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Writing Connections: You, College, and Careers
Book I: Sentences and Paragraphs

Lee Brandon, Mt. San Antonio College
Grammar Exercises Answer Key
Exercise 10: Selecting Pronouns—Case

Name: ___________________________ Date: __________________

Select the correct pronoun form in each sentence.

     Compounds
  1. Sacagawea, her husband, and (he, him) helped Lewis and Clark as they explored the West.

  2. Did you and (she, her) practice throwing curve balls?

  3. She insisted on setting up Roxanne and (them, they) with blind dates.

  4. The fortune cookie revealed (they, them) their destinies.
      Appositives
  1. Let's you and (I, me) order the crawfish platter.

  2. Two of the dancers—Cheyenne and (she, her)—couldn't high-kick very well.

  3. She has narrowed her suitors down to three—you, Bob, and (he, him).

  4. (We, Us) know-it-alls consider it our duty to correct those who are wrong.

  5. They frowned upon (we, us) women showing off our tattoos.
     Comparisons
  1. My friend Raj is a better rapper than (I, me).

  2. Lucy has more freckles than (she, her).

  3. He makes a lot more money than (they, them).

  4. The chimpanzee knew as many words as (he, him).
Who/Whom
  1. (Who, Whom) did you invite to the luau?

  2. She is a person in (who, whom) we can trust.

  3. (Who, Whom) leaked the information to the press?

  4. She is now dating the fellow (who, whom) she accidentally ran over last month.

  5. (Who, Whom) do you predict will be our first female president?
      Refer Back to Subject
  1. Was it (I, me) you hoped to find?

  2. It is (she, her) for whom he sold his soul.


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