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Grammar Exercise - Personal Pronouns

Do the exercise on the personal pronouns and click on the button to see
the correct answer.

(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on the
personal pronouns)
Use the correct personal pronoun.

1. She often reads books. (Leila)

2. He
is watching TV. (Alan)
3. It
is green. (the dress)
4. They
are on the wall. (the pictures)
5. It
is running. (the cat)
6. We
are watching TV. (my sister and I)
7. They
are in the garden. (the roses)
8. He
is driving his car. (John)
9. She
is from Bristol. (Liza)
10.
She
has got a brother. (Diana)
11.
Have you
got a car, Sue?

Personal pronouns - Exercise 1

1) He is dreaming.
2) It is green.
3) They are on the wall.
4) It is running.
5) We are watching TV.
6) They are in the garden.
7) He is riding his bike.
8) She is from Bristol.
9) She has got a brother.
10) Have you got a computer, Mandy?

Personal pronouns in English - Object forms - Exercise

1) I -

me

2) you -

you

3) he -

him

4) she -

her

5) it 6) we -

it
us

Relative pronouns - who, which, whose or no pronouns? - Exercise 2

1) This is the boy

who had an accident.

2) Yesterday I saw a car

3) Mandy is the girl

which was really old.

x I met on Friday.

4) I haven't seen Frank,

for a long time now.

whose brother is five,

5) The robber stole the car

front of the supermarket.
6) This is the man

whose house is on fire.

7) Can I talk to the girl

bench?
8) The book

x the lady parked in

who is sitting on the

whose you gave me is great.

9) She likes hamburgers

which are hot.

10) Bill Clinton,

who was President of the USA,
has only one daughter.

Correct answer: The book x you gave me is

great.

self or each other - Exercise 1

1) Sandra and Angela haven't met

other for a long time.

each

2) My friends enjoyed
concert.

itself very much at the

3) Tim repaired his car

himself.

4) We helped

themselves with our report.

5) People often give

Christmas.
6) I bought

ourselves presents at

myself a new camera.

7) Chris, did you do the Maths homework

yourself?
8) They looked at

each other and smiled.

9) Ron and Tom often write e-mails to

other because they're good friends.
10) Ann only thinks of

each

herself. She's an egoist.

Correct answer: My friends

enjoyed themselvesvery much at the
concert.

Correct answer: We helped each other with our

report.
Correct answer: People often give each
otherpresents at Christmas.

Personal Pronouns - Subject

1. My name is Sue. I

am English. And this is my family.

2. My mum's name is Angie. She is from Germany.

3. Bob is my dad. He is a waiter.
4. On the left you can see Simon. He is my brother.
5. We

are twins.

6. Our dog is a girl, Judy. She

7. We
8. It

is two years old.

live in Canterbury.
is not far from London.

9. My grandparents live in London. They often come and see us.

10. What can you

tell me about your family?

Personal Pronouns Object

1. My sister Jane loves books. This novel is for her.
2. My children like Disney films. The video is for them.
3. My brother Matt collects picture postcards. These postcards are for him.
4. My parents like Latin music. The CD is for them.
5. I like watches. This nice watch is for me.
6. My wife and I love sweets. These sweets are for us.
7. My nephew likes cars. The toy truck is for him.
8. My neighbour wants to go to California next year. The guide book is for her.
9. Here is another souvenir. I don't know what to do with it.
10. You know what? - It's for you.

Possessive Adjectives
Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives.
1. Where are your friends now?
2. Here is a postcard from my friend Peggy.
3. She lives in Australia now with her family.
4. Her husband works in Newcastle.
5. His

company builds ships.

6. Their children go to school in Newcastle.

7. My husband and I want to go to Australia, too.
8. We want to see Peggy and her family next winter.
9. Our winter!
10. Because it is their summer.

