1. Circle the correct form In parentheses:
a) Just between you and ( I - me ). I think he's right.
b) That's a matter for Paul and ( me - I ).
c) The students and ( we - us ) will join the team.
d) Carol and ( I - me ) agreed to share the expenses.
e) Everybody but ( his - him ) can come.
f) The baby is tiny. ( Its - It ) weighs two kilos.
g) Jack told Susan and ( I - me ) that Mr. Kenton had had an accident.
h) Phil is stronger than ( we - us ) both.
Test 1
Mark the right alternative:
Either you or ________ must tell him the truth.
a) myself;
b) I
c) me
d) him;
e) one
Test 2
(AFA - SP) - Mark the correct set of pronouns to complete the
sentences below:
Duchess Sharon couldn't find any jewels in the jewel case
because_________children had taken _________ to perform
a play at school. ___________didn't tell it to
_________mother and ______ got very irritated with
_________because of________.
a) Her / them / They / their / she / them /it;
b) Your /him / They / them / your / her / them;
c) Their / they / Them / their / her / them /him;
d) His / their / Their / they / he / they /its;
e) His / them / Them / they / she / them / it.
Test 3
(ACAFE - SC) - Select the alternative in which the underlined
word(s) can be replaced by the pronoun In parentheses:
a) The text is about animals. (He)
b) We met Paul yesterday. (him)
c) The kangaroos are interesting animals. (them)
d) We can meet camels in the desert. (it)
e) I saw a chimpanzee in the zoo. (she)
Test 4
(PUC - PR) - Choose the option that best completes the sentences
below:
Have you seen Patrick? I would like to talk to _________as soon as
possible. I'm quite sure I've left my glasses in the car. I must have left
______________there the day before yesterday.
If you see Rachel, tell ___________ to give ________a call.
I guess the book over there is _____________; ____________over here.
a) him - them - her - me - yours - mine;
b) his - them - her - mine - your - my;
c) him - them - her - me - your - my;
d) his - their - she - me - yours - mine;
e) him - their - she - mine - yours - mine.
Test 5
(UTFPR - PR) - Leia os períodos e marque a alternativa cujos
pronomes substituem os termos em itálico: Dian Fossey lived
in a rain forest where she studied mountain gorillas. Gorillas
were gentle and caring. Somebody killed Dian Fossey.
a) it - they - her - them;
b) her - they - them - she;
c) she - him - he - it;
d) she - his - his - she;
e) it - them - they - her.
Test 6
Check the item in which the pronoun in parentheses can be
used to complete the sentence:
a) Our swimming pool isn't as deep as __________. (your)
b) Nobody told ____________about the party. (we)
c) He's my best friend. I can always count on ___________.
(him)
d) They will visit my apartment if I invite __________ . (they)
e) Robert and _________have been working for the same
company for over 20 years. (me)
Test 7
(MACK - SP) - Choose the correct alternative.
She likes both of ________but______more than _________.
a) we - my - him;
b) us - I - he;
c) us - I - him;
d) us - me - him;
e) we - him - me.
Test 8
(VUNESP - SP) - Mark the best option:
RECIPE
California Salad
a head of lettuce
1/4 pound of cheese
1/4 pound of ham
1 onion
2 tomatoes
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup yogurt
Wash and dry the lettuce, and tear_______ into bite-sized pieces. Put it in a salad
bowl. Cut the cheese and ham into thin slices and arrange_________over lettuce. Peel
the onion, and slice it thin.
Slice the tomatoes thin.
a) its - it;
b) them - they;
c) it - them;
d) them - its;
e) they - it.
Test 9
(ITA - SP) - Choose the right alternative: Our friends insist
that there is something _________.
a) between her and I;
b) between she and me;
c) between hers and me;
d) between her and me;
e) between she and I.
Test 1O
(UNESP - SP) - Assinale a alternativa que preenche
corretamente cada lacuna da frase adiante:
Do you think __________is as experienced as ________?
a) her- I;
b) him - she;
c) she - I;
d) myself - we;
e) they - him.
Test 11
January 26,2004: QM2
Completes Maiden Voyage
The world's largest ship, Queen Mary 2, completed her
maiden trans-Atlantic voyage on Monday, arriving at 8 AM at Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, two weeks after she left the British port of
Southampton.
The underlined pronoun "she" in the text above refers to:
a) Maiden Voyage;
b) Florida;
c) Fort Lauderdale;
d) The world's largest ship;
e) British port.
Test 12
(CESGRANRIO - RJ) - The pronoun IT in the sentence
"When we eat something with sugar in it, particularly refined
sugar, enzymes in the saliva in the mouth begin to work
immediately to change that sugar into a type of
carbohydrate." refers to the word ...
a) saliva;
b) sugar;
c) mouth;
d) something;
e) refined sugar.
