LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

4 Pronouns4.1 Personal pronouns4.1 A Subject and object pronouns [> LEG 4.1-6]Study:ИWrite:1 We use pronouns in place of nouns. They may be subject (she) or object (hei).2 We call I, you, etc. personal pronouns because they refer to 'grammatical persons':1st person: I, we 2nd person: you 3rd person: he, she, it, one, they3 In English, we must express the subject of a sentence, so we use a pronoun or a noun:John (or He) is here. Tim and Pam (or They) have arrived. (Not *is here* *have arrived* etc.)4 We do not have singular and plural forms of you. We can say You're right to someone we don'tknow at all or to someone we know very well, to a child or to an adult.5 We use it to say who someone is: Who's that?- It's our new neighbour, Mr Groves.We use he/she/they to give information about someone:Who's Mr Groves?- He's our new neighbour.6 We also use it when we don't know the sex of a baby or child: Is it a boy or a girl?Supply pronouns and underline the words they replace.1 Your parcel has arrived IP. was delivered this morning.2 Jane and I have already eaten had a meal before we left home.3 Who's that? - 's my mother. Would you like to meet her?4 Who's Jane Wilson? - 's the woman who's just started working for our company.5 So you've had a baby! Is a boy or a girl?6 Whose cat is that? 's always in our garden.7 When John comes in, please tell I phoned.8 If you see Catherine, please give my regards.sIM4.1 В Subject or object pronoun? [> LEG 4.7,6.27.1 ]Study:та1 We often use object pronouns after be: Who is it? - It's me/him/her/us/them.2 We do not use I, she, etc. on their own in answer to questions with Who?. In everyday speech,we use object pronouns: Who told him?- Me/Not me. Or we say: I did/I didn't.3 We use object pronouns after as and than: He's taller than те/as tall as me.or we use subject + verb: He's taller than I am/as tall as I am. [> 1.1 OD]54Write:Supply suitable pronouns in the following. Alternatives are possible.1 Who's that? - It's ..m^J.^^L^./MÁIíh^...... !2 Who wants to know what we're having for dinner tonight? -3 Who wants to help me in the garden? - Not !4 You can invite him to your place. - ! You must be joking!5 It was who told you, not my brothei.6 She's taller than but not as strong as am.7 He's more intelligent than am, but not as good at sports as