□ That brother of yours is always in trouble.
□ That music of hers drives me crazy.
6. Possessive pronouns are often used before the names of the parts of the body, clothing.
things belonging to a person, etc. In this case they are not translated into Russian:
□ He rose and held out his hand to help his father up.
□ The girl dropped her handkerchief and he picked it up.
□ He always puts his hands into his pockets.
EXERCISES
Ex. 1. (A) Fill in the blanks with personal pronouns.
Model: I see a girl, I see her.
1. I see a teacher, I see______ .
2. . Please, read this letter, read______ .
3. I know the boy, I know______ .
4. I'm glad to meet both Tom and Ann, I'm glad to meet______ .
5. Give me the book, give______ to me.
6. I don't like Ann's brother, I don't like______ .
7. This task was given to you and to me, it was given to______ .
Ex. 2. (A) Answer the questions, using "my-mine", "her-hers", etc.
Model: This book belongs to me. j^> This is my book. The book is mine. 1. Do these shoes belong to your husband? 2. Will this new flat belong to them? 3. This umbrella doesn't belong to you, does it? 4. These books belong to us, don't they? 5. Do these things belong to him or to her?
Ex. 3. (A) Use the absolute form of the possessive pronoun in brackets. Translate the sentences into Russian.
Model: The pleasure was all (my). The pleasure was all mine.
1. Our house is in that street. (His) is round the corner. 2. It was through no fault of (her). 3. You can very well do without my help but not without (their). 4. Her handbag is on the chair. (My) is on the sofa. 5. (Our) was the last turn.
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Ex. 4. (A) Fill in the blanks with missing possessive pronouns.
1. This doesn't look like____ book, it must be_____ . 2. Tell him not to forget_____ ticket,
she mustn't forget_____ either. 3. Tell me, isn't that______ girl-friend over there? 4. I see
that he has lost____ pencil, perhaps you can lend him_____ . 5. He has come to see me,
____ father and_____ are school friends. 6. This is____ work, I did it without any help at all.
Ex. 5. (B) Re-word the following sentences. Pay attention to the indefinite article before nouns in the singular.
Examples: a) He is my cousin. c> He is a cousin of mine.
b) They are our friends. jz> They are friends of ours.
1. She is their relative.
2. He's her friend.
3. We are your former students.
4. She is his niece.
5. I am your colleague.
6. They are her pupils.
7. She is our neighbour.
8. He is her former school-friend.
9. I am his student.
Ex. 6. (В, С) Choose the correct form of the pronouns in brackets.
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1. It may be (our, ours) dictionaries. 2. He has not read a line of (your, yours). How can he criticise (your, yours) poems? 3. His composition is much more interesting than (your, yours) or (my, mine). 4. (Their, theirs) knowledge of the subject is not much superior to (our, ours). 5. I'm afraid they will take (her, hers) advice not (your, yours). 6. All (our, ours) clothes were extremely dirty, and (my, mine) especially so. 7. Will you help me to sort out the things? I cannot tell which are (your, yours) and which are (my, mine). 8. This is (your, yours) note-book, but where is (my, mine)?
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1. She got to (her, hers) feet and took (his, him) hand. 2. "Let me see your passports," I gave
him___ and Catherine got___ out of___ handbag (my, mine; her, hers; her, hers). 3. Mind
__ own business and I'll mind__ (your, yours; my, mine). 4. Mr Black gave (his, him) wife a
leather bag for (her, hers) birthday. 5. The next voice to speak up was not the Lieutenant's but
__ (my, mine). 6.1 looked at (her, hers)___ and at none other from that moment. 7.___ was
not a marriage that could last (their, theirs). 8.__ nerves are as bad as___ (your, yours; my,
mine). 9. His eyes were as bright as____ (her, hers). 10. After all, this is____ home just as
much as__ (your, yours; my, mine). 11. My sister likes much sugar in___ tea, but I like little
in___ (her, hers; my, mine). "Who can drink tea as sweet as____ (your, yours)," I wonder.
12. His own hand shook as he accepted a rose or two from__ and thanked her (her, hers).
Ex. 7. (В, С) Use the appropriate form of personal pronouns in the following sentences.
1. He patted Jack heartily on (he) shoulder. 2. He put (he) hand in (she). 3. "This foolish wife of (I) thinks I'm a great artist," said he. 4. (They) say there's been a great earthquake in the
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Pacific. 5. Then he stopped and pointed and said, "Those are peas." I said, "We've got some peas, too." "I expect (you) are bigger than (our)," he said politely. 6. Don't show this letter to (you) brother. 7. There's a ghastly article of (he) in the evening's paper. 8. She folded the letter and replaced it in (it) envelope. 9. The children had had (they) tea. Kate was late for (she) as usual, Mary and Paul were having (they). 10. This demand of (they) is quite ridiculous. 11. She makes all (she) clothes herself. 12. There was a cold wind blowing so I put on (I) heavy coat.
Ex. 8. (В, С) Translate into English, paying attention to the italicized words.
1. Машина мистера Брауна в гараже, а наша напротив дома. 2. Вчера они взяли наши журналы и оставили нам свои . 3. Этот чемодан не мой , это их . 4. Ее родители живут в центре города, а его - на окраине. 5. Я знаю ваш адрес, но я не знаю их адрес. 6. Это мое мнение, я вижу, оно отличается от твоего . 7. Это ваша записная книжка, а это его , но где же моя ? 8. Она взяла мои руки в свои . 9. Он, должно быть, перепутал ключи и взял ключ соседа вместо своего . 10. После всего, что произошло, мы не могли верить ни одному ее слову. 11. Твой билет на столе, а ее билет - в сумке. 12. Результаты показали, что наш план был более правильным, чем их . 13. Самое лучшее предложение - ваше . 14. Построена новая дорога; ее длина более тысячи километров. 15. Его мама сейчас в деревне, а моя - в городе. 16. Я предпочитаю Крым Кавказу из-за его более сухого климата. 17. Этот автомобиль очень небольшой, но мотор у него относительно мощный. 18. Где твоя фотография? - Она в альбоме.
1.2 REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS