Business English for Success

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Exercise 2

Complete the following sentences by selecting the correct pronoun. Copy the completed
sentence onto your own sheet of paper. Then circle the noun the pronoun replaces.

1. In the current economy, nobody wants to waste ____ money on frivolous things.


2. If anybody chooses to go to medical school, ____ must be prepared to work long
   hours.


3. The plumbing crew did ____ best to repair the broken pipes before the next ice
   storm.


4. If someone is rude to you, try giving ____ a smile in return.


5. My family has ____ faults, but I still love them no matter what.


6. The school of education plans to train ____ students to be literacy tutors.


7. The commencement speaker said that each student has a responsibility toward
   ____.


8. My mother’s singing group has ____ rehearsals on Thursday evenings.


9. No one should suffer ____ pains alone.


10. I thought the flock of birds lost ____ way in the storm.

Subject and Object Pronouns

Subject pronouns function as subjects in a sentence. Object pronouns function as the
object of a verb or of a preposition.

Singular Pronouns Plural Pronouns

Subject Object Subject Object

I me we us

you you you you

he, she, it him, her, it they them

The following sentences show pronouns as subjects:

1. She loves the Blue Ridge Mountains in the fall.


2. Every summer, they picked up litter from national parks.

The following sentences show pronouns as objects:

1. Marie leaned over and kissed him.


2. Jane moved it to the corner.

Tip

Note that a pronoun can also be the object of a preposition.