BEYKENT UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL WAYSTAGE
Pronouns

PRONOUNS are used in place of a noun that has already been mentioned or that is already
known, often to avoid repeating the noun. For example:
Kate was tired, so she went to bed.
Michael took the children with him.
Sandras face was close to mine.
I could not find my baggage at the airport.
Personal Pronouns
Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns
Subject form Object form Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun
I
me
my
mine
you
you
your
yours
he
him
his
his
she
her
her
hers
it
it
its
its
we
us
our
ours
you
you
your
yours
they
them
their
theirs
Subjective pronouns
The personal pronouns I, you, we, he, she, it, we, and they are known as subjective pronouns
because they act as the subjects of verbs:
He spends ages looking out the window.
After lunch, she and I went to the planetarium.
Objective pronouns
The personal pronouns me, you, us, him, her, it, and them are called objective pronouns
because they act as the objects of verbs and prepositions:
Cousin Eldred gave me a trombone.
Take a picture of him, not us!
Possessive pronouns
The personal pronouns mine, yours, hers, his, ours, and theirs are known as possessive
pronouns: they refer to something owned by the speaker or by someone or something
previously mentioned:
The red basket is mine.
Yours is on the coffee table.
Possessive Adjectives
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SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL WAYSTAGE
Pronouns

The possessive adjectives my, your, his, her, its, our, and their are used with nouns or noun
phrases:
What is their problem?
Jill does not have her phone number.
A. Substitute the underlined parts with a suitable subject/object pronoun.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Martha and I don't like adventure films.

I give Tom a very interesting book
You never tell your mother the truth
It's very important that you bring your workbook
She studies English and French
He comes to the cinema with Adam and me
They buy some tickets for the concert
Liam, Robert and you go to the same school
The baby girl cries very much at night
The policeman helps the woman /

B. Order the following sentences. There is one extra word that is unnecessary.
1. He students The to listen him.
_______________________________.
2. watch parents My TV at She night.
_______________________________.
3. He is The very computer good.
_______________________________.
4. the Your Me dance in friends disco.
_______________________________.
5. eats Your all its dog food I.
_______________________________.
C.

Choose the correct pronoun form.

a. It's up to us / we geologists to warn the people of impending volcanic activity.
b. The principal made Jayden and I / me repair the damage to the auditorium wall.
c. The writers of the by-laws, Mickey and he / him presented a report to the senate.
d. If it were up to Marylyn and I / me the room would have been painted yellow.
e. Josie, Mary, and him / he rode their bikes all the way to New Hampshire.
f. The boss was worried that we / us wouldn't do the work without additional
compensation.
g. The family's running out of money, but that's a secret between his mother and he
/ him.
h. I really don't appreciate you / your walking late into class every morning.
i. The only students in the cafeteria this morning were Jayden and I / me.
j. I don't want anybody except she / her working on this project.
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Pronouns

D. Complete the story with appropriate pronouns.

Once upon a time there was a girl called Little Red Riding Hood. Together with 1._____mum,
2._____lived in a big forest. One fine day, Little Red Riding Hoods mother said, 3._____
grandma is ill. Please go and take this cake and a bottle of wine to 4._____. Grandmas house is
not too far from 5._____ house, but always keep to the path and dont stop! So Little Red
Riding Hood made 6._____way to Grandmas house. In the forest 7._____ met the big bad wolf.
Little Red Riding Hood greeted 8._____ and the wolf asked: Where are 9._____ going, Little
Red Riding Hood? To 10._____ grandmas house. answered Little Red Riding Hood. Can
you tell 11._____ where 12._____ grandma lives? 13._____ lives in a little cottage at the edge
of the forest. Why dont 14._____ pick some nice flowers for 15._____? asked the wolf.
Thats a good idea. said Little Red Riding Hood and began looking for flowers. Meanwhile,
the wolf was on 16._____ way to grandmas house. The house was quite small but nice and
17._____ roof was made out of straw. The wolf went inside and swallowed poor old Grandma.
After that 18._____ put Grandmas clothes on and lay down in 19._____ bed.

Sometime later, Little Red Riding Hood came to the little cottage. 20._____ went inside and
was shocked by the sight of 21._____ grandma. Oh grandma, what big eyes, hands and mouth
22._____ have got. Little Red Riding Hood said. There, the wolf jumped out of bed and
swallowed 23._____, too. Then 24. _____ lay down again and fell asleep. After a while, the
hunter passed by Grandmas house. 25._____ heard somebody snoring, thought that there was
something wrong and consequently went inside. In the bedroom, 26._____ saw the wolf. First,
the hunter wanted to shoot 27._____, but then 28._____ saw the wolfs big belly. So the hunter
took out 29._____ knife and cut the belly open. Out came Little Red Riding Hood and 30._____
grandma. Thank you for saving 31._____, whispered Little Red Riding Hood. Then all of
32._____ went to fetch some stones and put 33._____ in the wolfs belly. Soon the wolf woke
up. 34._____ was very thirsty and went to the well in the garden to drink some water. When the
wolf wanted to lean over and drink, the stones in 35._____ belly were too heavy and pulled
36._____ down into the well. Grandma, the hunter and Little Red Riding Hood were happy, ate
37._____ cake and drank the wine. But the wolf in the well thought, Why do such things always
happen to 38._____?

BEYKENT UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL WAYSTAGE
Pronouns

ANSWER KEY
A. 1. We
6. us

2. him

3. her

4. it

5. them

7. them

8. You

9. She

10. He/her

B. 1. The students listen to him.

2. My parents watch TV at night.
3. The computer is very good.
4. Your friends dance in the disco.
5. Your dog eats all its food.
C. 1. we

2. me

3. he

4. me

5.he

6. we

7. him

8. your

9. me

10. her

D. 1. her

2. she

3. your

4. her

5. our

6. her

7. she

8. him

9. you

10. my

11. me

12. your

13. she

14. you

15. her

16. his

17. its

18. he

19. her

20. she

21. her

22. you

23. her

24. he

25. he

26. he

27. him

28. he

29. his

30. her

31. us

32. them

33. them

34. he

35. his

36. him

37. their

38. me