Test 13
A banker is a fellow who lends you
2 his umbrella when the sun is
3 shining, but wants it back the
4 minute it begins to rain.
(By Mark Twain)
1
Na citação acima:
a) a palavra "it" (Iinha 3) refere-se a "sun";
b) a palavra "it" (Iinha 3) refere-se a "umbrella";
c) a palavra "but" (linha 3) significa "portanto";
d) a palavra "you" (Iinha 1) é um "subject pronoun";
e) a palavra "back" (Iinha 3) pode ser traduzida como "costas".
Test 14
(UEL - PR) - At the Fourth World Conference on Women, Hillary
Clinton stated. "It's time for (___I___)to say here in Beijing, and the
world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights
as separate from human rights." Assinale a letra correspondente a
alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna (I) da frase
apresentada.
a) we
b) us
c) our
d) ours
e) ourselves
Test 15
"The problem with studying other galaxies is that________ are too far
away. The Andromeda, for example, is more than two million light-years
away.______is big enough and bright enough, however, on a really dark
night, a person can see _______as a fuzzy object in the sky."
(From Charting the Galaxies. in Dialogue n. B6. Apr. 89 p. 18 )
The gaps can be filled, respectively, with:
a) them, he, it;
b) we, she, you;
c) they, she, them;
d) they, it, it;
e) they, it, them.
Test 16
(AFA - SP) - Read the paragraph below and answer the questions
according to It.
"During the Trojan War, the Greeks hid inside a big wooden horse to
trick their enemies into letting_________ inside the city of Troy.
The trick was successful and once the horse was inside the city
gates, _________ jumped out and caught the Trojans by surprise."
(by Longman Dictionary of Culture)
According to the paragraph above, mark the option which contains
the appropriate words that complete the gaps and whom they are
referring to respectively.
a) they / themselves (the Greeks);
b) them / they (the soldiers);
c) they / they (the Wooden Horse);
d) them / he (the Trojans).
Test 17
"During the Trojan War, the Greeks hid inside a big wooden horse to trick their
enemies into letting them inside the city of Troy. The trick was successful and
once the horse was inside the city gates, they jumped out and caught the
Trojans by surprise."
(AFA - SP) - The text says that.
a) inside the city there was a horse which caught the soldiers
by surprise.
b) the Trojans were caught by surprise because the Wooden
Horse was hidden inside the city .
c) the Greeks hid themselves inside the horse in order to catch
their enemies by surprise.
d) surprisingly, the trick was successful because the Trojans
were caught during the war by the hidden Wooden Horse.
Test 18
(ITA - SP)
Na frase “Secrets of the New Matrix: We’re the FIRST to see the
movie and play the videogame! If we told you everything, they’d have
to kill us”, extraída da manchete da revista Time, os pronomes “we” e
“you” referem-se, respectivamente, a
a) editores da Time — público que assistiu à estréia do filme.
b) diretores do filme “The Matrix Reloaded” - público em geral.
c) público que assistiu à estréia do filme - público em geral.
d) editores da Time - leitores da revista Time.
e) público que assistiu à estréia do filme - leitores da revista Time.
Test 19
(UFMG) - The cartoonist wants the reader to believe that Senator
Krupt
a) has been paid by the press.
b) has done something wrong.
c) has gained people's trust.
d) has got a rather unfair trial.
Test 20
(UFMG - MG) - The word "they" in this cartoon refers to the:
a) lies;
b) means;
c) press;
d) senators.
Test 21
(PUCCAMP - SP) - In a 14-year study of 265,000 Japanese,
Epidemiologist Takeshi Hirayama found that nonsmoking wives of
heavy smokers had a higher risk of developing lung cancer than
nonsmoking women married to men who did not smoke. However,
classifying nonsmoking women on the basis of the smoking habits of
their husbands is not an accurate measure of their degree of passive
smoking, since they may be exposed to varying amounts of smoke
outside the home.
De acordo com o texto,
a) O estudo feito pelo epidemiólogo japones levou 14 anos.
b) as mulheres tem menor probabilidade de contrair câncer do que
os homens.
c) fumantes passivos não correm o risco de contrair câncer do
pulmão.
d) a maioria das esposas japonesas não fuma.
e) os japoneses começam a fumar aos 14 anos.
Test 22
In a 14-year study of 265,000 Japanese, Epidemiologist Takeshi Hirayama
found that nonsmoking wives of heavy smokers had a higher risk of
developing lung cancer than nonsmoking women married to men who did
not smoke. However, classifying nonsmoking women on the basis of the
smoking habits of their husbands is not an accurate measure of their
degree of passive smoking, since they may be exposed to varying amounts
of smoke outside the home.
(PUCCAMP - SP) - No texto anterior, a palavra negritada “they” refere-se a:
a) heavy smokers;
b) non-smoking wives;
c) non-smoking husbands;
d) smoking husbands;
e)Japanese.
Test 23