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Two common mistakes people make with pronouns:

‘I’ or ‘Me’?
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‘I’ and ‘me’ are pronouns that are often mixed up. ‘I’ should be used as the subject
and ‘me’ as the object of a sentence.
Correct - ‘I’ is the subject of the
Sue and I live next to each other. sentence.

Sue and me live next to each other. Wrong - ‘me’ should not be used here.

Sue lives next door to me. Correct - ‘me’ is the object of the sentence.

2 ‘Who or ‘Whom’?

‘Who’ should be used as the subject and ‘whom’ as the object of a sentence.
Example:-

Subject Who is sitting by whom? Object

Task 1 Pronouns

Rewrite the sentences below replacing the words in bold italics with a suitable pronoun.

1. Mrs Hill parked the car in the garage.
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2. The books belonged to the children.

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3. Ben would have given the key to Sue if Sue had asked for the key.

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Underline or highlight the mistakes in the sentences below and rewrite them correctly.

4. Whom is going to come with I?

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5. You and me will work with who?

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Did you answer the five questions correctly? Yes / No 1 point
(If not, read the information on pronouns again and correct your answers.)

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