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Q1. We scored as many

a) goals as them.

b) goals as I.

c) goals as he.

d) goals as she.

Ans. a

The pronoun ‘them’ is used here as an object. Object pronouns are the receiver of the action of the verb or for whom an action was performed. They generally appear AFTER the verb.

Q2. Raj and

a) I were present.

b) me were present.

c) him were present.

d) them were present.

Ans. a

The subject here is ‘Raj’ and ‘I’.

Q3. My grandparents live in Nagpur. They always like

a) to do theirs work.

b) to do them own work.

c) to do there work

d) to do their work.

Ans. d

The possessive pronoun of ‘they’ is ‘their’.

Q4. I remember that

a) they liked I.

b) they liked me.

c) they liked myself.

d) they liked themself.

Ans. b

‘I’ becomes "me" when used as an object. Object pronouns are the receiver of the action of the verb or for whom an action was performed. They generally appear AFTER the verb.

Q5. Please don’t tell Sheena about it

a) as he is not trustworthy.

b) as she is not trustworthy.

c) as they is not trustworthy.

d) as it is not trustworthy.

Ans. b

Sheena here is feminine gender. Therefore, we shall use the pronoun ‘she’.

Q6. I invited my friend

a) to her house.

b) to mine house.

c) to my house to her house.

d) to their house.

Ans. c

‘I’ becomes ‘me’ when used as an object. Object pronouns are the receiver of the action of the verb or for whom an action was performed. They generally appear AFTER the verb.

Q7. The cat had

a) its milk.

b) it’s milk.

c) their milk.

d) him milk.

Ans. a

We use the pronoun ‘it’ when we talk about animals unless we speak of them as specific male or female. With pronoun ‘it’, the possessive pronoun ‘its’ is used.

Q8. Tell me to

a) who does the car belong.

b) whom does the car belong.

c) which does the car belong.

d) what does the car belong.

Ans. b

The possessive pronoun ‘whom’ will be used.

Q9. This story book is

a) mine.

b) your.

c) their.

d) them.

Ans. a

The possessive pronoun ‘mine’ will be used.

Q10. My sister strummed

a) its guitar

b) her guitar.

c) his guitar.

d) it’s guitar.

Ans. b

Sister is a feminine gender. Therefore, we shall use the personal pronoun ‘her’.

Q11. They were told to fasten

a) their seat belts.

b) his seat belts.

c) our seat belts.

d) him seat belts.

Ans. a

The possessive pronoun of they is ‘their’.

Q12. My mother and

a) I are going for shopping.

b) me are going for shopping.

c) mine are going for shopping.

d) we are going for shopping.

Ans. a

Here the subject is my mother and I.

Q13. The personal pronoun which can substitute the underlined word in the sentence: The teacher gives the students homework.

a) them.

b) him.

c) her.

d) us.

Ans. a

Here the ‘students’ are plural noun of the third person. Therefore, we shall use the pronoun ‘them’.

Q15. The personal pronoun which can substitute the underlined word in the sentence is: I don’t know how to drive the car.

a) it.

b) his

c) her.

d) us.

Ans. a.

The car is an inanimate object. Therefore, we shall use the personal pronoun ‘it’.

Q16. We love to play

a) in our garden.

b) in mine garden.

c) in yours garden.

d) in theirs garden.

Ans. a

The possessive pronoun of ‘we’ is ‘our’.

Q17. Leena did the homework

a) himself.

b) herself.

c) yourself.

d) myself.

Ans. b

When the subject and the object in a sentence refer to the same person, we use reflexive pronoun. The correct reflexive pronoun is ‘herself’ because it refers to proper noun which is feminine.

Q18. I wrote the poem

a) myself

b) himself

c) mine.

d) ourselves.

Ans. a

When the subject and the object in a sentence refer to the same person, we use reflexive pronoun. The correct reflexive pronoun of ‘I’ is ‘myself’. It is used here for emphasis.

Q19. The teacher asked Meena if she did the work

a) all by himself.

b) all by herself.

c) all by herselves,

d) all by her.

Ans. b

The correct reflexive pronoun of ‘she’ is ‘herself’.

Q20. God helps those who help

a) ourselves.

b) themself.

c) themselves.

d) them.

Ans. c

It is a general statement which refers to everyone. Therefore, we shall use the reflexive pronoun ‘themselves’.

Q21. We always prefer to do our work

a) ourselves.

b) ourself.

c) themselves.

d) themselves.

Ans. a

When the subject and the object in a sentence refer to the same person, we use reflexive pronoun. The correct reflexive pronoun of ‘we’ is ‘ourselves’.

Q22. The small dog injured

a) myself when it ran after the big dog.

b) it when it ran after the big dog.

c) himself ran after the big dog.

d) itself when it ran after the big dog.

Ans. d

We use the pronoun ‘it’ when we talk about animals unless we speak of them as specific male or female. With pronoun ‘it’, the reflexive pronoun ‘itself’ is used.

Q23. I helped the girl

a) whom car broke down.

b) who car broke down.

c) whose car broke down.

d) which car broke down.

Ans. c

‘Whose’ denotes possession.

