Ex. 3 Complete the sentences
1. He lives with his parents. 2. They live with ......... parents. 3. We .................... parents. 4. Ann lives .................................................... 5. I ...........................................parents. 6. John lives ......................................... 7. Do you live ......................................? 8. Most children ...................................
Ex. 4 Complete the sentences using mine / yours etc.
1. It’s your money. It’s yours. 2. It’s my bag. It’s ............ 3. It’s our car. It’s ........... 4. They’re her shoes. They’re ........... 5. It’s their house. It’s ............ 6. They’re your books. They’re ........ 7. They’re my glasses. They’re ......... 8. It’s his coat. It’s .........
Ex. 5 Choose the right variant
1. Is this your/ yours book? 2. It’s their/ theirs problem, not our/ ours. 3. Are these your / yours shoes? 4. Is this camera your/ yours? 5. That’s not my / mine umbrella. My/ mine is yellow. 6. They know our / ours address but we don’t know their / theirs. 7. They’ve got two children but I don’t know their / theirs names. 8. My / Mine room is bigger than her / hers, but her / hers is nicer.
Ex.6. Fill in my /our /your /his /her /their /its.
1. I like my job. 2. Do you like ......... job? 3. Does your father like .......... job? 4. Sally is married. ........ husband works in a bank. 5. I know Mr. Watson but I don’t know ........ wife. 6. Put on .......... coat when you go out. It’s very cold. 7. ......... favorite sport is tennis. I play a lot in summer. 8. My sister plays tennis too but ....... favourite sport is athletics. 9. We’re staying at a very nice hotel. ......... room is very comfortable. 10. Mr. and Mrs. Baker live in London but ....... son lives in Australia. 11. Thank you for ........ letter. It was good to hear from you again. 12. We are going to invite all ...... friends to the party. 13. John is a teacher but ........ sister is a nurse. 14. Do you think that most people are happy in ........ jobs? 15. I gave the money to my mother and she put it in ........ bag. 16. I often see that man but I don’t know ....... name.
The Pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns
Myself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
| -ся |
I enjoyed myself very much at the party.
Jim prides himselfon his cooking.
| Сам/а |
Look after yourself! Take care of yourself! She lives by herself. She made the dress by herself.
They are NOT used after: feel, relax, concentrate, wash, dress, shave, behave.
I got up, washed, shaved and dressedquickly.
Но: Wash yourself! Dress yourself! Shave yourself! Behave yourself!
Ex.7. Replace the words in bold type by expressions with reflexive pronouns
1. I saw it with my own eyes. 2. You needn’t come in person. 3. He left us alone. 4. She lives on her own. 5. Did you study English without a teacher? 6. The girl apologized for her behavior. 7. We were quite alone in the room. 8. Takethe cake, please. 9. They divided the work between each other. 10. It is your own fault.
Indefinite Pronouns
| + | Some | I have some books. |
| - | Any | I haven’t any books. |
| ? | any | Do you have any books? |
Someis used
1. In affirmative sentences
2. In requests
3. In the meaning «некоторый»
Anyis used
1. In negatives and questions
2. After conjunction ‘if’
3. With the words «hardly», «at all»
Ex. 8 Fill in the blanks with some, any, no
1. Unfortunately, they have got … money. 2. She wanted … stamps, but there were not … in the machine. 3. Is there … salt on the table? – No, there isn’t. 4. I’d like to buy … new clothes, but I haven’t … money. 5. When would you like to come? - … days would suit me. 6. If you had … sense you wouldn’t have left your car unlocked. 7. She did not answer all the letters because she had … time. 8. Do you have … small change? – Hardly … . 9. He returned home without … money. 10. Could you help me? I have … problems with my research.
| + | Something | Somebody/someone | Somewhere |
| ? | Anything | Anybody/ anyone | Anywhere |
| - | Nothing | Nobody/ no one | Nowhere |
Ex.9 Make the sentences interrogative and negative.
1. He lives somewhere near here. 2. Something fell on the floor in the kitchen. 3. Somebody from the Department of Education is here. 4. There is something in what he says. 5. They knew something about it. 6. There is something in the room. 7. I want to tell you something. 8. Someone is knocking at the door. 9. I saw this man somewhere. 10. Something has happened to her.
Ex.10 Replace no by not…any
1. She has got no English books. 2. I have got no friends here. 3. She has no more money. 4. I have got no cousins. 5. They have got no children. 6. There are no boys and girls in the house. 7. He has got no toys to play with. 8. I have got no green ink. 9. I see no books on the table. 10. I want no more, thank you.
Defining Pronouns
all, everybody, everything, everyone
| С исчисляемыми существительными во мн.ч. all (the) | С исчисляемыми в един.ч. The whole | В роли подлежащего, дополнения everybody/one/thing |
| All the books have been sold. All plants need water. | Have you read the whole book? | Everybody thinks that he knows everything. |