Отрицательные местоимения (The Negative Pronouns)

К отрицательным местоимениям относятся no, nobody, nothing, none, no one, neither. Эти местоимения употребляются с глаголами в утвердительной форме. There are no buses after midday. There is nobody (no one) in the corridor. There is nothing on the table. None of the students liked the show. Neither of the girls liked the show.

Взаимные местоимения (The Reciprocal Pronouns)

Квзаимным местоимениям относятся each other, one another. Each other обычно относится к двум лицам или предметам, а one another – к большему числу. Ted and Kate love each other very much. They often see one another.

Относительные местоимения (The Relative Pronouns)

Относительные местоимения who, whom, which, whose, that служат для связи придаточного определительного предложения с главным. Они являются членами придаточного предложения.

Who (whom) употребляется по отношению к лицам. I don’t know anyone who can do this. The woman who is sitting in the armchair is our aunt. The man whom you see is our teacher.

Which употребляется по отношению к неодушевленным предметам и животным, но используется реже, чем that. I’ve lost the umbrella which I bought last year.

That относится как к одушевленным, так и к неодушевленным предметам. Where is the girl that sells the tickets? The man that lives next door is very friendly.

Whose употребляется по отношению к лицам и иногда к предметам. This is the student whose father works in a bank. This is the book whose pages are missed.

Grammar Practice

Ex.1. Rewrite the following sentences.

Model: This is a book. – These are books. Those are wonderful buildings. – That is a wonderful building.

1. This car is in bad condition. 2. Are those articles boring? 3. I’m interested in this person. 4. These curtains are bright. 5. Is that shop in North Street? 6. This room isn’t very big. 7. Those men aren’t doctors. 8. That goose is old. 9. These oxen are very dangerous. 10. Are those children sociable and imaginative? 11. This young man is our group mate. 12. Do you know that nice woman? 13. These sweets are very tasty. 14. Is that pencil yours? 15. I like those flowers. 16. These pictures aren’t attractive. 17. Those deer are old. 18. This mouse is small.

Ex.2. Replace the words and phrases by the personal pronouns.

1. Mr Groves; 2. a parcel; 3. Tim and Pat; 4. mother and father; 5. a heroine; 6. a lord; 7. my sister and I; 8. Mike and you; 9. phones; 10. gentlemen; 11. a doctor; 12. countries; 13. Mrs Thompson; 14. the Simons; 15. a baby; 16. a dog; 17. a ship; 18. morning; 19. money; 20. goods; 21. chess; 22. friends; 23. Germany; 24. the Germans; 25. the poor; 26. the disabled; 27. Economics; 28. scales; 29. nephew; 30. his relatives and I; 31. sir Henry; 32. a spinster; 33. stairs; 34. mumps.