Refer to this guideline for TOEIC Materials: How to Use TOEIC Materials
Main points:
a. Give the student 40 seconds to read and answer the question.
b. Mention about the time limit in every number and make it obvious that you are checking the time limit
c. Explain all the choices, why 1 answer is correct and the rest of the answers are wrong based on the
answer key.
CHAPTER 8
Pronoun
Sample
1. CA Information Technology and Yodagawa Corp. announced that ---------- would establish a joint venture
company in Japan.
A) it
B) they
[incorrect]
[correct]
C) its
D) their
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
= subject/object personal pronoun for neuter nouns (singular)
= subject pronoun (plural)
two or more people or things previously mentioned
= possessive pronoun
= possessive adjective (plural)
2. That white car is ----------.
A) I
B) my
C) me
D) mine
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
[correct]
= subject pronoun
= possessive adjective
= object pronoun
= possessive pronoun
belongs to or associated with the speaker
Basic Practice
1. Our manager announced that ---- would be the president of our company. [ SVO agreement ]
subject
verb
noun clause (functions as the object of the sentence)
A) he
[correct]
B) his
C) him
D) himself
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
= subject pronoun (he = subject of the noun clause)
noun clause is a group of words that contains a subject
and a verb, but it cannot stand alone as a sentence
= possessive pronoun
= object pronoun
= reflexive pronoun
2. Ms. Cazeneuve assembled the very complex machine by ------ .
A) she
B) her
C) hers
D) herself
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
[correct]
= subject pronoun
= possessive adjective (ex. her machine)
= possessive adjective (ex. the machine is hers)
= reflexive pronoun; they end in –self (singular) or –selves (plural)
pronouns that refer back to the subject of the sentence
3. The two firms merged last month, but they have not decided how to treat ------ employees.
A) they
B) their
[incorrect]
[correct]
C) them
D) themselves
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
= subject pronoun
= possessive adjective (pronouns before the noun)
My books are expensive.
Their house is big.
= object pronoun
= reflexive pronoun
More Practice
1. Our boss asked ------------ to submit a report on the seminar that I attended on August 3.
verb + object
A) I
B) my
C) me
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
[correct]
D) mine
[incorrect]
= subject pronoun
= possessive adjective
= object pronoun (me,you,him,her,it,us,them)
Functions as object of the verb/preposition
= possessive pronoun
2. When my wife and I visited London, we met up with ---- old friend.
A) ourselves
B) our
[incorrect]
[correct]
C) ours
D) us
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
= reflexive pronoun
= possessive adjective (pronouns before the noun)
My books are expensive.
Their house is big.
= possessive pronoun (pronouns after the noun)
= object pronoun
3. TOYO Corporation has 30 factories in Japan and each of them has ----- own regulations.
A) our
B) her
C) its
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
[correct]
D) their
[incorrect]
= possessive adjective (pronouns before the noun)
= possessive adjective (pronouns before the noun)
= possessive pronoun (pronouns after the noun)
demonstrates ownership
= possessive adjective (plural)
4. The information we needed was collected by our staff members, but one of them sold -------- to our competitors.
verb+ object
A) it
[correct]
B) they
C) he
D) she
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
= object pronoun (me,you,him,her,it,us,them)
Functions as object of the verb/preposition
= subject pronoun
= subject pronoun
= subject pronoun
5. The fees collected from the tollgates were misplaced, but ----- were found in a service area.
A) they
B) it
C) their
D) its
[correct]
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
= subject pronoun (plural) :
= subject pronoun (singular)
= possessive adjective
= possessive pronoun
6. The implementation of the new regulations ---- was not so difficult, but surprisingly a lot of workers here did not
want to follow them.
A) by itself
B) by themselves
C) themselves
D) itself
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
[correct]
= not possible for the given structure because of “by”
= not possible for the given structure because of “by”
= reflexive pronoun (for people - plural)
= reflexive pronoun; they end in –self (singular) or –selves (plural)
pronouns that refer back to the subject of the sentence
7. Do not inflict your way on Carol because she has ----- own way of doing things.
A) she
B) her
C) herself
D) hers
[incorrect]
[correct]
[incorrect]
[incorrect]
= subject pronoun
= possessive adjective (show who owns or possess something)
= reflexive pronoun
= possessive pronoun