UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHA.
Facultad de Ingeniería
ENGINEERING SCHOOL
PREPARACION PARA LA
CERTIFICACION DEL
IDIOMA
-IN701TEACHER: FLORES TREVIZO MIRIAM
HOMEWORK 3
- Feb 7th to 13th - Practice With Pronouns
And Possessive Adjectives
GROUP: 5AE2
Student:
AYALA PÉREZ FERNANDO – 343533
Table of Contents
PRACTICE WITH PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES ......................................................................... 3
Exercise S11 Locating pronouns and possessive adjectives ............................................................ 4
Exercise S12 Checking pronoun and possessive adjective forms ..................................................... 4
Exercise S13 Identifying referents .................................................................................................... 5
Exercise S14 Correcting articles and demonstratives ........................................................................ 6
Exercise S15 Completing sentences.................................................................................................. 7
PRACTICE WITH PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE
ADJECTIVES
Ask yourself these questions when checking pronouns and possessive adjectives.
1.
Is the indefinite article (“a” or “an”) used correctly?
Subject
Object
Possessive
Reflexive
Pronoun
Pronoun
Adjective
Pronoun
Pronoun
I
me
my
mine
myself
you
you
your
yours
yourself
he
him
his
his
himself
she
her
her
hers
herself
It
it
its
-Itself
we
us
Our
ours
ourselves
you
you
your
yours
yourselves
they
them
their
Theirs
themselves
Examples
When you see the African lions in the park, you see them in their
True environment.
2.
Is a possessive pronoun or adjective used to refer to parts of the
body?
Possessive pronouns or adjectives are usually used with reference to parts of
the body. (For exceptions, see Practice with Articles and Demonstratives, item
3E, page 171.)
Examples She put the shawl over her shoulder.
She lifted the boy and put the shawl over his shoulder.
She put a red hat on her head and a green one on his.
3. Does the pronoun or possessive adjective agree with the word it refers
to?
Example The little girl put on her hat, and the little boy put on his.
If the hat the girl put on belongs to the girl, the possessive adjective must
agree with the word “girl.” If the hat the boy put on belongs to the boy, the
possessive pronoun must agree with the word “boy ” If something in the
sentence indicates that the hats they put on belong to someone else,
agreement must be made between the possessive pronoun or adjective and
that other person.
Use Exercises S11-S15 to develop your skills with pronouns and possessive
adjectives.
Exercise S11 Locating pronouns and possessive adjectives
If the underlined word is incorrect, write its correct form.
Examples When the boy grabbed the lizard, its tail broke off in
his hand.
1.
In 1978, Maxie Anderson and his two partners made the first
crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in their hot-air balloon
2. When Caesar and his troops invaded Britain, they anchored their
transports above what they erroneously thought was the high tidemark.
3. Botanists themselves are so worried that the pollution problem may
be irreversible in many areas that they are organizing their own
monitoring programs.
4. The fame of Edgar Allan Poe rests on his short stories as well as on
his poetry.
5. The Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn painted portraits of himself
throughout his working life.
6. The island itself didn’t become accessible to us until the late 1940s.
7. When attacking their prey, eagles reach out with their talons.
8. The deceptive look of a sinkhole is part of its danger as well as its
fascination.
Exercise S12 Checking pronoun and possessive adjective forms
If the underlined article is used incorrectly, cross it out and write
the correct article.
Example We prepared the supper by ourself
ourselves
“Our” refers to more than one person. Therefore, “self’ should be in
the plural form.
1. Sometimes forest rangers tranquilize grizzly bears and attach
transmitters to them necks.
their
2. While tide pools can survive natural assaults, their are
defenseless against humans.
they
3. You and your brother need to take time to prepare yourself for
the long journey.
yourselves
4. The larvae metamorphose into miniature versions of their adult
form.
