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Find the mistakes with the underlined words, and correct them on the line provided
below. Not all of the sentences have mistakes. If there are no mistakes, rewrite the sentence
on the line provided.
EXAMPLES: | The childrens' toys are on the
floor. | | | The children's toys are on the
floor .
| | | The teacher's name is Mr. Hill. | | | The teacher's name is Mr.
Hill . | | |
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The
teacher's name is Mr. Thompson, but I don't know his first name.
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Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
EXAMPLE: | My sister got married in
c house. | | | a. ours
b. our's
c. our
d. ours' | | |
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Look
at those flowers. ______ so pretty.
a. | Its | b. | It's | c. | Their | d. | They're | | |
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She
made the dress ______.
a. | self | b. | oneself | c. | herself | d. | himself | | |
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Complete the question. Some of these questions ask about the subject. Some do
not.
EXAMPLES: | Who
took pictures at your sister's
wedding? | | | A professional
photographer took pictures.
| | | How much
did the pictures cost? | | | The pictures cost over $1000. | | |
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How
many people ____________________________________ the wedding?
About 100 people
attended the wedding.
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Who
____________________________________ them a check for $500?
My grandparents
gave them a check for $500.
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Fill in the blanks with a reflexive pronoun.
EXAMPLE: | She bought
herself a beautiful ring. | | |
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My
automatic coffee maker turns _______________ on in the morning.
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Write the correct reflexive pronoun in the blank.
EXAMPLE: | She gave
herself
a party. | | |
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We
gave _________ a pat on the back.
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He
gave _________ a headache worrying about the situation.
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Don't
drive _________ crazy trying to solve this problem.
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They
can't earn enough money to support _________.
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Look,
that man over there is talking to _________.
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We
saved our money until we had enough to buy _________ a boat.
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Chose the sentence with the correct reflexive
pronoun.
EXAMPLE: | Chose the sentence with the correct reflexive
pronoun. | | | a. His problem is that he doesn't have any confidence in
himself. | | | b. His problem is that he doesn't have any confidence in
herself. | | | Answer:
a | | |
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Chose
the sentence with the correct reflexive pronoun.
a. | It's good for people to be able to laugh at theirselves
now and then. | b. | It's good for people to be able to laugh at themselves
now and then. | | |
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Choose the sentence with the correct possessive
form.
EXAMPLE: | Choose the sentence with the correct possessive
form. | | | a. Put your coat on. It's cold
outside! | | | b. Put yours coat on. It's cold
outside! | | | Answer:
a | | |
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Choose the sentence with the correct possessive form.
a. | This bag is not mine. I think it's
your. | b. | This bag is not mine. I think it's
yours. | | |
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Choose the sentence with the correct possessive form.
a. | That's his office. It's not
my. | b. | That's his office. It's not
mine. | | |
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Choose the sentence with the correct possessive form.
a. | His mother is from my native
country. | b. | His mother is
from mine native country. | | |
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Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive form.
EXAMPLE: | My wife 's cooking is
even better than my mother 's cooking. | | |
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Stop!
That's James _______ toothbrush.
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Football players _______ uniforms are very hard to get clean.
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Use the words to write a sentence that contains a possessive form. (The words are
not always in the correct order.)
EXAMPLE: | the table / the leg / is
broken | | | The leg of
the table is
broken. | | |
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the
chair / the arm / is broken
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Write a question about the subject of each sentence.
EXAMPLE: | Who sent you the information by
e-mail? | | | My brother sent me the information by
e-mail. | | |
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Answer:
Tommy wrote the answers on the palm of his hand.
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Answer:
Two police officers caught the robbers.
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Answer:
Our ship survived the tsunami.
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Answer:
The ship sank.
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Write a follow-up question with whose for each statement
given.
EXAMPLE: | A: I found someone's books in
the library. | | | B: Whose books did you find in the
library? | | |
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A: I want to try someone's dessert recipe.
B:
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A: Someone's composition will win the award.
B:
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Fill in each blank with a subject or an object
pronoun.
EXAMPLE: | What are flea
markets? | | | They
are markets where you can buy almost anything second-hand. | | |
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People who go to flea markets are looking for bargains. They often find _____________.
My aunt met her husband at a flea market. He sold _____________ some second-hand jewelry.
__________________ wasn't very expensive. Then he asked __________________ to have a cup of tea with
_____________. Now he teases ______________ by saying that she was the best bargain
___________________ ever found. She tells _______________ that he should have looked for a better
deal.
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Unscramble the following words to make correct
sentences.
EXAMPLE: | French / I / you / helped /
learn | | | I helped
you learn French. | | |
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we /
ice cream / them / bought
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I /
like / tennis / play / to / her / with
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asked
/ we / about it / her
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Write a sentence using each pair of pronouns given.
EXAMPLE: | (them / you) You gave them a beautiful
gift. | | |
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(us /
they) __________________________________________________
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