______ heavy that we couldn’t lift it. 17. He was ______ good person that everybody liked him. 18. The language is ______ difficult that foreigners can’t learn it. 19. I’d love to have a car ______. It’s ______ fast. 20. I was ______ tired that I went to sleep standing up. 21. My sister and I share ______ room.

C (а creative task). Suggest your partner a sentence with such or so. He should paraphrase it using such instead of so or so instead of such. You can use the following words in your sentences:

Nouns: boy, girl, weather, friend, idea, walk, car, classroom, bed, song, animal, film, story, tree, house, street etc.

Adjectives: good, busy, bad, clever, big, comfortable, nasty, sunny, naughty, devoted, long, interesting, quick, light, large, merry, sad, boring, high, low, short etc.

E.g.: He is such a good boy. – This boy is so good.

The bed is so comfortable. – It is such a comfortable bed.

Ex. 2. Substitute that or those for a repeated noun.

E.g.: You will not find better flowers here than the flowers in the central park. – You will not find better flowers here than those in the central park.

1. The music composed by Mozart and the music composed by Churlionis are very different. 2. The English of Great Britain is more accurate than the English of the States. 3. I like stories by O’Henry more than the stories by Mark Twain. 4. I prefer sweets made with honey to the sweets made with sugar. 5. Natural silk is of higher quality than the silk produced artificially. 6. He is interested in the history of his country much more than in the history of the whole world. 7. I spend the holidays of winter in a much more interesting way than the holidays of spring. 8. There are no richer museums than the museums of St. Petersburg. 9. Not a single day out of the days you spent in Manchester was useful. 10. Barbara’s eyes met the eyes of Grandma. 11. The expression of her face was the expression of an angry child. 12. My family would consider such a job as the job of my uncle very boring. 13. The climate of England is worse than the climate of the Crimea. 14. The trees of our garden are very similar to the trees of my childhood.

Ex. 3. Insert an interrogative, relative or conjunctive pronoun.

1. ______ color is your sweater? 2. ______ color is your sweater, blue or grey? 3. No book ______ you have bought is worth the money ______ you spent. 4. ______ a fine day! 5. ______ is he, your brother or just a friend? 6. ______ is he, an economist or a manager of a big concern? 6. ______ is the person we are looking for: Bob, John or George? 7. ______ do you think can do it? 8. ______ are your plans for this summer? 9. ______ works as an assistant in the office? 10. There was Michael ______ father wrote the letters. 11. I don’t know ______ you would like to see. 12. ______ turn is it now? 13. I saw the mountain the top of ______ was covered with snow. 14. This is the reason ______ she did it. 15. He liked the people among ______ he lived. 16. I have the same difficulty ______ you had. 17. Do you know the man ______ wrote the letter? 18. The magazine ______ you gave me is very interesting. 19. There is the student ______ book you’ve found. 20. The street ______ leads there is very wide.

Ex. 4. Ask questions to the italicized words.

1. You are watching them. 2. Our manager works from nine till five. 3. Jane will help me. 4. This is my sister’s dog. 5. Some of your books are on the table. 6. My suitcase will be either blue or green. 7. Our children are sitting under the tree. 8. Our neighbour is waiting for them. 9. We saw Mrs. Black yesterday. 10. My name is John Lee. 11. That car is mine. 12. I bought a few new magazines several days ago. 13. She’s got a pink blouse on. 14. Our dining-room is the largest room in the house. 15. These boys are my brothers. 16. I rang up my niece. 17. I am looking for the dictionary. 18. May is the fifth month of the year. 19. The sweater is made of wool. 20. The man asked for a cup of tea. 21. He has bought a gold watch. 22. He dictated a letter to the secretary. 23. My new car is black. 24. The director’s office is on the third floor. 25. My uncle is a mechanic in the garage.

Ex. 5. Translate.

A. 1. Чиї це речі? – Це мої речі. 2. Я дуже люблю таку роботу. 3. Цей стереопрогравач гучніший, ніж той, зроблений у Китаї. 4. Це був другий концерт тих музикантів. 5. Він такий веселий, що ніколи не буває сам. 6. Учора ми йшли цією ж самою вулицею. Вона була така шумна, але сьогодні це така тиха вулиця. 7. Де ти бачив такі черевики? – Мені їх дав продавець з того магазину. 8. Ваша квартира така велика. Мій дідусь живе у такій квартирі. Але ця квартира менша за ту, що в сусідньому домі. 9. Це той самий фільм, що ми дивились три тижні тому. Я не люблю таких фільмів. 10. Джоне, Пітере, хто з вас збирається на рибалку на ці вихідні? 11. Чого він так голосно розмовляє? – Бо в нього такий гучний голос. 12. Хто це? – Це один із наших студентів. 13. Що я можу для вас зробити? Де я можу знайти вас завтра? 14. Не розумію, з ким він прийшов. – То його друзі.15. Якого кольору твоя нова сукня: білого чи рожевого?

B. 1. Хто з вас це зробив? Це так неввічливо. 2. У мене були такі ж труднощі, як і в тебе. 3. Чия це ідея? Хто запропонував її? 4. Яке то було веселе свято! Люди були такі щасливі. 5. Хто з вас лишив гроші на столі? Це так необережно. 6. На кого ви тут чекаєте? Це таке небезпечне місце. 7. Кому ви дали номер мого телефону? 8. Що вам купити: масла чи сиру? 9. Книга, яку ви мені вчора дали, дуже цікава. Я рідко читаю такі книги. 10. Він відмовився допомогти своєму приятелеві, що мене дуже здивувало. 11. Це та ж сама жінка, що допомогла нам учора. 12. Кого з них ви питали про це? 13. Ми пройшли повз кімнати, двері якої були білі. 14. Чому ти не любиш таких людей? – Це такі неприємні люди. 15. Дерево, з якого зроблені ці меблі, дуже тверде.

QUANTIFIERS

Ex. 1. Replace the Ukrainian words by suitable English equivalents.

1. Have you got (трохи) money till tomorrow? 2. There is (небагато) bread in the house, but not enough to feed everybody. 3. She has (багато) books on this subject in her library. 4. There is (багато) stationery in our local book-shop. 5. He takes (мало) sugar in his tea. 6. There is (небагато) sugar in the sugar-bowl. 7. You won’t get (багато) advice from him. He is too young. 8. You’ve brought too (мало) luggage with you. 9. (Замало) furniture in the room makes it too empty. 10. Fortunately, they have (трохи) extra chairs in their house. 11. If you are thirsty, they can give you (трохи) water. 12. There is (багато) butter in the butter-dish.

Ex. 2. A. Fill in the gaps with much, many, a lot of

1. ______ people want to see this play. 2. We’ll have to go. We haven’t got ______ time. 3. ______ is said about the book and ______ read it. 4. He always puts ______ salt on his food. 5. I didn’t drink ______ wine. 6. We spent ______ money on our test. 7. How ______ sheets of paper do you want. – I want ______ paper. 8. How ______ does it cost? 9. He’s got so ______ information; he doesn’t know what to do with it. 10. I put ______ sugar in my tea. Perhaps too ______ 11. Have you got ______ friends? 12. Her head is always inaccurate. Perhaps she’s got too ______ hair. – No, she just can’t take care of it. 13. There are very many illustrations in the magazine. 14. He’s received so ______ advice that he doesn’t know what to do with it. 15. ______ of the work was done in the morning. 16. She is a very quiet person. She doesn’t say ______. 17. Do you work ______ during the week? 18. There isn’t ______ harm in it.

