WORKING with PRONOUNS I Rewrite the incorrect sentences He didn’t see nobody in the room. _ Please give to me the number of that school In my school, anybody plays rugby. _ We all enjoyed themselves at the party Have you seen mine coat? _ Hacking it is a common teenage crime II Underline the suitable pronoun Give myself my bag back! _ Ann isn’t happy because somebody/anybody has stolen hers/her mobile phone Somebody Her children are too young lookdidn’t after they forgot to lock thetodoor, he/they? My brother is older than me/I but he/him isn’t as tall as I/me am We don’t know theirs/their telephone number, but they know our/ours People play sport everywhere/anywhere in the world We helped they/them move the piano; they couldn’t have done it on their/them own Have you lost anything/nothing? III Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B or C, to fit each space Dan Fool committed a crime He burgled into a house and stole _1 money from it Then he went home and began to count _2 He had nearly 3000 pounds and was very pleased with Then Dan turned on the radio and suddenly he heard talking about the burglary on the news The owner of the house- Mrs Loy said that 4000 pounds had been stolen After these words Dan counted money again and looked to see if _5 had fallen on the floor, but there wasn’t there The burglar was very angry, he thought to that Mrs Loy kept a thousand pounds for _8 and wanted to blame the thief for it all So he picked up _9 mobile and phoned the radio station He said that he had stolen only 3000 not 4000 pounds The reporter kept 10 talking while the police used _11new technology to trace the call, and Dan was quickly arrested The police found the other 1000 pounds lying in the street, where the unfortunate burglar had dropped 12 as he ran away from the house A some B any C his A him B himself C his A them herself B it C they A her B hers C A him B his C himself A his B he C him A somebody B nobody C something 10 A him B his C he A they C it 11 A his B its C their C nothing 12 A its B them C it B them A something B anything KEY I Rewrite the incorrect sentences He didn’t see anybody in the room Please give me the number of that school In my school, nobody plays rugby We all enjoyed ourselves at the party Have you seen my coat? Hacking is a common teenage crime Give me my bag back! Her children are too young to look after themselves II Underline the suitable pronoun Ann isn’t happy because somebody/ anybody has stolen hers/her mobile phone Somebody forgot to lock the door, didn’t he/they? My brother is older than me/I but he/him isn’t as tall as I/me am We don’t know theirs/their telephone number, but they know our/ours People play sport everywhere/anywhere in the world We helped they/them move the piano; they couldn’t have done it on their/them own Have you lost anything/nothing? III 1A 2B 3C 4A 5C 6B 7B 8C 9A 10 A 11 C 12 C