Pronoun Practice Quiz

Select the answer choice that identifies the pronoun in the sentence.

  1. The sudden light dazzled Mary and me.
  1. Light
  2. Dazzled
  3. Mary
  4. Me
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The correct answer is D!

“Me” is the first-person personal pronoun, objective case (subjective case is I). Light (A) is a noun. Dazzled (B) is a verb. Mary (C) is a proper noun (i.e. a name).

 

  1. Mack and I went to the airport last night.
  1. Mack
  2. I
  3. Airport
  4. Night
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The correct answer is B!

“I” is the subjective-case, first-person, personal pronoun. The name Mack (A) is a proper noun. Airport (C) and night (D) are nouns.

 

  1. A sad-eyed spaniel followed my sister and me home.
  1. Sad-eyed
  2. Spaniel
  3. Sister
  4. Me
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The correct answer is D!

“Me” is the objective-case, first-person, personal pronoun. Sad-eyed (A) is an adjective modifying the noun spaniel (B). Sister (C) is a noun.

 

  1. Mother bought a portable DVD for Jim and me.
  1. Mother
  2. Bought
  3. Jim
  4. Me
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The correct answer is D!

“Me” is the objective-case, first-person, personal pronoun. Mother (A) is used as a name here, i.e. a proper noun. Bought (B) is a verb. The name Jim (C) is a proper noun.

 

  1. Mittens yawned and blinked at Greg and them.
  1. Them
  2. Yawned
  3. Blinked
  4. Greg
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The correct answer is A!

“Them” is the objective-case, third-person plural, personal pronoun. Yawned (B) and blinked (C) are verbs. The name Greg (D) is a proper noun.

 

  1. The boy on the pier looked familiar to Sue and her.
  1. Looked
  2. Her
  3. Familiar
  4. Boy
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The correct answer is B!

“Her” is the objective-case, third-person feminine, singular personal pronoun. Looked (A) is a verb. Familiar (C) is often an adjective modifying a noun, but functions here as an adverb modifying the verb looked. Boy (D) is a noun.

 

  1. Have you written to Roy and them yet?
  1. Roy
  2. Written
  3. Them
  4. Yet
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The correct answer is C!

“Them” is the objective-case, third-person plural, personal pronoun. The name Roy (A) is a proper noun. Written (B) is a verb. Yet (D) is an adverb modifying written.

 

  1. My brother always beats Lisa and me at checkers.
  1. Brother
  2. Lisa
  3. Beats
  4. Me
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The correct answer is D!

“Me” is the objective-case, first-person singular, personal pronoun. Brother (A) is a noun. The name Lisa (B) is a proper noun. Beats (C) is a verb.

 

  1. Mr. Scott took us boys on a bike hike.
  1. Us
  2. Hike
  3. Boys
  4. Took
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The correct answer is A!

“Us” is the objective-case, first-person plural, personal pronoun. Hike (B) is a noun here. Boys (C) is a plural noun. Took (D) is a verb.

 

  1. Mr. Scott took us boys on a bike hike.
  1. Sister
  2. Nurse
  3. She
  4. Would
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The correct answer is C!

“She” is the third-person feminine, singular personal pronoun. Sister (A) and nurse (B) are nouns. Would (D) is the auxiliary verb for the subjunctive mood of the verb like.