Complete the following sentences using appropriate pronouns.
1. She is taller than ---------------- (I / me)
2. You are as brilliant as ---------------- is. (he / him)
3. I earn as much as ---------------- (she / her)
4. Who is there? It is ---------------- (I / me)
5. Who came to see you? It was not John, was ----------------? (he / him)
6. They ran as fast as ---------------- (we / us)
7. James and ---------------- are friends. (he / him)
8. If I were ----------------, I wouldn't do this. (he / him)
9. I know his brother and ---------------- (he / him)
10. All but ---------------- had fled. (he / him)
Answers
1:me
2:him
3:she
4:me
5:he
6:we
7:he
8:he
9:him
10he
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1. She is taller than I am. / She is taller than me.
2. You are as brilliant as he is. / You are as brilliant as him.
3. I earn as much as her. / I earn as much as she does.
4. Who is there? It is me. (Informal) / It is I. (Formal)
5. Who came to see you? It was not John, was him? (After be, we usually use the object pronoun; the subject form is considered over-correct.)
6. They ran as fast as us. / They ran as fast as we did.
7. James and he are friends. (Here the noun James and the pronoun he are the subject of the verb are.)
8. If I were him, I wouldn't do this. (Informal) / If I were he, I wouldn't do this. (Formal)
9. I know his brother and him.
10. All but him had fled. (Informal) / All but he had fled. (Formal)
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Pronouns are parts of speech that are used to replace nouns in sentence.
The the book kept on the table are mine. She can read them.
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