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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Pronouns 1 (Questions)

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Pronouns take the place of a noun. 'I', 'he' and 'we' are examples of personal pronouns. It's a good idea to use them to avoid repetition in your English writing.

Play this quiz on pronouns and if you get full marks, see if you can match your score in the next quiz!

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
James took the book; he gave it to the teacher.

[ ]	book, to
[ ]	he, it
[ ]	James, teacher
[ ]	took, gave

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
The teacher thanked him and gave it to Bob.

[ ]	him, it
[ ]	teacher, Bob
[ ]	thanked, gave
[ ]	The, and

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
The concert was long and it was late when it finished.

[ ]	concert, late
[ ]	it, it
[ ]	long, late
[ ]	was, finished

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
How late was it when you left the concert?

[ ]	How, when
[ ]	it, you
[ ]	late, left
[ ]	you, the

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
The torrential rain made him wet; he shivered with cold.

[ ]	him, he
[ ]	made, shivered
[ ]	rain, cold
[ ]	torrential, wet

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
We didn't play football yesterday as it rained all day.

[ ]	as, all
[ ]	football, day
[ ]	play, rained
[ ]	We, it

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
The cousins came to tea with us; we played cricket too.

[ ]	came, played
[ ]	cousins, tea
[ ]	tea, cricket
[ ]	us, we

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
They were camping and came to us for shelter.

[ ]	and, for
[ ]	camping, shelter
[ ]	They, us
[ ]	were, came

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
They were grateful for the hot tea mom gave them.

[ ]	grateful, for
[ ]	hot, tea
[ ]	They, them
[ ]	were, gave

10.

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
The rain stopped and they returned to the campsite.

[ ]	campsite
[ ]	rain
[ ]	stopped
[ ]	they

English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Pronouns 1 (Answers)

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
James took the book; he gave it to the teacher.

[ ]	book, to
[x]	he, it
[ ]	James, teacher
[ ]	took, gave

Personal pronouns refer to people: 'you'/'I'/'us'

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
The teacher thanked him and gave it to Bob.

[x]	him, it
[ ]	teacher, Bob
[ ]	thanked, gave
[ ]	The, and

More personal pronouns: 'me'/'he'/'him'/'she'/'her'

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
The concert was long and it was late when it finished.

[ ]	concert, late
[x]	it, it
[ ]	long, late
[ ]	was, finished

More personal pronouns: 'it'/'we'/'they'/'them'

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
How late was it when you left the concert?

[ ]	How, when
[x]	it, you
[ ]	late, left
[ ]	you, the

Use personal pronouns for succinct writing

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
The torrential rain made him wet; he shivered with cold.

[x]	him, he
[ ]	made, shivered
[ ]	rain, cold
[ ]	torrential, wet

'Him' and 'he' are the personal pronouns used here

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
We didn't play football yesterday as it rained all day.

[ ]	as, all
[ ]	football, day
[ ]	play, rained
[x]	We, it

'We' is used here instead of the list of our names

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
The cousins came to tea with us; we played cricket too.

[ ]	came, played
[ ]	cousins, tea
[ ]	tea, cricket
[x]	us, we

'Us' and 'we' are the personal pronouns here

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
They were camping and came to us for shelter.

[ ]	and, for
[ ]	camping, shelter
[x]	They, us
[ ]	were, came

'They' is used instead of the list of their names

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
They were grateful for the hot tea mom gave them.

[ ]	grateful, for
[ ]	hot, tea
[x]	They, them
[ ]	were, gave

'Simon, John and Abdul were grateful' = 'they'

10.

See if you can find the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
The rain stopped and they returned to the campsite.

[ ]	campsite
[ ]	rain
[ ]	stopped
[x]	they

'Campsite' is the noun: they returned to 'it'