Writing Better English for ESL Learners

18. Some of the older boys were making fun of. (I)


19. The kittens were looking at in the mirror. (they)


20. The damaged floor didn’t just happen by! (it)

Exercise 1.23Use the pronouns listed in the following and write three short

sentences: (a) use the pronoun as a subject, (b) use the pronoun as a direct

object or the object of a preposition, and (c) use the pronoun as a possessive.

Example:He

a. He is my friend. (subject)

b. I visit him often. (direct object) This is for him. (object of preposition)

c. His father is a butcher. (possessive)

1. I
   a.
   b.
   c.


2. You (singular)
   a.
   b.
   c.


3. She
   a.
   b.
   c.


4. We
   a.
   b.
   c.


5. They
   a.
   b.
   c.

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