Pronouns: 5 practice questions

Free practice on Pronouns for Class 6, following the Cameroon primary school curriculum (English subsystem). Every answer is explained, so a parent who is not sure of the answer can still help.

How to do this — Pronouns

Simple and compound pronouns

Simple pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they. Compound pronouns are two-part: everybody, someone, nothing, everywhere. They combine 'every/some/any/no' with 'body/one/thing/where'.

Base	Person	Thing	Place
some-	someone/somebody	something	somewhere
any-	anyone/anybody	anything	anywhere
every-	everyone/everybody	everything	everywhere
no-	no one/nobody	nothing	nowhere

Reflexive and reciprocal

Reflexive (-self/-selves): the doer AND receiver are the same. 'I hurt myself.' Reciprocal (each other, one another): between two or more people. 'They love each other.'

Pronoun	Use	Example
myself, yourself, etc.	reflexive	She washed herself.
ourselves, themselves	reflexive plural	We hurt ourselves.
each other	between 2	Bih and Ngu help each other.
one another	3 or more	The team support one another.

Possessive: my vs mine

'My' goes BEFORE a noun: my book, my house. 'Mine' stands ALONE: 'That book is mine.' Same for your/yours, her/hers, our/ours, their/theirs.

Before noun	Alone
my book	This book is mine.
your bag	The bag is yours.
her pen	The pen is hers.
our house	This house is ours.
their car	The car is theirs.

Choose the reflexive pronoun: The pupils tidied the hall ___.
1. theirselves
2. themselves
3. themself
4. them
Show the answer

Answer: B. themselves

'Themselves' — 'theirselves' is not a word!
Choose the correct pronoun: Between you and ___, this secret stays.
1. I
2. me
3. myself
4. mine
Show the answer

Answer: B. me

After a preposition we use the object pronoun: me.
Choose the correct pronoun: It was ___ who swept the veranda.
1. her
2. she
3. hers
4. herself
Show the answer

Answer: B. she
The two brothers greeted ___ warmly after the long holiday.
1. themselves
2. each other
3. himself
4. another
Show the answer

Answer: B. each other

'Each other' is reciprocal — the greeting goes both ways.
Choose the correct sentence.
1. Me and Tabi went to the stream.
2. Tabi and me went to the stream.
3. Tabi and I went to the stream.
4. I and Tabi goes to the stream.
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Answer: C. Tabi and I went to the stream.

Answer key — Pronouns

B. themselves'Themselves' — 'theirselves' is not a word!
B. meAfter a preposition we use the object pronoun: me.
B. she
B. each other'Each other' is reciprocal — the greeting goes both ways.
C. Tabi and I went to the stream.

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