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Pronoun Question 01

Pronoun Question 01


Choose the correct pronouns to complete the sentences.

1. The old woman lived alone, with ---- to look after ----.
A) someone / her
B) anyone / herself
C) everyone / she
D) no one / her✔
E) anyone / she's

2. ---- two rings here on my little finger belonged to ---- grandmother.
A) These / my✔
B) That / mine
C) Those / me
D) The / myself
E) This / my

3. When the little boy grabbed the lizard, ---- tail broke off in ---- hand.
A) it's / his
B) it / him
C) its / his✔
D) it / one's
E) its / he's

4. A baby learns the meaning of words as ---- are spoken by others and later uses ---- in sentences.
A) their / they
B) they / them✔
C) they / themselves
D) it / them
E) they / it

5. Some of these clothes are ----, and the rest of ---- belong to Zack.
A) yours / it
B) my / them
C) hers / their
D) me / they
E) mine / them✔

6. As for ----, I prefer to let people make up ---- minds.
A) myself / each other's
B) I / his own
C) mine / one another's
D) me / their own✔
E) my / theirs

7. The solicitor wrote a letter to Ann and ---- in which he asked us if we could settle the matter between ----.
A) I / us
B) me / us✔
C) myself / ours
D) mine / our
E) me / we

8. As ---- cuts it as well as he does, I always have my hair cut at Johnson's.
A) anyone
B) someone else's
C) no one else✔
D) everyone
E) nobody's

9. They decided to buy the house because ---- location would allow ---- to get to work very easily.
A) theirs / them
B) it / themselves
C) its / them✔
D) they / us
E) its / their

10. Our dog is of a very good breed as ---- is the offspring of two very champion dogs and inherited ---- features.
A) this / its
B) he / them
C) she / theirs
D) that / his
E) it / their✔

*Choose the appropriate pronouns to complete the sentences.*

11. I didn't buy ---- in the end.
A) nothing
B) something
C) everybody
D) anything✔

12. It's not good if everyone ---- to get ---- own license.
A) wants / their
B) want / their
C) wants / their✔
D) want / theirs

13. He was an only child, so he had to learn how to amuse ----.
A) himself✔
B) him
C) anybody
D) each other

14. They always defend ----. If you blame one, the other will spring to her aid.
A) themselves
B) one another✔
C) him
D) them

15. He claimed to be an expert, but he knew almost ---- about it.
A) everything
B) nothing✔
C) anything
D) something

16. If ---- had called, they would have left a message.
A) anybody✔
B) nobody
C) everybody
D) no one

17. No one can find Alice and David ----.
A) everywhere
B) somewhere
C) anywhere✔
D) nowhere

18. Despite her father's complaints, she decided to live ---- in Canada.
A) herself
B) of her own
C) by herself✔
D) her

19. The music in the house was so loud that everybody had to shout to make ---- heard.
A) herself
B) oneself
C) themselves✔
D) them

20. There was ---- to help me so I had to do all the cleaning myself.
A) anybody
B) no one✔
C) somebody
D) everyone