Pronoun errors
Correct the following sentences that have pronoun errors.
- This situation arose when
- me and a friend
- went to the movies.
Well done!
Try again!
The right answer is: This situation arose when a friend and I went to the movies.
We use 'a friend and I' as it needs a subject pronoun and the other person is first in the sentence.
- a friend and I
Correct the following sentences that have pronoun errors.
- The
- bad
- reviews
- affected
- both
- John
- and
- myself.
Well done!
Try again!
Sorry, the right answer is: The bad reviews affected both John and me.
We use 'John and me' because me is an object pronoun
- me.
Correct the following sentences that have pronoun errors.
- The teacher congratulated
- the other student and I.
Well done!
Try again!
Sorry, the right answer is: The teacher congratulated the other student and me.
We use 'the other student and me' because me is an object pronoun.
- the other student and me.
Correct the following sentences that have pronoun errors.
- The
- eighth
- grade
- students
- they
- were
- all
- behaving
- mysteriously
- well.
Well done!
Try again!
Sorry, the right answer is: The eighth grade students were all behaving mysteriously well.
They is omitted because it has a subject and a pronoun. Only one is used.
Correct the following sentences that have pronoun errors.
- Derrick and
- him
- received the top grade on the grammar test.
Well done!
Try again!
Sorry, the right answer is: Derrick and he received the top grade on the grammar test.
He is a subject pronoun.
- he
Correct the following sentences that have pronoun errors.
- Me and Joanna
- never go camping anymore.
Well done!
Try again!
Sorry, the right answer is: Joanna and I never go camping anymore.
We use 'Joanna and I' because I is a subject pronoun and the other person is first in the sentence.
- Joanna and I
Correct the following sentences that have pronoun errors.
- There are no problems between
- you and I.
Well done!
Sorry, the right answer is: There are no problems between you and me.
Use 'you and me' because me is an object pronoun used after a preposition, in this case between.
- you and me.
Correct the following sentences that have pronoun errors.
- They sent
- my wife and I
- an invite to the wedding.
Well done!
Try again!
Sorry, the right answer is: They sent my wife and me an invite to the wedding.
- my wife and me
Correct the following sentences that have pronoun errors.
- Jacob went to the shop with
- Paulina and I.
Well done!
Try again!
Sorry, the rigth answer is: Jacob went to the shop with Paulina and me.
We use 'Paulina and me' because me is an object pronoun used after the preposition with.
- Paulina and me.
Correct the following sentences that have pronoun errors.
- Him
- and I went shopping.
Well done!
Sorry, the right asnwer is: He and I went shopping.
We use 'He and I' because he is a subject pronoun
- He
Attribution
This work includes material from the following sources:
The Saylor Foundation. (2013). Writing for success. Retrieved from http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/Writing%20for%20Success.pdf Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
