Grammar pronouns

Ex.1. Read the following text and substitute some nouns with correspondent personal pronouns to make the text sound more natural.

Dear Lucy,

I'm sorry I haven't written to you recently. I'm really busy with my studies at the moment. My course is going well and I'm enjoying my course a lot. The problem is that my course takes up a lot of time.

You asked me whether your friend Nick can visit us. Of course, we will be happy to receive your friend Nick whenever your friend wishes to come.

I'd like Nick to meet my family and my friends. My sister Ann promised to take Nick sightseeing. My sister takes interest in history, knows a lot about our city and can present our city in the best possible way.

Do you think Nick could let us know if he intends to come by train or by plane? Coming by train or by plane would be no trouble whatsoever to drive Nick home.

I hope to hear from you or Nick soon.

Yours sincerely,

Jack

P.S. Forgot to tell you that I attach some pretty pictures. I took these pictures last weekend when we took a boat trip along the coast. The trip along the coast was lovely!

Ex.2. Use the correct personal pronoun for each gap.

1. Please take these papers and give ________ to Mr Jacobson.

2. What’s your cat’s name? – King. ________ is so cute and understands everything we say!

3. Who’s that on the phone? – ________is your brother.

4. Do you know where Ann is? – No, I haven’t seen ________ today. Maybe, ________ is in the laboratory.

5. My computer’s been giving troubles and I want to change ________.

6. There’s no need to shout. I can hear ________.

7. We had little time left, so we asked our colleagues to help ________ with the project.

8. I studied German when ________ was in high school. But ________ haven’t had any practice since then and have forgotten most of ________.

9. I saw a new film about James Bond yesterday. ________ was fantastic!

10. The first person I saw when________ got off the train was my brother. My father and ________ had come to the railway station to meet ________.

Ex.3. Choose the correct word in each sentence.

1. Was there a voicemail message? – Yes, (it/he) was Jim.

2. Peter is two years older than (I/me) but he is doing the same first year university course as (I/me) am doing.

3. Can you see Jill here? I need to talk to (she/her). – Yes, that’s (she/her) in black over there.

4. Pooh is a small cute bear. (It/He) enjoys eating, singing and visiting his friends.

5. Betty lives in the same street as (I/me).

6. Who is that tall blond woman over there? – (She/It) is our new sales manager, Julia Benton.

7. It’s (I/me). Can you open the door? I haven’t got my key.

8. I’m feeling thirsty. – (I/Me) too.

9. Who left all this mess? – It was (he/him), not (I/me).

10. I saw their new puppy. (It/He) is so funny.

Ex.4. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the “empty” subject it.

1. It’s very cold today. It’s been snowing all night.

2. It’s a policeman at the door. It seems that our neighbours complained about the noise we made yesterday when we were having a party.

3. It’s a real pleasure to meet you at last.

4. It was he who helped me when I got into trouble.

5. It’s a pity that he’s leaving so soon.

6. Let’s take a taxi. It’s much too far to walk in such nasty weather.

7. It’s important to practice every day if you want to speak good English.

8. Nothing important happened here while I was ill, did it?

9. It was yesterday that you were supposed to be here.

10. What did you say? – Oh, it doesn’t matter.

11. It’s hard to say what caused the accident.

Ex.5. Change these sentences to emphasize each part in turn as in the model.

1. Last month, our company concluded an important contract with AWI Inc.→

It is our company that concluded an important contract with AWI Inc. last month.

It is an important contract that our company concluded with AWI Inc. last month.

It is AWI Inc. that our company concluded an important contract with last month.

It was last month that our company concluded and important contract with AWI Inc.

2. John left his keys in the office yesterday.

3. I bought a red woolen sweater for my brother’s birthday.

4. The secretary sent Peter the documents two hours ago.

5. Mark met Cathy in France in 2008.

6. She played a piece by Mozart brilliantly at yesterday’s concert.

7. Flooding causes most of the damage in spring.

Ex.6. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the “empty” subject there.

1. According to the forecast, there will be snow tomorrow.

2. There are some very good films on this week.

3. There may be life on other planets too.

4. There was an article in Travel magazine about Tunisia.

5. I think there’s something wrong because there are a lot of people in the street.

6. Shh! Keep your voice down. I think there’s someone behind the door.

7. Is there any point in talking about it again?

8. There’s a train to Leeds at twelve-thirty, isn’t there? Let’s catch it.

9. We agreed to meet in two hours, so there’s no need to hurry.

10. There have been more problems with this project than we expected.

Ex.7. It or there? Fill in the gaps with the appropriate variant.

1. ________ is a letter for you on the desk. ________ is from your bank.

2. ________ is a new one-way traffic system in the centre of the city. As for me, ________ is very confusing.

3. I’m sure ________ will be someone to help you with your luggage.

4. In pies and cakes ________ is a lot of sugar and fat.

5. Don’t you like vegetables? – No, I like most of them. ________is onions that I hate.

6. ________ was Kate’s birthday yesterday, and we had a huge party.

7. ________ is said that the more languages you speak, the easier it is to learn a new one.

8. Will ________ matter if I miss this meeting? – Actually yes, because ________ will be a lot of serious problems to discuss.

9. ________ was in this park that we first met.

