UNIT 6 Subject, Object and Reflexive Pronouns TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 6

Subject, Object and Reflexive Pronouns

 

EXERCISE A Choose the correct pronoun and write its number in the brackets. Example 1 Who gave _____________ that lovely ring? (1) we (2) she (3) you (4) they 2 I rang Daisy and she told _____________ the news. (1) myself (2) I (3) her (4) me 3 Please help _____________ to more food. (1) themselves (2) yourselves (3) you (4) they 4 It was my cousin’s birthday, so I sent _____________ a card. (1) him (2) himself (3) he (4) them 5 Dolphins live in the sea but _____________ are really mammals. (1) them (2) he (3) they (4) themselves 6 Here's an important letter for parents. Please give it to as soon as _____________ you get home. (1) themselves (2) they (3) you (4) them 7 Engineers are trying to make a car that drives_____________! (1) myself (2) herself (3) itself (4) himself 8 Mum, can you pass _____________ a banana, please? (1) me (2) I (3) myself (4) you 9 I like my friends very much but sometimes I like to be by_____________. (1) me (2) I (3) myself (4) yourself 10 There's a school trip tomorrow. _____________ are going to the zoo. (1) We (2) He (3) She (4) I 11 David hurt _____________ when he was making some bookshelves. (1) myself (2) yourself (3) herself (4) himself 12 Tell _____________ all about your holiday. (1) our (2) us (3) you (4) ourselves   EXERCISE B Fill in the gaps using the correct pronoun from the box. You may use some pronouns more than once. he her him it himself she them themselves they     Treasure Island (1) Treasure Island is a great book. (1) ____ tells the story about a boy called Jim Hawkins. (2) ____ lives alone with his mother. Mrs Hawkins is a busy lady as (3) ____ owns an inn, a place for travellers to stay. One day, an old sailor, Billy Bones comes to stay. He tells Jim lots of stories about adventures and tells (4) ____ about pirates too! But this old man has a secret that he keeps to (5) ____. Billy dies and after his death pirates arrive at the inn. (6) ____ want to know Billy's secret. But, just before they arrived, Jim had taken some papers from Billy's chest. Jim and his mother hide (7) _____ until the pirates have left and then (8) ____ go to see Dr Livesey. Jim gives (9) ____ the papers. Dr Livesey and his friend, Squire Trelawney, open the papers and discover a map. lt is a map of an island and (10) ____  shows where treasure is buried. Dr Livesey and his friend decide to go to find the treasure. They buy a ship and hire sailors to sail it. Jim asks his mother if he can go with (11) ____ .Or Livesey promises (12) ____ that he will look after Jim. So Mrs Hawkins lets Jim go with the men.   EXERCISE C Fill in the gaps with the correct pronoun from the box. You may use some pronouns more than once. himself themselves them they she her he it you I   Treasure Island (2) Long John Silver is one of the sailors working on Or Livesey's ship. (1) _____ has a wooden leg and carries a parrot around on his shoulder. Jim and Long John Silver become friends. Then the ship sails for Treasure Island. One day, Jim hears some sailors whispering about the treasure. He hides (2) _____ in a barrel and listens as Long John Silver tries to persuade other sailors to take over the ship once the treasure is on (3) ___ . Jim rushes off to find Dr Livesey and Squire Trelawney to tell (4) ____ .After a long voyage, they arrive at the island. After many adventures, Jim and his friends find the treasure and (5) ____ hide (6) _____ away from the pirates. The pirates want the treasure for (7) _____ and so there is a battle. In the end the pirates are beaten. Jim and the others get back to the ship. (8) ___ set sail and return home. Jim is reunited with his mother. (9) ____ is overjoyed to see Jim safely home again. He promises (10) ____ that he will never go to sea again. Treasure Island is a really exciting book. I enjoyed it and (11) _____ think (12) _____ will too!

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