1. This is … (I) bag and that one over there is … (you). 2. … (she) score is better than … (I). 3. … (they) holiday starts the week after … (we). 4. Can we have … (you) suggestion first and then we’ll hear … (he)? 5. I didn’t bother going to … (he) party and he won’t be coming to … (I). 6. … (we) flight is delayed but … (they) took off on time. 7. I wish … (I) voice was as good as … (she). 8. If you are a friend of … (he), then you are a friend of … (I), too. 9. We’ll leave … (she) house after dinner, so we should be at … (they) before 6 p.m.
Ex.8. Supply there or it and a personal pronoun (it, he, she, they) in the blanks.
1.__ are a lot of people at the concert, and __ are fond of it. 2. __’s a policewoman waiting for you, __’s in your office. 3. __’s a parcel for you, __’s the book you you’ve been looking for. 4. __’s a new boy in our group today, __’s from Moscow. 5. __’s an article in today’s paper, __’s rather interesting. 6. __ are some students at the door, __’re from Ted’s group. 7. __’s much snow in the Arctic, __’s very cold there. 8. __’s strange that __’s no information on TV. 9. __’s too late, __’s no time left. 10. Near the park __ are two lakes, __ are frozen in winter. 11. __ looks like rain, __’s much rain this year. 12. __’s Christmas Day and everyone is happy. 13. __ takes me half an hour to get to the University on foot. 14. __’s no light on in the house. 15. Shall we take a taxi? – __’s too far to walk.
Ex. 9. Replace the underlined words with proper personal pronouns.
1. King Henry VIII ruled Britain in the XVII century. There are a lot of legends about this man. 2. Mary and I have been to some countries. Let (we, us, them) tell about one of (it, they, them). 3. Russia is the biggest country in the world. (It, She, They) takes one sixth of the territory of the planet. (I, We, She) are proud to be inhabitants of (her, it, us). 4. John, are (they, we you) busy tonight? – No, (I, he, we) am quite free. Would you like (I, me, him) to help? – Oh, yes, thanks. 5. The scissors are very sharp. Be careful working with (it, they, them). 6. There is little money left. Stop spending (them, it, they) wastefully. 7. English is spread all over the world. (It, He, They) is spoken everywhere on earth. 8. The English are rather different from other Europeans. (It, They, You) are known to be reserved, self-controlled and polite, aren’t (them, they, it)? 9. How do (we, they, you) find this film? – (He, It, She) is a bit dull. 10. Kate and Sue are fond of photographing. Let (they, them, her) show (us, I, they) some photos. 11. A lot of people have pets at home. Dogs and cats are more popular than birds. 12. Is there any sugar in the tea? – No, there is no sugar in the tea. Put (it, him, her) to your taste.
Ex.10. Use the proper possessive pronoun.
1. Tell me (your, yours) surname, please. – (My, mine) surname is Smith. 2. I’d like to tell you about (ours, our) university. (It’s, Its) history began in 1918. Many famous scholars worked and work now in it. (Their, Theirs) works are studied by students in every higher educational institution. 3. Meet Ann. She is a group mate of (our, mine). 4. Alex and Steve, is this CD (yours, your)? – Yes, it’s (his, ours). 5. Ben has a parrot. (His, its) cage is on the table. 6. Whose coat is that? – I’m not sure, but it seems to be Helen’s. I think, it’s (hers, her). 7. Where are (your, yours) test papers, girls? – (Our, ours) are over there, on (your, yours) table. 8. Is this Jack’s phone number? – Yes, it’s (him, his). But, you see, (his, its) phone isn’t available now. 9. Who advised you to say so? Maybe Andrew, a neighbour of (you, yours)? – (His, yours) words are untrue. 10. Scotland is a part of Great Britain. Scotland is famous for (her, its) wool production. 11. Are these pictures (yours, your), Dick, or (yours, your), Mike? – Neither, they aren’t (my, mine) nor (his, hers). These pictures are Rose’s. They are (hers, her).
Ex.11. Use many, much with the following words.
Phenomena, furniture, colleges, knowledge, ideas, hair, generations, food, information, watches, films, tea, news, cousins, people, men, money, experience, time, women, snow, children, juice, data, music, data, humour.
Ex.12. Use few, little with the following words.
1. There are __ lumps of sugar left. 2. There are __ glasses of juice on the table. 3. Why have you got so __ friends? 4. He has got only __ relatives here. 5. There is __ milk in the jug. 6. Is there so __ salt left? 7. I can’t buy ten rolls. They have only __. 8. Tom has made very __ mistakes in the test. 9. There is __ milk in the jug. 10. There are __ lumps of sugar left. 11. There was very __ snow that winter. 12. He has __ friends.
Ex.13. Use many, much, (a) little, (a) few.
1. There is … tea in the tea-pot. 2. Don’t go to the shop! There is … bread at home. 3. She has got … mistakes in her test. Her mark is good. 4. There are … glasses of juice on the table. Take one of them. 5. There are … apples left. 6. There is so … salt in the soup, it’s not delicious. 7. We have … time left. We must hurry. 8. We have … time left. We can discuss this problem now. 9. Can you describe the situation in … words? 10. There isn’t … fruit at home, there isn’t … fish either. 11. He doesn’t think … policemen have arrived. 12. You shouldn’t take all your clothes with you. I know you have … clothes.