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37.While we were in ___ Alaska, we saw ___ Eskimo village.

38.Rita plays ____ violin and her sister plays ___ guitar.

39.___ chair that you are sitting in is broken.

40.____ Neva is ___ very beautiful river. It is in ____ North of our country.

МЕСТОИМЕНИЕ (THE PRONOUN)

ЛИЧНЫЕ И ПРИТЯЖАТЕЛЬНЫЕ МЕСТОИМЕНИЯ

(PERSONAL AND POSSESIVE PRONOUNS)

 Личные местоимения имеют формы двух падежей – именительного падежа (the Nominative Case) и объектного» падежа (the Objective Case).

(именная часть сказуемого).

Личные местоимения в объектном падеже выполняют функцию прямого дополнения, соответствуя в русском языке местоимению в винительном падеже (отвечающему на вопрос кого? что?), или функцию беспредложного косвенного дополнения, соответствуя в русском языке местоимению в дательном падеже (отвечающему на вопрос кому?):

(беспредложное косвенное дополнение).

Личным местоимениям соответствуют притяжательные местоимения, выражающие принадлежность и отвечающие на вопрос whose? чей? Притяжательные местоимения имеют две формы – присоединяемую и абсолютную.

Притяжательное местоимение (присоединяемая форма) всегда стоит перед существительным, к которому оно относится.

Exercise 16. Use pronouns instead of nouns in brackets.

1. At Christmas … (friends) often give Mary presents. 2. … (Mary) likes her friends. 3. I’ve got a tortoise. I feed … on vegetables. 4. … (the bird) is singing lovely. 5. We feel so lonely, stay with … . 6. … (my sister and I) don’t like to walk our dog. 7.… (the boys) overslept this morning and didn’t have time to have breakfast. 8. - Who is speaking? – It’s …, Ann. 9. May I give … a good piece of advice? Spend more time with your son. You can help … much. 10. … (Dad and Mom) went to see their friends. 11. Where are my glasses? Has anybody seen … ? 12. … (your brother and you) spend too much time playing football. 13. Is Jane at home? Can I speak to … . 14. The hole on your pullover is getting bigger. You should mend … . 15. … (you and I) are good friends, aren’t … ? 16. Mrs. Smith went home because … was tired.

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Exercise 17. Fill in the blanks with personal or possessive pronouns.

1. She washed … hands and face. 2. We invited Liz to stay with … in … house. 3. – Do you know that man? – Yes, I know … . 4. That is his book. Give … to him. 5. Peter likes to eat. … breakfast is always big. 6. The bag is heavy. What is there in …? 7. Look at them! … are playing like kids. 8. – Are … a teacher? – No, … am not.9.They live in the country. … house isn’t big, but … is comfortable. 10. Jeans always stay in fashion. People like … . 11. She is mad about … car. She spends hours washing … . 12. Pubs are an important part of life in Britain, but … aren’t open to everyone. 13. – Can … help …? – Yes, please. … would like a pair of shoes. 14. That butterfly looks like a flower. Aren’t … wings wonderful? 15. What’s … phone number? May I phone … ? 16. We know … well. They are friends of … . 17. Give me … photo and I’ll give you … . 17. We couldn’t do the exercise until the teacher told us to do … . 18. He scored a goal and we all cheered … .

Exercise 18. Choose the correct form of the pronoun in brackets.

1. It may be (our, ours) dictionaries. 2. He has not read a line of (your, yours). How can he criticize (your, yours) poems? 3. His composition is much more interesting than (your, yours) or (my, mine). 4. (Their, theirs) knowledge of the subject is not much superior to (our, ours). 5. I’m afraid they will take (her, hers) advice not (your, yours). 6. All (our, ours) clothes were extremely dirty, and (my, mine) were especially so. 7. Will you help me to sort out the things? I cannot tell which are (your, yours) and which are (my, mine). 8. This is (your, yours) note-book, but where is (my, mine)? 9. She got to (her, hers) feet and took (his, him) hand. 10. Mind (your, yours) own business and I’ll mind (my, mine).