10. What’s the new café like? Is ­­________ good? Are ________ many visitors there?

11. ________ is a shame that he hasn’t dropped you a line since he left.

12. Look at the sky. ________ seems to be a storm.

Ex.8. Fill each space in these sentences with it or there and the appropriate form of the verb in brackets.

1. ________ me half an hour to get home from the university. (take)

2. ________ to be some mistake. I've never met you before in my life. (seem)

3. ________very expensive to buy a new flat these days, and more and more young people live in rented accommodation. (be)

4. ________ impossible to reach her by phone so I sent a fax. (be)

5. I put my coat on because ________ cold. (get)

6. ________ Jim who caught the ball and saved our team. (be)

7. ________ several fights between football fans outside the stadium but no one was hurt. (be)

8. ________ nothing you can do about the situation, so ________ no use worrying about it. (be)

9. ________ used to be an old cinema here, but ________ knocked down. (be)

10. The situation is still the same. ________ to have been no change. (seem)

11. ________ like rain. We’d better take our umbrellas. (look)

Ex. 9. Translate the following sentences with impersonal pronouns.

1. They mine graphite in Brazil, don’t they? – Yes, Brazil is one of the leading graphite producers in the world.

2. How can one get from London to Oxford?

3. Don’t burn your bridges behind you.

4. Why are they always digging up the roads during the daytime when traffic is so heavy?

5. We should take more care of our historic buildings.

6. If one fails, then one must try harder next time.

7. I hate it when one is looking at you and smiling but doesn't tell you what they're thinking.

8. They say Mr Jones has been fired because one of the customers complained about his rudeness.

9. Life is what you make it.

10. I’m afraid they’ll put taxes up next year.

Ex. 10. Complete the sentences using reflective pronouns myself, yourself, etc.

1. The iron is very hot. Be careful and don’t burn ________ !

2. Shall I help you? - No, thanks. I’d rather do it ________ .

3. Look! That kitten is washing ________ .

4. Monica always cuts her hair ________ , and it always looks very stylish.

5. His letters are all about ________. He never writes about anybody else.

6. We shouldn’t blame ________ for what has happened.

7. The village ________ is lovely, but the surrounding countryside is boring.

8. If you don’t use the computer, will it turn ________ off?

9. The hostess asked her guests to help ________ to food and drink.

10. Did you see the general manager ________? Only he can help you in this matter.

Ex.11. Fill in the pronouns and identify them: reflexive or emphatic.

Model: My little sister decorated the cake for Mum ________ . → My little sister decorated the cake for Mum herself. (emphatic)

1. I had a swim, dried ________ , and put on my clothes.

2. He managed to repair his car by ________ .

3. The children enjoyed ________when they visited Disneyland.

4. My little brother is very noisy, and Mum always tells him to behave ________ when we go out.

5. Doctors advise us that we have to exercise regularly in order to keep ________ healthy.

6. The weather is affecting me greatly at the moment – I don't feel ________ today.

7. As usual, the singer was brilliant, although the song ________ was not very good.

8. It’s a pity you didn’t bring a camera with ________. There are a lot of beautiful places here.

9. “How many times have you been to London?” – “Two. Oh no, three,” she corrected ________.

Ex.12. Choose the correct variant of pronouns in the following sentences.

1. The children are old enough to look after (them/themselves).

2. The road is closed: (it/there) has been an accident.

3. He’s faster than (I/me) but I’m stronger than (he/him) is.

4. (One is/They are) building a new sport centre not far from my house.

5. (It/There) appears that he has been promoted: he has just moved into a bigger office.

6. (They/you) say it’s going to be a warmer winter than the one we had last year.

7. Where is Tom? – That’s (he/him) over there. Look, he’s waving at us.

8. Hasn’t Mary come yet? It’s not like (she/her) to be late.

9. I hate horror films. – (I/Me) too. I can’t understand what people find in them.

10. Stop shouting at (me/myself)! Just do something (you/yourself)!

Ex.13. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences.

1. Do you know who heads the marketing department? – This is Peter Blake.

2. The police arrested the robber and put in prison.

3. If you are not busy, it’s something I want to tell you.

4. Michael looked behind himself when he heard footsteps.

5. The president he has a team of bodyguards to protect him.

6. Tom dressed himself quickly and went down to breakfast.

7. There has been some time since I wrote to you as I’ve been busy lately.

8. Who spilt coffee all over my papers? – Sorry, it was I.

9. Which house is yours? – There is the one at the end of the street.

10. Peter and Kate enjoyed themself at the party.

Ex.14. Translate into English.

1. Якщо ви хочете досягти чого-небудь, ви повинні вірити в себе.

2. Хто підготував презентацію? – Я.

3. Саме Стела розповіла мені все.

4. Ти зробиш все сам? – Ні, вже пізно. Вже не залишилося часу. Ти можеш мені допомогти?

5. На цьому каналі завжди показують старі фільми.

6. Говорять, клімат стає все теплішим із-за діяльності самої людини.

7. Хто на цьому фото? Це твоя сестра, так?

8. Якраз тут я побачив її вперше.

9. Пригощайтесь! Тут ще багато їжі.

10. Я хочу пізнати вас трохи краще. Розкажіть мені про себе.

11. Будьте обережні, ви можете ударитися.

12. Дивно, що ти про це знаєш. Я сам дізнався про це випадково.