Possessive Pronouns
Replace the personal pronouns by possessive pronouns.
1. This book is yours.
2. The ball is mine.
3. The blue car is ours.
4. The ring is hers.
5. We met Paul and Jane last night. This house is theirs.
6. The luggage is his.
7. The pictures are hers

8. In our garden is a bird. The nest is its

9. This cat is ours.
10. This was not my fault. It was yours.

Reflexive Pronouns
Fill in the correct reflexive pronouns.
1. I did not want to believe it and then I saw the UFO myself.
2. The girl looked at herself in the mirror.
3. Freddy, you'll have to do your homework yourself.
4. You don't need to help them. They can do it themselves

5. I introduced myself to my new neighbour.

6. Boys, can you make your beds yourselves

7. She made herself a pullover.

8. What happens when a fighting fish sees itself in the mirror?
9. The father decided to repair the car himself.
10. We can move the table ourselves

Relative Pronouns (who / which / whose)

Choose the correct relative pronoun (who, which, whose).
1. This is the bank which
2. A boy whose

was robbed yesterday.

sister is in my class was in the bank at that time.

3. The man who

robbed the bank had two pistols.

4. He wore a mask which

made him look like Mickey Mouse.

5. He came with a friend who

6. The woman who
7. The bag which

gave him the money was young.

contained the money was yellow.

8. The people who

9. A man whose

were in the bank were very frightened.

mobile was ringing did not know what to do.

10. A woman whose

11. The car which

daughter was crying tried to calm her.

the bank robbers escaped in was orange.

12. The robber whose

13. The man who

waited outside in the car.

mask was obviously too big didn't drive.

drove the car was nervous.

14. He didn't wait at the traffic lights which

15. A police officer whose

were red.

car was parked at the next corner stopped and arrested them.

at, in, on - Prepositions in expressions of time - Exercise

1)

in September

2)

at 12 o'clock

3)

on winter

Correct answer: in winter

4)

in Easter Monday

Correct answer: on Easter Monday

5)

on 4th July, 1776

6)

on Christmas

Correct answer: at Christmas

7)

at Tuesday

Correct answer: on Tuesday

8)

in the weekend

Correct answer: at the weekend

9)

on my birthday

10)

at the end of the week

Gerund after prepositions - Exercise

1) My friend is good

at playing volleyball.

2) She complains

about bullying.

3) They are afraid

of losing the match.

4) She doesn't feel

like working on the computer.

5) We are looking forward

6) Laura dreams

of living on a small island.

7) Andrew apologized
8) Do you agree
9) The girls insisted
10) Edward thinks

to going out at the weekend.

for being late.

with staying in a foreign country?

on going out with Kerry.
of climbing trees this afternoon.

Prepositions and idioms in English - Exercise

1) I'm tired

of waiting for you.

2) He hasn't smoked
3) Nina is good
4) I'm looking
them?
5) They dream

Correct answer: He hasn't

smoked for ages.

since ages.

Correct answer: Nina is good at running.

for running.
for my keys. Has anyone found

of moving to South Africa.

6) This song was written

by Madonna.

7) You can look the word

on in a dictionary.

8) I can't come to the party. Don't wait

9) She had problems
instructions.

to reading the

10) The police car chased the robbers

between the streets.

Correct answer: You can look the word up in a

dictionary.

forme.
Correct answer: She had problems in reading the
instructions.
Correct answer: The police car chased the
robbers through the streets.

Prepositions and verbs - Exercise

1) hang

out with friends

2) listen

to music

3) talk
4) go
5) arrive

on the phone
to the swimming pool
at the airport

6) look

out of the window

7) sleep

during the night

8) lie
9) wait
10) hide

on the beach
outside the stadium
behind the tree

Exercise on Prepositions Place

Complete the exercise according to the picture.
1. In the picture, I can see a woman.
2. The woman is sitting at a table.
3. She is sitting on a chair.
4. There is another chair opposite the woman.
5. Her feet are under the table
6. The woman is holding a cup in her hands.
7. On the table are a laptop, a paper, a calculator, an appointment calendar, two pens and a
muffin.
8. The woman is looking at her laptop.
9. The woman's bag is under the table.

Exercise on Prepositions Time

Fill in the correct prepositions.
1. Peter is playing tennis on Sunday.
2. My brother's birthday is on the 5th of November.
3. My birthday is inMay.
4. We are going to see my parents at the weekend.
5. In 1666, a great fire broke out in London.
6. I don't like walking alone in the streets at night.
7. What are you doing in the afternoon?
8. My friend has been living in Canada for two years.
9. I have been waiting for you since seven o'clock.
10. I will have finished this essay by Friday.

