1.3. Pronouns. Possessive adjectives.

Personal Pronouns
Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Before verbs as subjects		After verbs as objects
I	We	Me	Us
You	You	You	You
He	They	Him	Them
She		Her
It		It

E.g. Look at him. He is a waiter.

This is a book . Give it to me.

1. Fill in “he”, “she”, “it”, “we”, “you” or “they”.

1. Helen …she…. 11. school ……

2. Sam …… 12. feet ……

3. farther …… 13. brother ……

4. mother …… 14. Mary ……

5. farther and mother …… 15. guitar ……

6. Ann and Tom …… 16. you and Jane ……

7. pen …… 17. book ……

8. Tom and I …… 18. dogs ……

9. car …… 19. apples ……

10. children …… 20. sister …….

Possessive adjectives	Possessive pronouns
followed by nouns	not followed by nouns
My	Mine
Your	Yours
His / her / its	His / hers /-
Our	Ours
Your	Yours
Their	Theirs

E.g. This is my book. This book is mine.

2. Fill the gaps with possessive adjectives or pronouns.

1. I like …… job.

2. Do you like …… job?

3. I know Mr Watson but I do not know …… wife.

4. Is this camera …… ?

5. They’ve got two children but I don’t know …… names.

1.4. Prepositions of time.

Rule.

We use prepositions of time to say when something happens, happened or will happen.

ON	AT	IN
On Monday (days of the week) On New year’s day On 11th September (dates) On Tuesday evening	At 10 o’clock (time) At Christmas (holidays) At Easter At the weekend At night At noon At midnight At present/ at the moment At the end of … (October)	In September (months) In summer (seasons) In 2012 (years) In the XXII century In the evening / morning In a minute / in an hour In a week / a few days

Rule.

We do not use the prepositions before:

This (this morning, this month)

Every (every day, every year)

Last (week, holiday)

Next (Friday, month)

1. Fill the gaps with on, at, in.

1. …at… 6 o’clock. 11. …… midnight

2. …… night. 12. …… winter

3. …… the afternoon 13. ……24 December

4. …… Monday 14. ……12.30

5. …… Autumn 15 . ……Friday

6. …… 1 May 16. …… weekend

7. …… 1995 17. …… a few minutes

8. …… Easter 18. …… the end of my holiday

9. …… noon 19. …… Christmas day

10. …… Friday morning 20. …… half past four

2. Fill the gaps with on, at, in.

1. She goes shopping …on… Saturday morning.

2. They start work …… 8.30. …… the morning.

3. Her birthday …… 19 July

4. Children usually get presents …… Christmas.

5. It’s hot …… summer.

6. He usually stays at home …… the evening.

7. Mother and Farther works in the garden …… Saturday afternoon.

8. John usually does his homework …… afternoon.

9. Mother’s birthday is …… 21 May.

10. It is rainy …… autumn.

3. Fill the gaps with on, at, in.

1. We always go on holiday …in… summer.

2. I usually get up …… seven o’clock.

3. My favorite television programme begins …… 6.30 …… the evening.

4. Some birds and animals come out …… night.

5. Sometimes it snows …… autumn.

4. Fill the gaps with on, at, in where necessary.

1. Mr. Simpson is arriving …on… Friday.

2. I like walking in the park ….. hot days.

3. The accident happened …… yesterday evening.

4. I am very busy …… the moment.

5. Tom plays tennis …… every evening.

6. The bus leaves …… ten minutes.

7. I have a doctor’s appointment …… today.

8. They were at the Zoo ……this morning.

9. They played tennis …… last Saturday.

10. We can go to beach …… Sunday.

11. My family has lunch …… noon.

12. We give presents …… Christmas.

13. Don’t forget to call Jill …… tonight.

14. The farmer woke up …… dawn and fed the chickens.

15. Jason was fast asleep …… midnight.

5. Put the following words into the correct column.

March, Christmas, last year, 26 March, spring, 2008, this week, the evening, 7 o’clock, the weekend, an hour, the end, next week, ten minutes, afternoon, Friday night, New Year’s Day, midnight, the morning, Sunday, every day.

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