PROBELEMS ON PRONOUN

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1. …….in many college and universities , Latin is no longer spoken as an everyday tongue.

A. Although they are still studied     B. Although he is still studied     C. Although this still studied                  D. Although it is still studied

2. Most labor unions provide insurance benefits………..

A. at your members               B. in they members          C. for their members           D. for its members

3. Many people hate to eat in restaurants by ………..

A. themselves                       B. theirselves                    C. himself                               D. ourselves

4. To understand ancient Egypt. Malcolm has studied its hieroglyphics and tried to interpret……………

A. it                               B. itself                                              C. them                                    D. themselves

5. The dialect that is spoken in Olimbos is so old that many of ……… words date back to the time of Homer.

A. its                           B. hers                                      C. his                              D. theirs

6. One of the by –products of growing older is the tendency of one’ s idols ot fall form …. pedestals.

A. they                                    B. their                                C. them                                 D. themselves

7. as the bare mountains turned green, the people found…… looking forward to spring.

A. they                      B. their                                                     C. them                                              D. themselves

8. The police academy trains……………. dogs to fetch things on command.

A. its                       B. hers                                                    C. his                                                                    D. theirs

9.The Italian dramatist and poet Ugo Betti was a judge who gained literary recognition late in …….life  

A. him                     B. their                                   C. his                      D. them

10.The prickly pear anchors………on rocky, barren slopes and grows to about 3 meters high

A. it                         B. he                       C. itself                  D. themselves

11. New chemicals are not always tested to determine if ………. will cause cancer of genetic mutations .

A. it                         B. he                       C. she                     D. they

12. When Franklin Roosevelt become very ill, his wife began to take a more active role in politics, and many people believed that …..and the president shared his responsibilities.

A. she                     B. her                                      C. herself                               D. hers

13. according to the Christian Bible When the disciples say jesus after he risen from the dead, they said…..

A. It is him                             B. It is he                                               C. It is his                              D. it is himself

14.Moby Dick is a mythical account of evil and revenge as shown by Captain Ahab’s pursuit of the whale that had wounded …… earlier in life.

A. he                                       B. his                                      C. him                                     D. to him

15. Since the Earth’s crust is much thicker under the continents, equipment would have to be capable of drilling through 100,000 feet of rock to investigate the mantle…….

A. beneath them                  B. beneath their                   C. beneath its                       D. beneath they

16. One property of radioisotopes is that… decaying occurs in half – lives over a long period of time.

A. they                                    B. them                                  C. the                                      D. their

17. Sports medicine experts agree ice should be applied immediately when an athletes suffers an injury to….. leg.

A. its                                       B.an                                        C.the                                       D. his

18. Charlie Chaplin was a comedian…….. was best known for his work in silent movies.



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