Pronouns

REMEMBER: Pronouns are words that replace nouns or names of people.

• My sister has lunch at school    =    She has lunch at school

When the pronouns come after a verb or a preposition, they take a different form.

• Sally and Jane play tennis with Lucy and Mary    =    Sally and Jane play tennis with them
• His mother told Albert to come back early    =    His mother told him to come back early

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Underline the pronouns in these sentences:

1. They go to the beach every summer.-
2. He sings very well.-
3. We met Julie and Michael last Saturday.-
4. Do you read novels?
5. I asked him for help.-
6. She lent me a book.-
7. We have to wait for her.-
8. Did you give them the presents?

Rewrite these sentences replacing the underlined words by their corresponding pronouns:

1. The Grimm brothers wrote many fairy tales.

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2. The woodcutter and his wife leave their children in a forest.

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3. Paul plays football every Saturday.

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4. His son goes to watch the matches.

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5. Stella likes to play tennis.

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6. My sister and I don’t live together.

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Fill in each blank using a pronoun from the table

Bill and Peter couldn’t find their ball. __________ asked their mother to help __________ find the ball.

Their mother was very busy, so ___________ couldn’t look for __________.

My friend invited ___________ to her birthday party and I have to buy ___________ a present.

I’ll talk to Alice when ____________ comes back from school.

Our teacher told _________ to study hard for the exams.

Do _________ spend your holidays on the beach?

_________ usually do our homework in the afternoon.