11. Mr. Black gave (his, him) wife a leather bag for (her, hers) birthday. 12. I looked at (her, hers) and at none other from that moment. 13. (Their, theirs) was not a marriage that could last. 14. (Your, yours) nerves are as bad as (my, mine). 15. His eyes were as bright as (her, hers). 16. My sister likes sugar in (her, hers) tea, but I like little in (my, mine).

Exercise 19. Translate into English paying attention to italicized words.

1. Машина мистера Брауна в гараже, а наша – напротив дома. 2. Вчера они взяли наши журналы и оставили нам свои. 3. Этот чемодан не мой, это их. 4. Её родители живут в центре города, а его – на окраине. 5. Я знаю ваш адрес, но я не знаю их адрес. 6. Это моё мнение, я вижу, оно отличается от твоего. 7. Это ваша записная книжка, а это его, но где же моя? 8. Она взяла мои руки в свои. 9. Он, должно быть, перепутал ключи и взял ключ соседа вместо своего. 10. Твой билет на столе, а её билет – в сумке. 11. Результаты показали, что наш план был более

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правильным, чем их. 12. Самое лучшее предложение – ваше. 13. Его мама сейчас в деревне, а моя – в городе. 14. Я предпочитаю Крым Кавказу из-за его более сухого климата. 15. Этот автомобиль очень небольшой, но мотор у него относительно мощный. 16. Где твоя фотография? – Она в альбоме.

ВОЗВРАТНЫЕ МЕСТОИМЕНИЯ (REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS)

 Возвратные местоимения образуются путём прибавления к притяжательным местоимениям my, our, your, личным местоимениям him, her, it, them или неопределенному местоимению one окончания -self (к местоимениям единственного числа) и selves (к местоимениям множественного числа):

 Возвратные местоимения употребляются в функции дополнения после ряда глаголов. Они соответствуют в русском языке:

1. Частице -ся (-сь), которая присоединяется к глаголам для того, чтобы придать им возвратное значение, показывая, что действие переходит на само

При некоторых глаголах, как to wash, to bathe, to dress, to shave, to behave, to hide, to feel, to relax, to concentrate возвратные местоимения опускаются:

I washed, dressed and shaved. Я помылся, оделся и побрился. Hide behind the tree. Спрячьтесь за деревом.

He likes to bathe in the sea. Он любит купаться в море.

Но: Wash (dress, shave) yourself! – Помойся (оденься, побрейся)!

Behave yourself! – Веди себя прилично!

Remember set expressions meaning alone:

on my (her, his, its, our, their) own

by myself/yourself/himself/itself/ourselves/yourselves/themselves

I like living on my own (by myself).

Did you go on holidays on your own (by yourself)?

Exercise 20. Insert reflexive pronoun where necessary.

1. He shaves _______ every other day. 2. Go and wash _______ . 3. She washed

______quickly and went to prepare breakfast. 4. He likes his wife to dress ______well. 5. Behave ______! 6. You can’t behave. 7. The child fell and hurt ______ badly. 8. The book was so interesting that I could not tear ______ from it. 9. Be careful with the knife, you may cut _____ . 10. I tried to make ______ agreeable. 11. He thinks too much of ______. 12. Sit down and make _______ at home. 13. I am sure they will succeed in the aim they’ve put before ______. 14. We established _______ in a hotel.

15. She looked in the mirror and could not recognize _______.

Exercise 21. Finish the sentences using reflexive pronouns.

Example: If you want a job done well, do it yourself.

1.The chairman announced the news ________.

2.I never do anything until I have checked everything ________.

3.She says John broke the vase, but really she did it _______.

4.Next year we shall live all by ________.

5.Did the boys build the boat ________?

6.You cannot leave the baby in the house all by ________.

7.We built most of the house _________.

8.The girl stood at the fire, warming _______.

9.He made a mistake, then he corrected _______.

10.There can be no doubt that Shakespeare _______ wrote this play.

11.They went swimming, but they didn’t enjoy _______. It was too cold.

12.Pat, stop laughing and behave _______.