English Grammar Exercises for B1 – Pronouns and possessive determiners exercise

A. Complete using the words in the box. You have to use some words more than once.

1   ………………….. asked Mr Simons, my science teacher, what glass was and ………………….. said that ………………….. is a liquid!

2   Hi Diana! Are ………………….. still coming shopping with us tomorrow?

3   My mum studied history at university ………………….. says ………………….. was a really interesting course.

4   Scientists are working hard to find cures for lots of diseases, but ………………….. haven’t found a cure for the common cold yet.

5   Adam, do ………………….. think ………………….. should all bring some food with us to your party?

6   Dad, do ………………….. know if ………………….. sell computer games in the market?

B. Replace each word or phrase in bold with a word from the box. You have to use some words more than once.

1   Did you give that book back to Alicia?

2   I told Bill that you don’t eat meat.

3   Why does she always give our class more tests than the other class?

4   They paid Kate Winslet a lot of money to be in this film.

5   I haven’t seen Rich and Andy for ages.

6   Did you give an invitation to Mr and Mrs Clark?

7   A TV channel has invited my family to take part in a game show!

C. Rewrite the sentences using the word given.

1   This is where we live. house

     This is ………………………………………………. .

2   That wallet belongs to me! That

     ………………………………………………. wallet!

3   Do those shoes belong to you? your

     Are ……………………………………………….?

4   That car doesn’t belong to them. car

     That’s ………………………………………………. .

5   This is where she sleeps. bed

     This ………………………………………………. .

6   That isn’t what he does. job

     That ………………………………………………. .

7   Have you seen the dog’s blanket? its

     Where’s ……………………………………………….?

D. If a sentence is correct, put a tick (✓). If there is an extra word in a sentence, write the word.

1   Is that my milkshake or yours milkshake?   …………..

2   Look where the dog has put its bone!   …………..

3   I haven’t got a camera with me because I’ve lent mine to my brother.   …………..

4   Your DVD player is just the same as theirs is.   …………..

5   Was it your decision or hers decision?   …………..

6   You can borrow my laptop, but why aren’t you using yours laptop?   …………..

7   I think those are your CDs and these are ours.   …………..

8   This is her book, these are your books and these two are mine books.   …………..

9   That video belongs to Carol and Doug – at least, I think it’s theirs video.   …………..

E. Each of the words in bold is in the wrong sentence. Write the correct word.

1   That’s great, Cathy. Did you make that herself?   …………..

2   Doug hit myself in the eye by mistake with his toothbrush!   …………..

3   Cats can look after yourself, can’t they?   …………..

4   I hope you all enjoy himself on holiday!   …………..

5   Dad didn’t help me. I did it all themselves!   …………..

6   We painted the room yourselves; we didn’t pay anyone to do it.   …………..

7   This kitchen isn’t going to clean ourselves, you know!   …………..

8   Wendy decided that she would buy itself a new dress in the sales.   …………..

F. Complete using the correct pronouns or determiners.

Inventions

If you invented something important, (1) ………………… would want to make money out of (2) …………………, right? Most of us would want to make some money from (3) ………………… invention.

It seems only fair – we did the work, so the money should be (4) ………………… too. Many inventors who have had (5) ………………… inventions produced, have become rich and famous and we shouldn’t blame (6) ………………… for that.

But have (7) ………………… heard of Tim Berners-Lee? (8) ………………… invented the World Wide Web on the Internet, one of the most important inventions of the last fifty years. Millions of lives have been changed by (9) ………………… introduction.

When Tim Berners-Lee invented the Web, he made a promise to (10) ………………… – that he wouldn’t make any money out of it, and that he would give (11) ………………… invention to the world. He did, and now the Web belongs to all of (12) …………………

Ask (13) ………………… what life would be like if the World Wide Web wasn’t free. We should be grateful to Tim Berners-Lee, and thank (14) ………………… for (15) ………………… amazing gift to the world.