Possessive Pronouns
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I | my | , , , | mine | , , , | |
he | his | his | |||
she | her | hers | |||
it * | , , | its * | , | its * | , * |
we | our | , , , | ours | , , , | |
you | your | , , , | yours | , , , | |
they ** | their ** | theirs ** |
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Exercise 2. | Supply the correct possessive pronouns in the following sentences. |
Model: | They usually eat their lunch at the Ritz Cafeteria. |
1. | We always study ____ English lessons very carefully. |
2. | That girl always takes very good care of ____ clothes. |
3. | The children are playing with ____ toys right now. |
4. | I always put ____ pens and pencils in the second in the second drawer. |
5. | Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are sitting in ____ living room now. |
6. | You and I dont spend ____ money very carefully. |
7. | Miss Davis is using ____ sisters book today. |
8. | We write letters to ____ friends once or twice a month |
9. | Tom and Bill are walking home with ____ friends. |
10. | Mr. Brown seldom drives ____ car to ____ office. |
11. | You dont do ____ English lessons very carefully. |
Exercise 3. | Substitute a possessive pronoun for the words in parentheses in each sentence. |
Model: | That book is (my book). That book is mine. |
Those are (her pictures). Those pictures are hers. |
1. | Is this your purse or (Miss Brown s purse)? |
2. | Are those my shoes or (his shoes)? |
3. | Their house and (our house) are both on the same block. |
4. | That red car in front of (your car) is (my brothers car). |
5. | Are these two books (your books) or (my books)? |
6. | All of these magazines are (his magazines). |
7. | Those cigarettes on the table are (my cigarettes). |
8. | Are all of these papers (your papers)? |
9. | That newspaper on the desk is (her newspaper). |
10. | That big white house on the corner is (their house) |
11. | Edwards new suit and (my new suit) are very similar. |
Reflexive and Emphatic Pronouns
1- | myself | , | ourselves | , |
2- | yourself | , , , | yourselves | , |
3- | himself herself itself | , , , , , | themselves | , |
Exercise 4. | Supply the correct reflexive pronouns in the following sentences. |
Model: | I will ask him myself. |
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1. | Dont hurt ____ Mike! |
2. | Dont hurt ____, children! |
3. | He defended ____ bravely. |
4. | They told me the news ____. |
5. | She will answer the letter ____. |
6. | Well do it ____. |
7. | I looked at ____ in the mirror. |
Exercise 5. | State whether the self-pronoun is emphatic or reflexive. Translate the sentences into Russian. |
1. | The villagers built themselves new houses. |
2. | They build the houses themselves. |
3. | The man opened the door and found himself facing a stranger. |
4. | Would you mind keeping your opinion to yourself? |
5. | I heard it from a man who himself was present there. |
6. | He was in a still worse position than ourselves. |
7. | Go and see it for yourself. |
8. | You can trust him. He is honesty himself. |
9. | And then they left me to myself. |
10. | If one wants a thing done, one had best do it oneself. |
11. | He noticed that there was someone standing between himself and the door. |
Reciprocal Pronouns
one another , each other . Each other , one another .
Tom and Ann looked at each other. They often meet one another in the cafe. | . . |
Exercise 6. | State which of the pronouns in bold type are reciprocal. Translate the sentences into Russian. |
1. | They looked at one another in surprise. |
2. | We couldnt hear each others words for the wind. |
3. | He smoked one cigarette after another. |
4. | Although they lived in the same street they rarely saw each other. |
5. | The new-comer shook hands with the host and nodded to every other in the room. |
6. | They have known each other for ten years. |
Exercise 7. | Use the correct reciprocal pronoun: each otherorone another. |
1. | Tod and Mary looked at ____ and burst into laughter. |
2. | You feel very relaxed among these people. How long have you known ____? |
3. | The two cars have just crashed into ____. |
4. | Many big cities in this country participate with ____. |
5. | Sisters will never play peacefully together. They always claim for ____s things. |
6. | The delegates at the conference speak different languages and dont understand ____. |
7. | Lets help ____. |
Demonstrative Pronouns
this | , , | these | |
that | , , | those |
We shall stay here, at this place. | , . |
Give me those books. | . |
that (these, those) - . of . , , .
, these they (them) :
The story of the telephone is similar to that of the telegraph. | . |
He bought some exercise books and put these on the shelf. | . |
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Exercise 8. | Choose thisorthese. |
Model: | This is your briefcase. These are your books. |
1. | ____ questions are hard. |
2. | ____ seem very hard. |
3. | ____ seems very easy. |
4. | ____ lesson is simple. |
5. | ____ words are new. |
6. | ____ goes on ____ lines. |
Exercise 9. | Choose thatorthose. |
Model: | Is that man here now? Are those students ready? |
1. | Are ____ your gloves? |
2. | Does ____ seem difficult? |
3. | Do ____ men speak English? |
4. | Is ____ lesson very easy? |
5. | Do ____ feel comfortable? |
6. | Do ____ belong on ____ desk? |
7. | Does ____ go in ____ drawers? |
Exercise 10. | Choose sentences where that, thosesubstitute nouns. |
1. | Natural rubber is of higher quality than that produced artificially. |
2. | These factors taken together ensure high production efficiency. |
3. | The pictures painted by Rembrant and those painted by Rubens have very little in common. |
4. | Those are the lorries carrying our brothers to the mines. |
5. | There are no richer art museums in this country than these of St Petersburg. |
6. | The electric power output in our country cannot compare to that of pre-revolutionary Russia. |
7. | Consumption of bread and potatoes is decreasing steadily while that of sugar is increasing despite doctors recommendations. |
8. | The new technologies that are being developed must be connected with traditional ones. |
9. | These devices are more reliable than those designed in our laboratory. |
10. | An important matter is that of raising the effectiveness of external economic relations. |
11. | For the last generation, Silicon Valley and Tokyo have been working to design computers that are ever easier to use. |
12. | These control systems are more efficient than those described in that journal. |
13. | A work generated by a computer may resemble that of a certain artist in both style and form. |
14. | The simplest materials are those which have only one kind of atoms. |
15. | The robots became so intelligent that they revolted. |
Exercise 11. | Substitute thatorthosefor the repeated nouns. |
1. | The pictures painted by Rembrandt and the pictures painted by Rubens have very little in common. |
2. | The language in plays is usually easier and simpler than the language in novels. |
3. | The music of Queen of Spades is more dramatic than the music of Eugene Onegin. |
4. | The stories written by O. Henry are as full of life as the stories written by Mark Twain. |
5. | Natural rubber is of higher quality than rubber produced artificially. |