Quiz 8 More on Pronouns – The Economics of Global Warming
Part 1: Choose the correct pronoun to use in the following sentences.
1. (Whomever, Whoever, Whom) wants to help, please let us know.
2. The consensus is that it is not his problem, but instead is (our’s, ours, our).
3. That view of global warming is not (their’s, theirs, they’re), but is another’s.
4.
It is (his, him, he) to use as he wants.
5. About (who, whom, whomever) are you speaking, please?
6.
Is (your’s, yours, you’re) a rhetorical question, or do you want it answered?
7. Stop listening to his question and answer (my, myself, mine).
8.
It is harder for (he, himself, him) to accept that there is global warming
than (she, her, herself).
9. You and (he, him, himself) are to bring the data to her and (he, him, himself).
10. I hear that if the polar ice caps melt (our, us, ourselves) seaside cities will be
inundated.
11. Please give it to (whoever, whomever, who) you want to give it.
12. I wanted (they, them, themselves) to present (us, we our) new climatic data.
13. According to (our, them, they), global warming appears to have accelerated
after 1980.
14. That opinion is (you’re, your, yourself) point of view and not (myself, my, mine)?
15. Taiwan cannot solve the problem of global warming by (itself, ourselves,
themselves)
Part 2: Identify whether the words underlined are (a) subject pronouns, (b) object
pronouns, (c) possessive pronouns, (d) reflexive pronouns, (e) relative
pronouns, (f) possessive adjectives, (g) demonstrative pronouns,
(h) interrogative pronoun.
1. Example: That is your data set and not mine.
Possessive adjective, possessive pronoun
2.
They cannot accept the results of your analysis.
3. Whoever you are, please identify yourself.
4. There is considerable debate over what we should do about global warming.
5. What do you think of the recent debate over global warming?
6. Whatever you say, I cannot believe that global warming is so bad.
7. I can invite whomever I please.
8. This cannot continue, if it is to remain mine.
9. My book does not read the same as yours.
10. Our view is colored by information we have heard.
11. What is the normal temperature of the earth?
12. That is what you said not what I said.
13. That is not yours, but is his.
14. He made her promise him that she would not hurt herself.
15. They have made it quite clear that Kyoto was unacceptable to them.
16. Look at yourself and tell me what you see.
17. Assuming all that you say is true, what would be their purpose in opposing me?
18. Which of these are responsible for the rise in global warming?
19. Those are the factors responsible for our trouble.
20. You should give it to me for safekeeping.
Part 3: Change the underlined parts in the sentence using appropriate and
grammatically correct pronouns.
1. Example :
Arthur gave the book to Sarah.
He gave it to her.
2.
Martha saw her reflection in the mirror.
3.
Global warming is a major problem for the world to solve.
4. All of the people in the world must seek an answer to the problem.
5. Anything John wants can be gotten with a little sacrifice.
6. John needs Martha as much as Martha needs John.
7. Philip is speaking of John or someone else? (who or whom)
8.
Is it this or that? (restructure the sentence)
9. Bill didn’t want to use her book so Bill used their book.
10. Politics and economics do not mix well when the discussion turns to global warming.