Personal Pronouns

Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns

subject form object form possessive adjective possessive pronoun

I

me

my

mine

myself

you

you

your

yours

yourself

he

him

his

his

himself

she

her

her

hers

herself

it

it

its

its

itself

we

us

our

ours

ourselves

you

you

your

yours

yourselves

they

them

their

theirs

themselves

Fill the gaps with the correct pronouns.

Part 1

1.

2.

Once upon a time there was a girl called Little Red Riding Hood. Together
with
mum,
lived in a big forest.
One fine day, Little Red Riding Hoods mother said,

grandma is

ill. Please go and take this cake and a bottle of wine to

. Grandmas

house is not too far from

house, but always keep to the path and

dont stop!
3.
So, Little Red Riding Hood made
4.

In the forest

5.

Little Red Riding Hood greeted

6.

Where are

7.

To

way to Grandmas house.

met the big bad wolf.

and the wolf asked:

going, Little Red Riding Hood?

grandmas house. answered Little Red Riding Hood.

8.

Can you tell

9.

10.

Why dont

11.

where

grandma lives?

lives in a little cottage at the edge of the forest.

pick some nice flowers for

? asked the wolf.

Thats a good idea. said Little Red Riding Hood and began looking for
flowers. Meanwhile, the wolf was on
way to grandmas house.

12.

The house was quite small but nice and

roof was made out of

straw.
13. The wolf went inside and swallowed poor old Grandma. After that
put Grandmas clothes on and lay down in

bed.

Part 2

1.

Some time later, Little Red Riding Hood came to the little cottage.
went inside and was shocked by the sight of

2.

grandma.

Oh grandma, what big eyes, hands and mouth

Red Riding Hood said.

3.
There, the wolf jumped out of bed and swallowed
4.

Then

5.

After a while, the hunter passed by Grandmas house.

have got! Little

, too.

lay down again and fell asleep.

heard

somebody snoring, thought that there was something wrong and

consequently went inside.
6.
In the bedroom,
saw the wolf.
7.

First, the hunter wanted to shoot

big belly.

, but then

saw the wolfs

8.

So, the hunter took out

knife and cut the belly open.

9.

Out came Little Red Riding Hood and

10.

Thank you for saving

11.

Then, all of

grandma.

, whispered Little Red Riding Hood.

went to fetch some stones and put

wolfs belly.
12. Soon the wolf woke up.

in the

was very thirsty and went to the well in

the garden to drink some water.

13. When the wolf wanted to lean over and drink, the stones in
were too heavy and pulled
14.

down into the well.

Grandma, the hunter and Little Red Riding Hood were happy, ate

cake and drank the wine.

15. But the wolf in the well thought, Why do such things always happen
to
?

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

1) I (be)

sixteen years old.

2) Tommy (live)
3) Juana (cook)
4) They (eat)
5) Nina (take)
6) I (like)

at 107 Pine Lane.

dinner for her family.
lunch at 12:00.
medicine when she is sick.
chocolate.

7) He (drive)

a nice car.

8) We (want)

to see a movie tonight.

9) Mr. Anderson (teach)

10) They (study)
11) I (want)

chemistry at Hill High School.

English at school.

to go home now.

belly

12) Bill and Calicia (drive)

to the mountains every year.

13) We (eat)

pasta once a week.

14) It (snow)

here in December.

15) When Dax (take)

a shower, he (wash)

his hair with shampoo.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. My father (work) ___ in Spain at the moment.

2. I (prepare) ___ for the biggest exams of my life.

3. Shhh, I (try) ___ to concentrate.

4. More and more people (buy) ___ Christmas presents in advance.

5. I (live) ___ with my parents at the moment.

6. London residents (become) ___ excited about the Olympics.

7. They (go) ___ to a fancy restaurant tonight.

8. She (cry) ___ because she misses him so much.

9. Jennifer (smile) ___ so beautifully in that photo!

10. My boyfriend (complete) ___ his masters at the moment.

11. We (wait) ___ for the actor to leave the theatre!

12. Look, I think that student (cheat) ___.

13. I (get) ___ really tired of your excuses.

14. People all over the world (listen) ___ to music online every day.

15. My daughter (dance) ___ in the most beautiful theatre in London next
week.

SIMPLE PRESENT/PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. Every Monday, Sally (drive)

2. Usually, I (work)
(study)
am in Paris.

her kids to football practice.

as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I

French at a language school in Paris. That is why I

3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep)

4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain)

5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always)

6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say)
(talk)

because everybody

so loudly.