В. Fill in the gaps with (a) little, (a) few

1. Hurry up! We’ve got ______ time. 2. I last saw Tom ______ days ago. 3. The village was very small. There were only ______ houses. 4. ‘Have you got any money?’ ‘Yes, ______. Do you want to borrow some?’ 5. I’ve got ______ books on this subject.6. There’s no use asking him about it. He has ______ knowledge of the subject. 7. He is not popular. He has very ______ friends. 8. Please, give me ______ water. 9. You rest too ______. 10. The theatre is almost empty. There are only ______ people there. 11. May I have ______ wine, please? 12. ‘Would you like some more ice-cream?’ ‘Yes, but only ______.’ 13. As this town is not well-known, ______ tourists come here. 14. He doesn’t speak much English, there are only ______ words. 15. I have only ______ things left undone. 16. ______ know about it. 17. It is ______ use trying to change her mind. 18. Could you possibly give me ______ help? 19. ______ teenagers in the village could read. 20. I only need ______ minutes to get ready. 21. She only wanted ______ love, ______ kindness. 22. Nadia drank ______ coffee and no alcohol. 23. Unfortunately, he had ______ friends.

Ex. 3. Write much/many or little/few with so, as, too or very.

1. Thank you ______ for your help. 2. There is ______ friendship in the world, people behave like animals. 3. Are there ______ chairs as people? 4. You can never have ______ love. 5. I like your hair ______. 6. ______ learning is a dangerous thing. 7. Men of ______ words are the best men. 8. Never before have we had ______ time in which to do ______. 9. Bob feels ______ better today. 10. I don’t know ______ poems as you. 11. She’s got ______ relatives! Only a mother and a sister, I think. 12. Get ______ tickets as you can. 13. We are ______ today that we’d better go home. 14. You want ______ from me.

Ex. 4. Make the sentences using there be/I have + much/many/ (a) little/ (a) few:

E.g.: This is the old part of the city (historical places). – There are many historical places there.

I must go but (minutes to talk to you). – I must go but I have a few minutes to talk to you.

1. London is a very big city (streets, avenues and squares). 2. This side street is very quiet (traffic). 3. The film wasn’t very interesting (people who liked it). 4. It was very late (time to finish the task). 5. We can’t make sandwiches (butter in the fridge). 6. The lecturer was a very interesting man (questions after his lecture). 7. (books) if you need them. 8. I need all the paper but (sheets for you). 9. We will have a hard time this spring (examinations). 10. I’m looking forward to this party (interesting people). 11. I don’t have good friends in this town but (good acquaintances). 12. He was a difficult person (friends). 13. Ten years ago you could cross this river practically everywhere (bridges across it). 14. We have no tea in our house but (coffee). 15. My tea is not sweet enough (sugar).

Ex. 5. Translate.

1. Кажи мало, а роби багато. 2. Розкажи нам про це у кількох словах. 3. Вони читають багато англійських газет, але в них мало знань і вони роблять багато помилок. 4. Покуштуй усього потроху. На столі багато їжі. 5. Дуже мало людей знає про це. 6. Ваш син багато працює? – Ні, він працює дуже мало. 7. Кожен день вони отримують багато листів. У цих листах небагато корисної інформації. 8. Ти любиш давати багато порад, але від тебе мало допомоги. 9. Ти їси дуже мало, а п’єш забагато. 10. Ви берете дуже багато багажу. 11. Це завдає мені так багато проблем і так мало радості. 12. Багато хто читає їхні статті, але дуже мало хто розуміє їх. Вони пишуть так багато дурниць (rubbish). 13. Ти купуєш надто багато меблів. Це багато грошей і багато проблем. 14. Наш викладач дає нам небагато домашньої роботи. 15. Нас мало, їх багато, це нечесно. 16. Скільки подарунків ви отримали на день народження? 17. Скільки м’яса ви купили у крамниці? 18. Скільки кави ви п’єте вранці? 19. Скільки ви заплатили за свою сукню? 20. Він багато обмірковував цю перспективу. 21. Ви купили багато паперу? Скільки аркушів паперу ви можете мені дати? 22. Учора до мого сина приходило кілька (небагато) друзів. 23. У каструлі є трохи (небагато) супу, але у нас мало солі. 24. Я вважаю, що треба мати небагато друзів, але у Пітера їх замало. 25. Я купив небагато яблук, але нам вистачить.