Pronoun Worksheets - Identifying Pronouns | Free English Worksheets - Free Printable

Let's solve each sentence by filling in the blanks with the correct pronoun. We'll go step by step, explaining why each pronoun is appropriate.

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1. Peter and Michael watch tennis every Saturday. ____ love watching sports.

- Subject: "Peter and Michael" → two people (plural)
- The pronoun must be plural and refer to them.
- Correct pronoun: They
- ✔ They love watching sports.

> ✔️ *Explanation:* "They" is the plural subject pronoun that replaces "Peter and Michael."

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2. My dad’s car is fast. ____ drives it around every weekend.

- "My dad’s car" → belongs to "my dad"
- So, the person driving is my dad, who is singular and male.
- We need a singular subject pronoun for a male: He
- ✔ He drives it around every weekend.

> ✔️ *Explanation:* "He" refers to "my dad" as the subject of the sentence.

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3. That family over there is rich. ____ have all of the best things.

- "That family" → collective noun, but here treated as plural because it refers to multiple members
- "Have" is plural verb → so the pronoun must be plural
- Correct pronoun: They
- ✔ They have all of the best things.

> ✔️ *Explanation:* Even though "family" is singular, when we talk about the members collectively doing something, we use "they."

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4. He doesn’t like doing homework. ____ never does it and always gets in trouble.

- "He" is the subject of the first sentence → same person
- So, the pronoun should refer back to "he"
- Correct pronoun: He
- ✔ He never does it and always gets in trouble.

> ✔️ *Explanation:* The pronoun must match the antecedent "He" in number and gender.

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5. Paul’s basketball team are terrible. ____ haven’t won a game all season.

- "Paul’s basketball team" → plural (team members)
- Verb: "haven’t" → plural form
- So, pronoun must be plural: They
- ✔ They haven’t won a game all season.

> ✔️ *Explanation:* "Team" can be treated as plural when referring to individual members. "They" matches both the plural verb and the idea of multiple players.

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6. Her arms are very strong. ____ can lift a lot of heavy things.

- "Her arms" → body parts belonging to someone (female)
- The pronoun must refer to the arms, which are plural
- But we're talking about what the arms can do, so we need a plural pronoun that refers to the arms
- Correct pronoun: They
- ✔ They can lift a lot of heavy things.

> ✔️ *Explanation:* "They" refers to "her arms," which are plural.

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7. Amy bought a new bike, but ____ broke on the first day.

- "A new bike" → object, singular
- Something about the bike broke → so we need a pronoun for the bike
- The bike is an object, so we use the object pronoun: it
- ✔ but it broke on the first day.

> ✔️ *Explanation:* "It" refers to the bike, which is singular and neuter.

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8. The monkey in the tree is cheeky. ____ is stealing money from people.

- "The monkey" → singular animal
- We need a singular subject pronoun to replace "the monkey"
- Since it's an animal, we use it
- ✔ It is stealing money from people.

> ✔️ *Explanation:* For animals, especially when not named or not anthropomorphized, we use "it."

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✔ Final Answers:

1. They
2. He
3. They
4. He
5. They
6. They
7. It
8. It

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Summary Table:

| Sentence | Correct Pronoun | Reason |
|--------|------------------|--------|
| 1 | They | Refers to Peter and Michael (plural) |
| 2 | He | Refers to "my dad" (singular male) |
| 3 | They | "Family" treated as plural (members) |
| 4 | He | Same subject as "He" in previous sentence |
| 5 | They | "Team" refers to multiple players |
| 6 | They | Refers to "arms" (plural body parts) |
| 7 | It | Refers to "bike" (singular object) |
| 8 | It | Refers to "monkey" (animal, singular) |

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