Lect. dr. Imola-Ágnes FARKAS
Department of English Language and Literature
Morphology
THE PRONOUN
1. Definition
2. Classification
1. personal pronouns
- number mismatch
- gender mismatch
- a note on it
2. possessive pronouns vs. possessive adjectives
3. reflexive pronouns
4. reciprocal pronouns
5. demonstrative pronouns vs. demonstrative adjectives
6. interrogative pronouns vs. interrogative adjectives
7. relative pronouns
8. indefinite pronouns vs. indefinite adjectives
Practice 1: Explain the difference between the following pairs of sentences:
1a. Who is it? It’s I. b. Who is it? It’s me.
2a. the man to whom I spoke b. the man who/whom I spoke to
3a. Tom and Mary talk to themselves. b. Tom and Mary talk to each other.
4a. What is he like? b. What does he look like?
5a. What do you need this for? b. For what do you need this?
6a. The team, who are just getting their b. The team, which played well, has left the stadium.
tickets, will meet in 5 minutes.
Practice 2: Insert the suitable form of the pronoun:
1. They are all clever except _______. (he)
2. It was ______ who chose the colour. (he)
3. It is ______ he puts the blame on. (they)
4. I blame you as much as ______. I blame you both. (he)
5. I blame you as much as ______. Both of us blame you. (he)
Practice 3: Put the following into the correct order:
1. I gave (he, it).
2. I gave (the book, he)
3. I gave (Mary, the book)
Practice 4: In the following sentences, identify the pronouns and those determiners which are pronoun
look-alikes. Name the pronoun types you have identified:
1. This is a very curious omission, because it was a subject, one must suppose, which would have
interested readers.
2. He seems to have been conducted round this museum by those in charge, and they told him some old
stories about the place.
3. The multitude of vessels that invest this river is so vast that no one who should see or hear would
believe it.
4. Such was the terrible rout which Kubai met.
