This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Personal Pronouns”.
1. Fill in the blanks.
A word that is used instead of a noun is called a ________
a) Pronoun
b) Adjective
c) Adverb
d) Preposition
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Explanation: Pronouns are generally used instead of nouns in sentences. The other options are incorrect and do not apply.
2. Fill in the blanks.
The Pronouns I and we are called _________ Pronouns.
a) Primary
b) Personal
c) First
d) Subject
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Explanation: The Pronouns “I” and “we” are called Personal Pronouns as they denote the person or people speaking in a given sentence.
3. Choose the correct option.
The Pronoun that describes the person spoken to is called Personal Pronoun.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The person that denotes the person spoke to is called Personal Pronoun of second person and it is used in both singular and plural. The word “you” is the Personal Pronoun of second person.
4. Fill in the blanks.
The Pronouns he, she and they are Personal Pronouns of ________ person.
a) First
b) Third
c) Second
d) Neutral
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Explanation: The Pronouns he, she and they are Personal Pronouns of the third person even though they denote the thing/noun spoken of in a similar way to second person Personal Pronouns.
5. Choose the correct option.
The Personal Pronouns of the third person are _________ Pronouns.
a) Descriptive
b) Demonstrative
c) Identity
d) Subjective
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Explanation: The Personal Pronouns of the third person are demonstrative Pronouns. The other options are not possible/ do not apply.
6. Fill in the blanks.
Possessive forms of Personal Pronouns have _______ form/forms.
a) One
b) Three
c) Two
d) None
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Explanation: Possessive forms of Personal Pronouns have two forms, out of which “my”, “our”, “your”, “her”, “their” are called possessive adjectives.
7. Choose the correct option.
The word “his” is used both as a/an ________ and as a Pronoun.
a) Noun
b) Adjective
c) Adverb
d) Preposition
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Explanation: The word “his” is used as both an adjective and as a Pronoun. For example: “That is his bike” (his acts as a Possessive adjective) and “That bike is his” (his acts as a possessive Pronoun).
8. Fill in the blanks.
Possessive adjectives are sometimes called ________ adjectives.
a) Nominal
b) Pronominal
c) Cardinal
d) Ordinal
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Explanation: Possessive adjectives are sometimes called pronominal adjectives as they are formed from Pronouns.
9. Choose the correct option.
The Pronoun of the third person has two genders.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The Pronoun of the third person has three genders which are, masculine, feminine and neuter genders.
10. Fill in the blanks.
When two or more singular nouns are joined by “and”, the Pronoun used for them should be ________
a) Singular
b) Plural
c) Neutral
d) Both
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Explanation: For example: “Manasi and Laila have done their best”. In the given example, two singular nouns “Manasi” and “Laila” are joined by the word “and” and therefore, the Pronoun “their” is used.
11. Choose the correct option.
The Pronoun must be ________ when two singular nouns are joined by “are” and are preceded by “each” or “every”.
a) Singular
b) Plural
c) Neutral
d) Both
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Explanation: For example: “Every waitress and every air hostess was in her place”. In the given sentence, the singular nouns “waitress” and “airhostess” are joined by the word “and” and is preceded by the word “every”. Therefore, the Pronoun “her” is used.
12. Fill in the blanks.
When a plural and singular noun are joined by “or” or “nor”, the Pronoun must be used in ________
a) Singular
b) Plural
c) Neutral
d) Both
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Explanation: Consider the example: “Neither Sheela nor her friends did their homework”. In the given example, the singular noun “Sheela” has been joined with the plural noun “friends” by the word “nor” and therefore, the Pronoun “their” is used.
13. Fill in the blanks.
When a Pronoun depicts more than one noun or Pronoun of different people, it should be of the _________ person plural in preference to the ________
a) First, second
b) Second, third
c) First, third
d) Second, first
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Explanation: For example: “You and I have done our parts.” In the given sentence, the Pronoun refers to more than one noun and depicts different people and therefore, it is of the first-person plural preference to the third.
14. Choose the correct option.
Each of the Personal Pronouns, I, he, she, we, they, has a different form for the _________ case.
a) Nominative
b) Accusative
c) Descriptive
d) Demonstrative
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Explanation: Each of the Personal Pronouns, I, he, she, we, they, has different forms of the accusative case namely, me, him, her, us and them respectively.
More English Grammar Exercises on Personal Pronouns:
- Personal Pronouns Exercises (Set 2)
- Personal Pronouns Exercises (Set 3)
- Personal Pronouns Exercises (Set 4)
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