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Grammar reference and exercises

1. Pronouns

Personal

Possessive adjectives

Possessive pronouns

Reflexive-Emphatic pronouns

Before verbs as subjects

After verbs as objects

Followed by nouns

Not followed by nouns

I

Me

My

Mine

Myself

You

You

Your

Yours

Yourself

He

Him

His

His

Himself

She

Her

Her

Hers

Herself

It

It

Its

Itself

We

Us

Our

Ours

Ourselves

You

You

Your

Yours

Yourselves

They

Them

Their

Theirs

Themselves

NOTE: Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns express possession. Possessive Adjectives go before nouns, whereas Possessive Pronouns do not go before nouns: e.g. This is her jacket. It’s hers.

1.1 Write the correct possessive adjectives for these sentences:

1. These are my parents. (I)

2. I've got ______ watch. (he)

3. Is this ______ car? (you)

4. Do they like ______ new house? (she)

5. Have you met ______ teacher? (they)

6. Who's got ______ money? (I)

7. I don't like ______ teacher. (we)

8. Have you got ______ passport? (you)

9. He forgot ______ keys. (he)

10. They changed ______ hotel. (they)

11. She gave the letter to ______ secretary. (she)

12. There's something wrong with ______ car. (I)

13. They're having a party in ______ garden. (they)

14. Where's ______ pen? (I)

15. I like ______ jacket. (You)

1.2 Write the correct possessive adjective or pronoun for these sentences:

1. Whose camera is this? Is it yours ? (you)

2. Excuse me, those are our seats. (we)

3. Is it _____ suitcase or ______? (you, he)

4. Has the dog had ______ food? (it)

5. They're not ______ keys – they're ______. (I/she)

6. I don't think its ______ room: I think it's ______. (you/they)

7. The police asked me for ______ address. (I)

8. Have you got ______ pen, or would you like to borrow ______? (you/I)

9. ______ garden is bigger than ______. (they/we)

10. I think this is ______ book. Oh no, it's ______. (I/you)

11. The decision is ______. (they)

12. The cat wants ______ dinner. (it)

13. You know it's not ______ money. It's ______. (you/I)

14. It isn't ______ car, it's ______. (he/she)

15. It wasn't ______ mistake, it was ______. (I/they)

16. Have you met ______ mother? (they)

17. ______ parents say the decision is ______. (she/they)

18. ______ brother hasn't got a phone, so he uses ______. (I/we)

19. ______ car wasn't working, so I used ______. (I/he)

20. ______ house is smaller than ______. (we/they)

2. Nouns

A noun can be countable or uncountable: e.g. I eat a banana every day. I like bananas. (A countable noun can be singular or plural.) I eat rice every day. I like rice. (An uncountable noun has only one form). Here are some uncountable nouns:

accommodation, advice, baggage, behavior, bread, chaos, damage, furniture, information, luck, luggage, news, permission, progress, scenery, traffic, weather, work, etc.

2.1 Write “C” for countable and “U” for uncountable nouns:

apple; water; boy; milk; table; pen;

bread; cup; computer; money; cheese; tooth;

car; grass; person; road; chair; bicycle; hand; flour; information; butter; sugar; tree;

garden; book; news; bus; wine; house.

2.2 Write the plurals of the words given in brackets to complete these sentences:

1. Would you bring the bottle and some glasses, please? (glass)

2. We cut the cake into _____. (half)

3. We bought some _____ to eat with our _____. (tomato/sandwich)

4. They caught several _____ that afternoon. (fish)

5. It was a shop selling _____ and _____. (stereo/video)

6. Would you like some of these _____? (potato)

7. We saw a cartoon about _____ and _____. (cat/mouse)

8. All the _____ had different coloured _____. (house/roof)

9. It was autumn, and the _____ were falling. (leaf)

10. Did you make these _____? (handkerchief)

11. We use several _____ for painting the _____. (process/car)

12. They have some _____ and a few _____. (chicken/sheep)

13. They visited several _____ that night. (disco)

14. I've read her _____, but I haven't seen any of her _____. (book/play)

15. I bought some _____ for the _____. (shelf/glass)

16. There were _____ of _____ in the factory. (thousand/box)

17. The _____ went in one door and the _____ went in the other. (man/woman)

18. They have a lot of _____ at the moment. (worry)

19. Would you bring the _____ and _____? (knife/fork)

20. The _____ chased the _____ for several miles. (wolf/deer)