Q27 The story

a) which I read was interesting.

b) whose I read was interesting.

c) how I read was interesting.

d) who I read was interesting.

Ans. a

We use the pronoun ‘which’ when we talk about things.

Q29. This is his uncle

a) who is a leading scholar.

b) which is a leading scholar.

c) whom is a leading scholar.

d) whose is a leading scholar.

Ans. a

We use ‘who’ when we talk about people.

Q30.Rina and Mina have not met

a) themselves for quite some time.

b) one another for quite some time.

c) each other for quite some time.

d) themselves for quite some time.

Ans. c

Each other is used for two persons.

Q31. We helped

a) each other with our report.

b) ourselves with our report.

c) themselves with our report.

d) himself with our report.

Ans. a

We use each other when two people perform the same action.

Q32. My friend enjoyed

a) himself at the concert.

b) themselves at the concert.

c) myself at the concert.

d) ourselves at the concert.

Ans. b

The reflexive pronoun ‘himself’ will be used because it refers to the noun ‘friend’.

Q33. I can carry this heavy suitcase

a) myselves.

b) himself.

c) herself.

d) myself.

Ans. d

We use verb + reflexive pronoun + object when we do something for ourselves. The reflexive pronoun of ‘I’ is ‘myself’.

Q34. The lady cut

a) her when she was making dinner.

b) herself when she was making dinner.

c) myself when she was making dinner.

d) itself when she was making dinner.

Ans. b

We use by+ myself/ yourself/ himself when we are alone and not with another person.

Q35. Please

a) help yourself to tea.

b) help yourselves to tea.

c) help itself to tea.

d) help you to tea.

Ans. a

We use by+ myself/ yourself/ himself when we are alone and not with another person.

Q36. I am talking about the exhibition

a) whose is happening at Pragati Maidan.

b) that is happening at Pragati Maidan.

c) whom is happening at Pragati Maidan.

d) who is happening at Pragati Maidan.

Ans. c

The pronoun ‘that ‘or ‘which’ is used when we mention about things.

Q37. The book

a) who you are referring to is mine.

b) whom you are referring to is mine.

c) that you are referring to is mine.

d) this you are referring to is mine.

Ans. c

The pronoun ‘that ‘or ‘which’ is used when we mention about things.

Q38. The boy

a) who you met yesterday is my brother.

b) whom you met yesterday is my brother.

c) what you met yesterday is my brother.

d) whose you met yesterday is my brother.

Ans. b

The pronoun ‘who’ and ‘whom’ is used for persons.

Q39. It was

a) me who first protested.

b) I who first protested.

c) myself who first protested.

d) them who first protested.

Ans. b

The subject referred to here is ‘I’.

Q40. The teacher told me

a) these are merely excuses.

b) this are merely excuses.

c) which are merely excuses.

d) who are merely excuses.

Ans. a

A sense of relative distance (in time and space) has been conveyed through the choice of ‘these’.

Q41. The cost of

a) every of the houses is not affordable.

b) each other of the houses is not affordable.

c) that of the houses is not affordable.

d) each of the houses is not affordable.

Ans. d

We use the indefinite pronoun ‘each’ to make the contrast clearer.

Q42. I shall be happy to help

a) each.

b) this.

c) that

d) everyone.

Ans. d

Here the pronoun ‘everyone’ refers to all.

Q43. One must keep

a) one’s promise.

b) his promise.

c) their promise.

d) there promise.

Ans. a

With one, we always use ‘one’s’.

Q44. My friend

a) which came to my house yesterday is an eminent artist.

b) whose came to my house yesterday is an eminent artist.

c) who came to my house yesterday is an eminent artist.

d) whom came to my house yesterday is an eminent artist.

Ans. c

We use the pronoun ‘who’ with persons.

Q45. She insists on talking to the doctor

a) herself.

b) itself.

c) myself.

d) ourselves.

Ans. a

With ‘she’ the reflexive pronoun herself is used.

Q46. They have done the work

a) themselves.

b) ourself.

c) himself

d) myself.

Ans. d

The reflexive pronoun of ‘they’ is ‘themselves’.

Q47. The boys hid

a) themselves.

b) himself.

c) them.

d) their.

Ans. a

For plural noun ‘boys’ we shall use the reflexive pronoun ‘themselves’.

Q48. The old woman could not bear

a) those noise.

b) these noise.

c) that noise.

d) there noise.

Ans. c

Demonstrative pronouns are used to point out something or someone. To refer to people or objects near us we use ‘this’ or ‘that’.

Q49. Let

a) he answer the question.

b) they answer the question.

c) I answer the question.

d) him answer the question.

Ans. d

The right usage in the above sentence is the pronoun ‘him’.

Q50. Those pens

a) are their’s

b) are your’s.

c) are her’s.

d) are yours.

Ans. d

Apostrophe is not used with pronouns.

Q51. The kitten ate

a) its food.

b) ate her food.

c) ate there food.

d) ate it’s food.

We use the pronoun ‘it’ when we talk about animals unless we speak of them as specific male or female. With pronoun ‘it’, the personal pronoun ‘its’ is used.

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