This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Personal Pronouns – Set 4”.
1. Which of the following sentences is wrong in terms of usage of pronouns?
a) The Board of Directors were divided in their opinion
b) The team will reach its place tomorrow
c) The jury gave their orders yesterday
d) The team mutinied against its leaders
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Explanation: ‘Jury’ is a collective noun and the sentence refers it to as a whole. Therefore, in such cases the pronouns used should be singular. Thus, the correct sentence would be ‘The jury gave its orders yesterday’.
2. The pronoun used in the below sentence is an example of ________
“I wish I hadn’t done that”, said Rajesh.
a) Emphatic pronoun
b) Personal pronoun
c) Relative pronoun
d) Interrogative pronoun
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Explanation: The pronouns used in the sentence are ‘I’ and ‘I’. They act as a substitute for the noun ‘Rajesh’. Thus, it’s an example of Personal pronouns.
3. Which of the following statements regarding Personal pronouns is wrong?
a) It should be of the same number, gender and person as the noun which it substitutes
b) The pronoun must be in plural for sentences in which two singular nouns are joined by ‘and’
c) For sentences in which nouns are used with words such as ‘each’ and ‘every’, the pronoun must be in plural
d) Singular pronouns are used for sentences in which the nouns are joined by ‘either…or’ and ‘neither…nor’
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Explanation: Pronouns would take the singular form for sentences in which the nouns are preceded by ‘each’ and ‘every’.
4. Select the option which correctly states the pronoun and the noun it refers to for the below sentence.
Leonard brought his cricket bat and laid it on the bench.
a) It – Leonard
b) It – bench
c) His – Cricket bat
d) It – Cricket bat
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Explanation: There are two pronouns in the sentence ‘his’ and ‘it’. His refers to Leonard and ‘it’ refers to the cricket bat.
5. The pronoun must be in singular when a singular noun and a plural noun are joined by ‘or’ or ‘nor’
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: When a singular and plural noun are joined together by ‘or’ or ‘nor’, the pronouns would take the plural form. For example, ‘Either the Contractor or the Engineers were negligent in their duty’.
6. Which of the following sentences uses the correct form of pronoun?
a) We have scored as many runs as they
b) Raja and I were present yesterday for the meeting
c) Let you and I think of a solution to this
d) Kumar is as smart as I
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Explanation: The correct form of other options will be ‘We have scored as many runs as them’, ‘Let you and me think of a solution to this’, ‘Kumar is as smart as me’.
7. Choose the personal pronoun from the given options.
a) myself
b) that
c) them
d) who
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Explanation: ‘Them’ is the personal pronoun among the options given whereas ‘myself’ is a reflexive pronoun, ‘that’ is a demonstrative pronoun and ‘who’ is a relative pronoun.
8. Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun.
Alfred and Ben took their cars with ______
a) they
b) them
c) us
d) their
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Explanation: From the options given ‘them’ is the personal pronoun that best fits the sentence and thus will be the most appropriate answer.
9. The pronouns will be in plural form when they are used for Collective nouns which conveys the idea of separate individuals.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: When collective nouns are used in sentences in such a manner that refers to the individuals being involved, then the pronouns to describe them should be in plural.
10. Choose the sentence which has an error in the pronouns being used.
a) He and I were brothers
b) Sita is as generous as me
c) He was as brilliant as me
d) There is a significant difference in behavior between you and he
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Explanation: The personal pronoun ‘he’ is used instead of ‘I’. The correct sentence would be ‘There is a significant difference in behavior between you and I’.
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