Exercise on Prepositions Buses

Complete the exercise with the correct prepositions.
1. If you want to go by bus, you have to go to the bus stop.
2. You look at the time table.
3. Then you wait for your bus.
4. When the bus arrives, you get on the bus.
5. You buy a ticket from the driver or show your ticket to the driver.
6. When you arrive at your destination, you get off the bus.
7. Sometimes you even have to change buses at another bus stop.

Exercise on Prepositions George Washington

Complete the exercise with the correct prepositions.
1. George Washington was born in Virginia in 1732.
2. In the American Revolutionary War ( between 1775 and 1783) he was the Commander-inChief of the American forces.
3. Washington played an important role in the founding of the United States.
4. He became the first President of the United States.
5. He was President from 1789 to 1797.
6. George Washington died at the age of 67, on the 14th of December 1799.
7. The capital of the United States and one federal state are named after George Washington.

Adjective or adverb in English - Exercise

1) He

quickly reads a book.

2) The dog barks

loudly.

3) She sings the song

4) It's a

well.

good day today. (terrible)

5) He is a

carefuly driver. (careful)

6) The class is
7) Max is a
8) Mandy is a

terriblely loud today.(terrible)

good singer.
pretty girl.

9) He drives the car

10) You can

carefully.

easily open this tin.

Correct answer: It's a terrible day today.

Correct answer: He is a careful driver.
Correct answer: The class is terribly loud today.

Adjective or adverb - Exercise

1) The bus driver was seriously injured.
2) Kevin is extremely clever.
3) This hamburger tastes awful.
4) Be careful with this glass of milk. It's hot.
5) Robin looks sad. What's the matter with him?
6) Jack is terribly upset about losing his keys.
7) This steak smells good.
8) Our basketball team played badly last Friday.
9) Don't speak so fast. I can't understand you.
10) Maria slowly opened her present.

Comparison of adjectives in sentences - Exercise

1) This is a nice cat. It's much nicer than my friend's cat.

2) Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is older.
3) This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk (*) is the most difficult exercise on the
worksheet.
4) He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the most interesting hobby in the world.
5) In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me an even better one last weekend.
6) School is boring, but homework is more boring than school.
7) Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is more dangerous than skateboarding.
8) This magazine is cheap, but that one is cheaper.
9) We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even smaller than ours.
10) Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the funniest joke I've ever heard.

Adjectives - Comparison - Test 1

Explanations - Adjectives
Exercises - Adjectives

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

bitter

more bitter or
bitterer

most bitter

noisy

noisier

noisiest

tall

taller

tallest

difficult

more difficult

most difficult

few

fewer

fewest

large

larger

largest

popular

more popular

most popular

high

higher

highest

hard

harder

hardest

sweet

sweeter

sweetest

Fill in the correct forms.

Positive Form

Comparative

Superlative

kind

kinder

kindest

One-syllable adjectives are compared with -er/-est.

bad

worse

worst

irregular comparison
long

longer

longest

One-syllable adjectives are compared with -er/-est.

busy

busier

busiest

Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y/-er are compared with -er/-est (y becomes i).
cheap

cheaper

cheapest

One-syllable adjectives are compared with -er/-est.

Exercise on Comparison of Adjectives

Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).
1. My house is bigger

than yours.

2. This flower is more beautiful

3. This is the most interesting

than that one.

book I have ever read.

4. Non-smokers usually live longer

than smokers.

5. Which is the most dangerous

animal in the world?

6. A holiday by the sea is better

than a holiday in the mountains.

7. It is strange but often a coke is more expensive

8. Who is the richest

woman on earth?

9. The weather this summer is even worse

10. He was the cleverest

than a beer.

thief of all.

than last summer.

Exercise on Comparison of Adjectives (as ... as)

Fill in the comparison with as ... as.
1. John is as tall as Glen.
2. Janet is as beautiful as Jeniffer.
3. You are as crazy as my sister.
4. We can run as fast as they can.
5. My mom is not as strict as your mum.
6. Your mobile phone is not as trendy as mine.
7. Matrix II was not as interesting as Matrix I.
8. This yoghurt does not taste as good as
9. I can do as many press-ups as
10. I do not earn as much money as

the one I bought yesterday.

you.
you do.