7. Justin (write, currently)

a book about his adventures
in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.
8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go)
some friends.
9. The business cards (be, normally )
in New York. Their
prices (be)
quite good.

to a movie tonight with

printed by a company

inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is

10. This delicious chocolate (be)

chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.

made by a small

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

1. We ___________ (hurry) to the station to catch the train.

2. She ___________ (laugh) when I told her the joke.
3. I ___________ (get) this book from the library.
4. Dad ___________ (not help) me with my homework.
5. Helen ___________ (whisper) me a secret.
6. I ___________ (loose) my watch in the park.
7. Luis Miguel ___________ (hurry) to catch a bus.
8. We ___________ (return) our books to the library.
9. I ___________ (buy) a new camera last week.
10. We had a garage where we ___________ (keep) our car.
11. Ali ___________ (cut) his knee.
12. We ___________ (race) each other on our bikes.
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. When I phoned my friends, they (play)

monopoly.

2. Yesterday at six I (prepare)

3. The kids (play)

dinner.

in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.

4. I (practice)

the guitar when he came home.

5. We (not / cycle)

all day.

6. While Alan (work)

in his room, his friends (swim)

in the pool.
7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (not / listen )

8. What (you / do)

yesterday?

9. Most of the time we (sit)

10. I (listen)

in the park.

to the radio while my sister (watch)

11. When I arrived, They (play)

12. We (study)

cards.

English yesterday at 4:00 pm .

TV.

SIMPLE PAST/PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

1) What

2) I

3) When you

4) Susie

5) Yesterday I
swim, later I

6) We

7) What

(you/do) when I

(call) you last night?

(sit) in a cafe when you

(call).

(arrive) at the party, who

(be)there?

(watch) a film when she

(hear) the noise.

(go) to the library, next I

(have) a

(meet) Julie for coffee.

(play) tennis when John

(hurt) his ankle.

(they/do) at 10pm last night - it was really noisy?

8) He

(take) a shower when the telephone

9) He

(be) in the shower when the telephone

10) When I

11) It
the birds

(walk) into the room, everyone

(be) a day last September. The sun

(sing) . I

(ring).

(ring).

(work).

(shine)and

(walk) along the street when

(meet) an old friend.

12) He

(live) in Russia when the Revolution

(start).

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

1. You (be)

very happy.

2. You (get)

a lot of money.

3. You (buy)

a beautiful house.

4. Your friends (envy)

5. You (meet)

you.

a beautiful girl.

6. You (marry)

her.

7. You and your wife (travel)

8. People (serve)

around the world.

you.

9. They (not/refuse)

to make you happy.

10. But all this (happen / only)

when you are 70 years old.

FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

1) At three oclock tomorrow, I

2) At three oclock tomorrow, you

3) At three oclock tomorrow, he

4) At three oclock tomorrow, she

5) At three oclock tomorrow, it

6) At three oclock tomorrow, we

7) At three oclock tomorrow, they

(work) in my office.

(lie) on the beach.

(wait) for the train.

(shop) in New York.

(rain).

(get) ready to go out.

(meet) their parents.

8) At three oclock tomorrow, he

9) At three oclock tomorrow, she

10) At three oclock tomorrow, I

(study) in the library.

(exercise) at the gym.

(sleep).

SIMPLE FUTURE/FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

1) What a mess! We _____ up here for hours.
will clean
will be cleaning
2) Next Saturday at this time, we _____ on the beach in Mexico.
will relax
will be relaxing
3) You ____ your homework before you go out tonight.
will finish
will be finishing
4) If you need help finding a new job, I ____ you.
will be helping
will help
5) If you need to reach us, we ____ at the Fairmont Hotel.
will stay
will be staying
6) We ____ you as soon as we arrive in Paris.

will call
will be calling
7) You _____ yourselves in the Caribbean, while were stuck here in New York with
this cold weather!
will be enjoying
will enjoying
8) Susan _____ credit card payments until her debt is all paid off.
will be making
will make
9) Please leave the dishes. I ____ them tomorrow.
will be doing
will do
10) While youre in the kitchen preparing snacks, Jim and Jeff _____ the
SuperBowl.
will watch
will be watching

MIX TENSES

1.

David broke his leg when he (ski)

2.

It (rain)

3.

That exercise looks difficult. I

4.

Tom always

5.

Nelly (have)

6.

She was cooking dinner when we (arrive)

last week.

when I got up this morning.

(help) you.

(find) new ways to do things.

a great time in New York at the moment.
.

7.

They (go)

to spend six weeks in the USA.

8.

Are you sure they

9.

We

(win) the match?

(watch) the football match when you come

10.

back.
How many people (die)

11.

I (receive)

12.

We (be)

13.

I don't know what they

14.

My husband (be)

15.

16.

It was a funny situation but nobody

17.

Janet (start)

18.

I promise I

19.

It (take)

20.

Listen! There's someone at the door. I

in the fire yesterday?

a postcard from Jane yesterday.

too late for the train, it had just left.
(do) when we get there.

free for most of the afternoon.

(shop) all day tomorrow.

(laugh)

a new job in September.

(not tell) your secret to anyone.
me an hour to get to work.
(open) the door for you.