It’s correct
5. These minute insects - twenty of they could fit on a pinhead drift on wind currents.
them
6. Using packing crates and sheet metal, the displaced families
made itself a home.
themselves
7. His is a future dictated by poverty and hardship.
It’s correct
8. When elk migrate in the winter, it may take their days to reach
the lower regions.
them
Exercise S13 Identifying referents
Write the word that the underlined pronoun or possessive
adjective refers to.
Example He put the roast on the table and began to eat it
it road
You should circle letter (B) because the demonstrative must
agree in number with its noun, The plural “these” is used with the
plural noun “books.”
1. Vikings buried their chief with his boat, complete with his
supplies.
Their: Vikings
his:chief_
his:chief_
2. When President Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher
Stowe, writer of the novel about slavery called Uncle Tom's
Cabin, he reputedly called her “the little lady who started the
Civil War.”
He; Abraham Lincoln
her: Harriet Beecher Stowe
3. People once thought the word “abracadabra” had mystical
powers, so they wore it inscribed on amulets as a good-luck
charm.
They: people
it:abracadabra
4. There are no restrictions on debates in the English House of
Lords, so if its members think something is important, they
will talk it through until they are satisfied.
Its: English House of Lords they:members it: something
they: members
5. The dean expressed his support for setting up a private
university provided it was supervised by the Department of
Education.
His: the dean
it: university
6. This was the place where the Roman ship had sunk with its
cargo of stone.
This: place
its: ship
7. To pass his time away in jail, Charles d’Orléans smuggled
out rhyming love letters to his wife, and this may have been
the beginning of the custom of sending valentine cards to
loved ones.
his: Charles d’Orléans his: Charles d’Orléans this:
Charles d’Orléans’ love letters
8. During a drying time of six to eight weeks, the nutmeg
shrinks away from its hard seed coat until the kernels rattle
in their shell when shaken.
Its: nutmeg
their: kernels
Exercise S14 Correcting articles and demonstratives
If the underlined word does not agree with its referent, write the
correct word.
Examples The dog bit themselves on the tail.
itself
1.The importance of the Chaco
5. At Victor Harbor, South
Canyon archaeological site is
Australia, people can park
that they reveals insights into a
their cars and walk to the
whole civilization
coast to see over twenty
it
different species of whales
and dolphins.
It's correct
2.We know the risks and we are 6.When trawling for crab, he
quite happy to take us.
took several books so that he
them
could study it during the long
hours.
them
3.The ancient Tayronas
distinguished themselves as
craftsmen working in gold, clay,
and stone.
It’s correct
4.The gun was beautifully
engraved, making their value
close to twenty thousand
dollars.
its
7. Millet’s The Gleaners
depicts peasants filling her
aprons with leftover grain.
thier
8. So numerous are the
family’s properties that the
duchess cannot name it all.
them
Exercise S15 Completing sentences
Circle the letter of the answer that correctly completes the
sentence.
1. To understand ancient Egypt,
scholars study its hieroglyphics
and try to interpret_____.
(A) it
(B) them
(C) itself
(D) themselves
3. One of the side effects of
growing older is the tendency of
one’s idols to fall
from______pedestals.
(A) they
(B) them
(C) their
(D) themselves
4. As the bare mountains turned
green, the people
found____looking forward to
spring.
(A) they
(B) them
(C) their
(D) themselves
5.The police academy
trains_____dogs to fetch things
on command.
(A) its
(B) his
(C) hers
(D) theirs
2. The dialect that is spoken
in Olimbos is so old that many
of_____words date back to
the time of Homer.
(A) its
(B) his
(C) hers
(D) theirs
6. The Italian dramatist and
poet Ugo Betti was a judge
who gained literary
recognition late in____life.
(A) him
(B) his
(C) their
(D) them
. 7. The prickly pear
anchors___on rocky, barren
slopes and grows to about
three meters high.
(A) it
(B) itself
(C) their
(D) themselves
8. New chemicals are not
always tested to determine
if_____will cause cancer or
genetic mutations.
(A) it
(B) she
(C) he
(D) they