Pronoun Case & Reflexive
About Pronouns exercises
Pronouns stand in for nouns to avoid repetition and create cohesion in text. English pronouns fall into several categories: personal (I/me/my/mine), possessive (his/her/their), reflexive (myself/herself), demonstrative (this/that/these/those), relative (who/which/that), and indefinite (someone/anything/nobody).
Common errors include confusing subject and object pronouns (I vs. me in compound subjects), misusing reflexive pronouns where a standard pronoun is correct, and choosing incorrectly between who and whom. At higher levels, indefinite pronoun agreement and relative pronoun choice become important accuracy targets. These exercises cover all major pronoun types from A2 through B2.
Pronoun choice depends on the job the word does in the clause. Use a subject pronoun before a verb and an object pronoun after a verb or a preposition: Anna and I went home, and Tom gave the keys to her. To test a compound, remove the other person. You would say I went, not me went. Use a reflexive pronoun only when the subject and the object are the same person, as in She hurt herself. The same test works for who and whom: who replaces he or she, and whom replaces him or her.
The B2 set practises indefinite and relative pronouns. Indefinite pronouns such as everyone, nobody and each take a singular verb: Everyone has a copy of the plan. Use whose for possession: That is the man whose dog barks all night. In a non-defining clause after a comma, use who or which, never that: We visited Bath, which is famous for its Roman baths.
- Subject vs. object pronouns (I/me, he/him, they/them)
- Possessive pronouns vs. possessive adjectives (mine vs. my)
- Reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, themselves)
- Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those)
- Relative pronouns (who, whom, which, that, whose)
- Indefinite pronouns (someone, anything, nobody, each)