Unit 2 pronouns

1. Choose the right form of the pronoun to complete these sentences

1. He was tired out but he forced … to go on. 2. She had cut … so badly she had to be rushed to hospital. 3. I could hear someone walking along behind … . 4. She realized that the car in front of … had stopped suddenly. 5. They built … a garage behind the house. 6. He boiled … a couple of eggs for breakfast. 7. If you’ve got a sleeping bag bring it with …. 8. They had promised … a summer holiday abroad. 9. Put it down in front of … . 10. On Sunday mornings the children were let to take care of … .

2. Complete these sentences using myself/yourself/etc. with these verbs

Kick, teach, cut, look after, hurt, burn, blame, talk to, lock, stretch.

1. Be careful! That pan is very hot. Don’t … . 2. Tom … while he was shaving this morning. 3. They couldn’t get back into the house. They had … out. 4. It isn’t her fault. She really shouldn’t … . 5. What a stupid fool I am! I could … . 6. The boy was lucky when he fell down the stairs. He didn’t … . 7. I’m trying to … Spanish, but I’m not making much progress. 8. He spends most of his time alone, so it’s not surprising that he … . 9. Don’t worry about us. We can … . 10. Being weary, she … on the sofa.

3. Translate from Russian into English

1. Прочитайте эту статью сами. 2. Может быть она объяснит все сама. 3. Я сам узнаю, как он себя чувствует. 4. Ребенок уже успокоился. 5. К своему удивлению он очутился в незнакомом месте. 6. Он представился как топ-менеджер крупной компании. 7. Посмотри на себя в зеркало. Ты выглядишь ужасно. 8. Мы не сможем решить эту проблему без вас. 9. Ты должен уделять себе больше времени. 10. Вот деньги, иди и купи себе мороженое.

4. Replace the underlined absolute form of possesive pronouns for simple possessive ones

1. A friend of mine told me about the accident. 2. Here is my credit-card. Where’s yours? 3. We went on holiday with some friends of ours. 4. They had an agreement with a neighbor of his. 5. Is this baggage theirs? 6. She is in love with a colleague of hers. 7. He invited some relatives of his. 8. It was a good suggestion of yours to take out a loan. 9. I do my work and the others do theirs. 10. She borrowed some money of ours, didn’t she?

5. Complete the following text with a suitable pronoun

The other day when I was shopping a woman stopped me and asked … the way to the post-office. … gave her directions and … thanked … politely, then … ran off quickly in the opposite direction. … put my hand in my pocket and found that … wallet was missing. … must have taken it while … were talking. … shouted and ran after … but … was no good. … had disappeared in the crowd.

All. Both. The whole. Neither. Either. No. none.

1. underline the correct variant

1. After the accident either/both cars stopped. 2. It wasn’t a very good contract. Neither/either party was going to sign it. 3. Both/the whole manager and director are agreed on that. 4. When I came into the office they both/either looked a bit strange. 5. Tell me all/the whole about it. 6. On the whole/both, you are probably right. 7. –What models do you prefer? –I like neither /no type. 8. –Is today the 18^th or the 19^th of March? – neither/both. It’s the 20^th. 9. It’s none/no of your business. 10. None/both of the people I work with speaks English.

 2. Complete the following text with : all, whole, none, no, both, neither

Life has slowly changed for the (1)… of our family. We were (2)… very close once, my wife and I and our two daughters. Aged twelve and eleven, they were (3)… angels, keen, enthusiastic, communicative, (4)… of them, nearly (5)… the time. When we meet up nowadays (6)… of us feels that comfortable. Oh yes, there are a few moments when we (7)… hug and ask each other for an update. Then when we (8)… sit down to either lunch or dinner - (9)… of my daughters seems very keen to eat at the same time as us anyway - (10)… of us seems to have that much to say. (11)… my daughters resent questions about their activities and I can't ask (12)… of them about their current boyfriends without (13)… of them ganging up on me and telling me to be quiet. On the (14)… , I find eating while watching a soap with them the best way out. (15)… of the girls seems at all interested in what (16)… my wife or I are doing. (17)… I can say is that life was much easier and more comfortable when (18)… of them could utter anything more than 'goo-goo' and 'da-da' and (19)… my wife and I could settle down for a meal without feeling strangers in our own home. I suppose that time and tide wait for (20)… man.

3. Translate from Russian into English

1. Наши покупатели ни звонили, ни писали нам в прошлом месяце. 2. Оба продавца работают в нашей компании очень давно. 3. Я хочу рассказать о положении нашей компании на рынке в целом. 4. Он англичанин или американец? - Ни тот, ни другой. Он австралиец. 5. Никто из наших сотрудников не курит на работе. 6. Она объездила (to travel around) всю Америку. 7. Все мои друзья учатся в институте. 8. Она не могла решить какой выбрать цвет. Ей нравились оба. 9. Мы работали целый день, но ни один из нас ни устал по-настоящему. 10. К сожалению, ни вы, ни я не можем ответить на этот вопрос. 11. Вы прочитали весь отчет?