Personal Pronouns Quiz

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1. To use the correct personal pronoun, we may need to know the number, person, gender and/or _______ of the noun it's replacing.

spelling
case
register
a) spelling b) case c) register

2. The personal pronoun "they" is in the ______ case.

subject
subject or object
object
a) subject b) subject or object c) object

3. Which gender is the personal pronoun "her"?

male
male or female
female
a) male b) male or female c) female

4. Which number is the personal pronoun "you"?

singular
singular or plural
plural
a) singular b) singular or plural c) plural

5. The only word ever used as a 2nd person personal pronoun is

it
you
them
a) it b) you c) them

6. Which sentence contains the singular 1st person subject pronoun?

We helped him.
I helped her.
She helped me.
a) We helped him. b) I helped her. c) She helped me.

7. Which sentence contains the plural 3rd person object pronoun?

We catch fish and sell them.
They grow rice and sell it.
She cooks for all of us.
a) We catch fish and sell them. b) They grow rice and sell it. c) She cooks for all of us.

8. Which is correct? "Dark clouds mean ______ could rain any minute."

they
she
it
a) she b) they c) it

9. Which is correct? "Joe drove Mary and _______ home."

we
I
me
a) we b) I c) me

10. Which pronoun should not be used in this sentence? "Soon after the ship left, _______ sank."

it
she
he
a) it b) she c) he

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Contributor: Matt Errey. Matt is the author of several books including 1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context and Common English Idioms for learners, and Matt's ESL Games and Quizzes for teachers.