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I, you, he, she, we, they

A0 · Starter Referring to people and things Questions 10

The rule

English always says who does something. Where Arabic can leave the subject inside the verb, English puts a word in front of it: I work, she works. The word for one thing that is not a person is it — it is cold, it is nine o'clock.

Pattern

I · you · he · she · it | we · you · they

Examples

  1. I live in Rotterdam.

  2. She is a nurse.

  3. It is cold today.

  4. They are my neighbours.

Common mistakes

  • Wrong: Is a nurse.

    Right: She is a nurse.

    English needs the subject word. A sentence cannot start with the verb.

  • Wrong: He is my sister.

    Right: She is my sister.

    he is for a man, she for a woman. English marks this on the pronoun, not the verb.

Practice questions

Try each one yourself first, then open “Show answer” for the solution and the reason.

  1. 1Choose the correct sentence.

    1. She is my sister.
    2. They is my sister.
    3. He is my sister.
    4. It is my sister.
    Show answer

    Answer: A She is my sister.

    One woman → she.

  2. 2Choose the correct sentence.

    1. She are my children.
    2. It are my children.
    3. They are my children.
    4. He are my children.
    Show answer

    Answer: C They are my children.

    More than one person → they.

  3. 3Choose the correct sentence.

    1. They is nine o'clock.
    2. It is nine o'clock.
    3. Is nine o'clock.
    4. He is nine o'clock.
    Show answer

    Answer: B It is nine o'clock.

    The weather, the time and a thing all take it.

  4. 4Choose the correct sentence.

    1. Our live in this street.
    2. Us live in this street.
    3. We live in this street.
    4. He live in this street.
    Show answer

    Answer: C We live in this street.

    You and one other person → we.

  5. 5Fill in the gap.

    _____ am from Syria.

    1. They
    2. I
    3. He
    4. We
    Show answer

    Answer: B I am from Syria.

    Speaking about yourself → I, always with a capital letter.

  6. 6Fill in the gap.

    My brother is a driver. _____ works at night.

    1. It
    2. He
    3. They
    4. She
    Show answer

    Answer: B My brother is a driver. He works at night.

    One man already named → he.

  7. 7Fill in the gap.

    My parents are in Cairo. _____ are seventy.

    1. We
    2. It
    3. He
    4. They
    Show answer

    Answer: D My parents are in Cairo. They are seventy.

    Two people → they.

  8. 8Fill in the gap.

    Where is my bag? _____ is under the chair.

    1. He
    2. They
    3. It
    4. She
    Show answer

    Answer: C Where is my bag? It is under the chair.

    A bag is a thing → it.

  9. 9Put the words in the right order.

    She is my teacher

    Show answer

    Answer: She is my teacher.

    Subject, then be, then the rest.

  10. 10Put the words in the right order.

    We have two children

    Show answer

    Answer: We have two children.

    Subject first, always.

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