Position of adverbs of frequency - Exercise 1

1) He listens to the radio.

He often listens to the radio.
2) They read a book.
They sometimes read a book.
3) Pete gets angry.
Pete never gets angry.
4) Tom is very friendly.
Tom is usually very friendly.
5) I take sugar in my coffee.
I sometimes take sugar in my coffee.
6) Ramon and Frank are hungry.
Ramon and Frank are often hungry.
7) My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening.
My grandmother always goes for a walk in the evening.
8) Walter helps his father in the kitchen.
Walter usually helps his father in the kitchen.
9) They watch TV in the afternoon.
They never watch TV in the afternoon.
10) Christine smokes.
Christine never smokes.

Comparison of adverbs in English

1) fast -

faster -

fastest

2) well -

batter -

best

3) carefully carefully

Correct answer: well - better - best

more carefully -

4) often -

more often -

5) badly -

worse -

worst

6) hard -

harder -

hardest

7) clearly 8) little -

most often

more clearly more litte -

9) much -

more -

10) early -

earlier -

most

most clearly

most little

Correct answer: little - less - least

most
aerliest

Correct answer: early - earlier - earliest

Form of adverbs - Exercise

1) perfect 2) quiet -

perfectly
quietly

3) careful -

carefully

4) regular -

regularly

5) nice -

nicely

6) terrible -

terribly

7) heavy -

heaily

8) good -

well

9) hard -

hard

10) fantastic -

fantasticly

Correct answer: heavy - heavily

Correct answer: fantastic - fantastically

Position af adverbs

1) Our friends must write a test.

Our friends must also write a test.
2) I was joking.
I was only joking.
3) Did you enjoy the flight?
Did you both enjoy the flight?
4) Mary watches TV.
Mary hardly ever watches TV.
5) He drives his car.
He drives his car carefully.
6) The children play football.
The children play football in the garden.
7) We went to the cinema.
We went to the cinema yesterday.
8) John fell off the bike.
John almost fell off the bike.
9) Her boyfriend will buy her some flowers.
Her boyfriend will probably buy her some flowers.
10) My uncle is moving to Stockholm soon.
My uncle is definitely moving to Stockholm soon.

Form of Adverbs
Fill in the correct adverb.
Adjective

Adverb

easy

easily

If an adjective ends in consonant + y, y becomes i.

wide

widely

Normally only ly is added.

brilliant

brilliantly

Normally only ly is added.

loud

loudly

Normally only ly is added.

serious

seriously

Normally only ly is added.

Comparison of Adverbs
Fill in the correct forms.
Positive Form

Comparative

Superlative

hungrily

more hungrily

most hungrily

Adverbs ending in -ly are compared with more/most.

harmfully

more harmfully

most harmfully

Adverbs ending in -ly are compared with more/most.

athletically

more athletically

most athletically

Adverbs ending in -ly are compared with more/most.

brightly

more brightly

most brightly

Adverbs ending in -ly are compared with more/most.

deeply

more deeply

most deeply

Adverbs ending in -ly are compared with more/most.

Exercise on the Form of Adverbs

Find the adjective in the first sentence and fill the gap with the adverb.
1. Joanne is happy. She smiles happily

2. The boy is loud. He shouts loudly.

3. Her English is fluent. She speaks English fluently.
4. Our mum was angry. She spoke to us angrily

5. My neighbour is a careless driver. He drives carelessly.

6. The painter is awful. He paints awfully.
7. Jim is a wonderful piano player. He plays the piano wonderfully.
8. This girl is very quiet. She often sneaks out of the house quietly.
9. She is a good dancer. She dances really well
10. This exercise is simple. You simply

have to put one word in each space.

Exercise on Comparison of Adverbs

Fill in the correct adverb form (comparative or superlative) of the adjectives in brackets.
1. I speak English more fluently

now than last year.

2. She greeted me most politely

of all.

3. She smiled more happily

than before.

4. This girl dances most gracefully

5. Could you write more clearly
6. Planes can fly higher

of all.
?

than birds.

7. He had an accident last year. Now, he drives more carefully

8. Jim can run faster

than John.

9. Our team played worst

10. He worked harder

of all.

than ever before.

than before.