Beginner Level Pronoun Quiz

Personal pronouns refer directly to people or things and include I, we, you, he, she, they, it, me, him, her, us, them. "They" is a third-person plural personal pronoun. "Myself" is a reflexive pronoun, "who" is a relative/interrogative pronoun, and "this" is a demonstrative pronoun. Memory hook: personal pronouns are the ones you use every day in conversation — I, you, he, she, we, they.

"Who" is the correct interrogative pronoun here because it functions as the subject of the verb "is knocking." The rule: use "who" when the pronoun is the subject of the verb. Use "whom" when it is the object. Quick test — answer the question: "He is knocking" (subject = he) → the question word replacing a subject pronoun must be "who," not "whom." This subject/object distinction for who/whom is a staple beginner question.

A reflexive pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence — it reflects the action onto the subject itself. "Herself" refers back to "She," making it a reflexive pronoun. The reflexive pronouns are: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves. They are used when the subject and object of the verb are the same person. "She prepared herself" means she was both the one preparing and the one being prepared.

Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those) must agree in number with the noun they refer to. "Those" is plural and correctly pairs with the plural verb "are" and the plural noun "books." "This" and "that" are singular and must take "is." Option A uses "this" (singular) with "are" (plural) — wrong. Option B uses "these" (plural) with "is" (singular) — wrong. Option D uses "that" (singular) with "are" (plural) — wrong.

After a preposition ("to"), the object form of the pronoun must be used — "me," not "I." "I" is a subject pronoun used before verbs. "Me" is an object pronoun used after verbs and prepositions. A simple test: remove "Riya and" from the sentence — "The prize was given to me" sounds right; "The prize was given to I" does not. This subject/object pronoun test is one of the most reliable tricks for beginner-level questions.

"Who" is the correct interrogative pronoun because it is the subject of the verb "called." Replacing it with the answer gives: "He/She called you yesterday" — a subject pronoun. Since the answer is a subject pronoun (he/she), the question word must be "who." "Whom" is used for objects ("Whom did you call?" — You called him → object). "Whose" is possessive. "Which" refers to a choice between options, not a person.

"Who" here is a relative pronoun — it connects (relates) the main clause "The student received the trophy" to the dependent clause "scored highest." Relative pronouns (who, which, that, whom, whose) introduce relative clauses that modify a noun. "Who" is used for people. "Which" is used for things. "That" can be used for both. This is different from the interrogative use of "who" — context determines the type.

When pronouns are used as the subject of a sentence, subject pronouns must be used — "he" and "I," not "him" and "me." The test: remove one pronoun at a time. "Him went to the market" — wrong. "Me went to the market" — wrong. "He went to the market" — correct. "I went to the market" — correct. Therefore "He and I" is the right combination. This is one of the most common pronoun errors in everyday speech and in exam questions.

"Hers" is the correct possessive pronoun — it stands alone without a noun following it. Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs) do not use apostrophes. "Her's" with an apostrophe is incorrect — possessive pronouns never take apostrophes. "Her" (option A) is a possessive adjective, not a pronoun — it must be followed by a noun ("her book"). Option D uses a subject pronoun where a possessive is needed.

"Each other" is a reciprocal pronoun — it expresses a mutual action between two or more people. "They help each other" means the helping goes both ways. The two reciprocal pronouns in English are "each other" (for two people) and "one another" (for more than two, though this distinction is relaxed in modern usage). Reciprocal pronouns are tested in identification questions and are often confused with reflexive pronouns by beginners.