Grammar Exercises

1. Fill in the gaps with suitable pronouns in the Nominative and Objective Case. In some sentences different pronouns are possible.

1. John is a boy. _____ is in the class.

2. Mary is a girl. _____ is at home.

3. _____ are brother and sister.

4. We know _____ very well.

5. _____ stayed with us last year.

6. John is a clever boy. I like ____.

7. Mary is a pretty girl. is twelve years old. We like __.

8. They have a dog. ____ is called Jack.

9. They have asked me to visit _____ next year.

10. They live in Milan. ____ is a big city.

11. Do you like these flowers? ____ are from the garden.

12. I read that book. ____ is very interesting.

2. Fill in the gaps with suitable possessive pronouns.

1. I’m a student. ___ name’s Ivanov.

2. Ted is a schoolboy. ___ marks are good.

3. Ann and Jane are engineers. ____ children are at school.

4. Please, give me _____ exercise-book, Peter.

5. We are engineers. _____ friends are engineers, too.

6. “What are ____ names?” “____ name’s Nick and ____ name’s Alice.

7. Let me introduce ____ sisters. ____ names are Ann and Mary.

8. Moscow is a big city. ____ streets are noisy and overcrowded.

3. Write down the sentences choosing the suitable pronouns from the ones given in the brackets.

1. (I, me, my) parents are old people. (They, them, their) are retired. (They, them, their) have a house in the country. (They, them, their) house is small. (I, me, my) usually go to see (they, them, their) on Sunday. 2. (I, me, my) brother and (he, him, his) family live in Kiev. Sometimes (I, me, my) go to Kiev and see (they, them, their). 3. (We, us, our) students study a lot. (They, them, their) have four lessons every week. (They, them, their) lessons begin at 8 o'clock in the morning. At the lessons (they, them, their) teacher asks (they, them, their) a lot of questions and the students answer (they, them, their). 4. (I, me, my) elder sister has a new flat now. (She, her) flat is very good. (She, her) likes (it, its) very much.

4. Fill in the gaps with the suitable form of possessive pronouns.

1. Tell him not to forget ____ ticket; she mustn't forget ____ either. 2. Whose books are those? Are they ____ or ___? 3. I see that he has lost ____ pencil; perhaps you can lend him ____? 4. Lend them ____ dictionary; they have left ____ at home. 5. My trunk is heavier than ____. 6. We've taken ____ dictionaries; has she taken ____? 7. Those seats are not ____, they are ____. 8. This does not look like ____ book, it must be ____.

5. Translate into English.

1. Я сам отвечу на это письмо. 2. Он не любит говорить о себе. 3. Они хо­тят сделать это сами. 4. Она хочет сделать это сама. 5. Как вы себя чувствуете? 6. Не брейтесь в темноте, вы порежетесь. 7. Ваш отец сам был здесь. 8. Спросите себя, всё ли Вы делаете правильно? 9. Он обжегся. 10. Они очень много расска­зали нам о себе. 11. Я оставлю эту книгу для себя. 12. Она сама принесет вам книгу. 13. Я очень удивлен, что он так себя вел. 14. Не беспокойтесь. Я сам отнесу письмо на почту. 15. Мы сами застрахуем (insure) товар (goods).