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ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION COURSE

PRONOUNS
OBJECT POSSE-SSIVE POSSE- RE-FLEXIVE
PERSO- PRON. ADJEC-TIVES SSIVE PRON.
NAL PRON.
PRON.
I ME MY MINE MYSELF
YOU YOU YOUR YOUR YOURSELF
HE HIM HIS HIS HIMSELF
SHE HER HER HERS HERSELF
IT IT ITS ITS ITSELF
WE US OUR OURS OURSELVES
YOU YOU YOUR YOURS YOURSELVES
THEY THEM THEIR THEIRS THEMSELVES

They are working for a very nice man.

You are all invited to Adriana’s birthday party.
Someone wrote me a strange letter.
I told you not to do that.
Her car is prettier than I thought.
Mark brought our clothes from the store.
Alex’s dog was cute, but mine was more intelligent.
George and Arthur’s jobs were interesting and ours were boring.
The game itself was boring, but the festivals were fun.
Enjoy yourselves at the party!

FORM EXERCISES. 1. COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH THE

APPROPRIATE OBJECT OR REFLEXIVE
PRONOUN.

1. He liked the book I gave ___________ for his birthday.

2. No one helped us. We did it ___________________.
3. Jane cut __________________ with a kitchen knife.
4. I enjoyed that movie you took __________ to see.
5. I asked __________ to participate, but they were not interested.
6. We will do it for you if you buy ________________ the material.
7. Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic by _______________ in 1927.
8. Look at _____________ in the Mirror, Mary.
9. The public liked the actress and applauded ____________ enthusiastically.
10. People have told me about it, but I have not seen it _____________ .
11. Ask the teacher to tell _______ how to do it.
12. You must all do this exercise by ________________ .

2. CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE PRONOUN.

1. When Trotter and Martin went over the Niagara falls, the journey (it/itself) was very
quick, but the preparations for (it/itself) took a great deal of time.
2. When Lindberg returned to the U.S. (he/his) found (he/himself) regarded as a hero
and the city of New York gave (his/him) a ticker-tape parade.
3. The teacher told (ours/us) to do the project (us/ourselves).
4. Darwin’s wife, Emma, did not mind it when (he/his) showed (her/herself) the
earthworms, but (she/herself) was not interested in such creatures
 5. The sailors were surprised when Darwin told (Themselves/ them) of his fossil
discoveries, for they (themselves/them) saw only pieces of old bone and rock.

3. COMPLETE THESE TEXTS WITH APPROPRIATE POSSESSIVE FORMS FROM

THE PARENTHESIS.

 (my – mine – your – yours)

This book belongs to me. Look it has _______ name in it. I don’t know where
_______ book is, but you can borrow _______ tonight if you don’t find
________ .

 (his – his – her – hers – our – ours – their – theirs)

Did the children eat _______ dinners?
Well, Maria ate ______ dinner and John ate _______ .
But what about David and Susan?
They didn’t want _________. David finally ate some of _______ vegetables,
but Susan refused to eat _________ .
Well, I thought _________ dinners were very good, didn’t you?
Yes, I did. But ________ were different from the children’s.

4. COMPLETE EACH PARAGRAPH USING THE WORDS FROM THE BOX. USE
EACH WORD ONLY ONE TIME.

 I A. _______ can’t imagine ________ on another planet. Some people’s

 Me dream is to see the future, but _________ is to see the past. If H.G.
 My Wells offered ________ a trip in his time machine, _______ destination
 Mine would be the time of Shakespeare.
 Myself

B. After Amy Johnson, a British aviator, had flown _______ plane to  She
Australia, _______ wrote a book about the trip. Such books are  Her
often boring, but ______ was very interesting and many people  Her
complimented ______ on it, possibly because she wrote it ______  Hers
and didn’t use a “ghost-writer” like many famous people do.  Herself

 His C. Darwin was quite different from what many people expected.
 He _______ was not brilliant in conversation and was so shy that when
 Himself important societies invited _______ to discuss ________ theories, he
 His almost always refused. Often Huxley would defend his ideas publicly
 Him while he hid _________ in the family home. At times, in fact, it was
almost as though the ideas were not ________ but Huxley's!

D. Because ________ live in the 1990’s ________, it is very difficult  We

for _______ to imagine the situation in earlier centuries when many  Us
parts of the world had not been discovered. If _______ ideas are  Our
different, it is principally because _______ is a different world.  Ours
 Ourselves

E. T.H. Huxley and Lyell were friends of Darwin’s and also scientists.
 They When the origin of species was published, Darwin sent ______
 Them copies. Both Huxley and Lyell were famous authors ________,
 Their but _________ realized that Darwin’s book was more important
 Theirs and, at the same time, more controversial than _________, and
 Themselves that he would need _________ help and support.