Using the Right Type of Pronoun with Compound Subjects and Objects

For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun(s).

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 20.

example

Sometimes day-to-day problems can put stress on a marriage, but my husband and (I, me) always talk over a problem until it is solved.

a. I

b. me

  1. Question

    Last March, my friend Elena and (I, me) both had babies, five days apart.

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    		B.
    Using the Right Type of Pronoun with Compound Subjects and Objects - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun(s).: Last March, my friend Elena and (I, me) both had babies, five days apart.

  2. Question

    Our neighbors gave Elena and (I, me) a double baby shower, with matching outfits for our two kids.

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    		B.
    Using the Right Type of Pronoun with Compound Subjects and Objects - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun(s).: Our neighbors gave Elena and (I, me) a double baby shower, with matching outfits for our two kids.

  3. Question

    During the summer Elena and (I, me) used to spend a lot of time together, pushing Max and Lucy in their strollers and sitting in the park.

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    		B.
    Using the Right Type of Pronoun with Compound Subjects and Objects - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun(s).: During the summer Elena and (I, me) used to spend a lot of time together, pushing Max and Lucy in their strollers and sitting in the park.

  4. Question

    Unfortunately, now that I’m in school and Elena is back at her job, (she, her) and (I, me) don’t see each other as much as we used to.

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    Using the Right Type of Pronoun with Compound Subjects and Objects - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun(s).: Unfortunately, now that I’m in school and Elena is back at her job, (she, her) and (I, me) don’t see each other as much as we used to.

  5. Question

    Sometimes, Max and (I, me) run into (she, her) and Lucy at the playground or the library.

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    Using the Right Type of Pronoun with Compound Subjects and Objects - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun(s).: Sometimes, Max and (I, me) run into (she, her) and Lucy at the playground or the library.

  6. Question

    When we saw Lucy and (she, her) the other day, Elena was complaining that (she, her) and her husband, Danny, never spend any time together anymore.

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    Using the Right Type of Pronoun with Compound Subjects and Objects - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun(s).: When we saw Lucy and (she, her) the other day, Elena was complaining that (she, her) and her husband, Danny, never spend any time together anymore.

  7. Question

    She said that they are always so tired and stressed out from working and taking care of Lucy that when (she, her) and Danny do see each other, they just end up arguing.

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    		B.
    Using the Right Type of Pronoun with Compound Subjects and Objects - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun(s).: She said that they are always so tired and stressed out from working and taking care of Lucy that when (she, her) and Danny do see each other, they just end up arguing.

  8. Question

    Elena thinks it would be a good idea for (she, her) and Danny to go away for a long weekend without the baby.

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    		B.
    Using the Right Type of Pronoun with Compound Subjects and Objects - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun(s).: Elena thinks it would be a good idea for (she, her) and Danny to go away for a long weekend without the baby.

  9. Question

    The other day she said, “Danny and I are going to end up getting a divorce if things don’t get better between (he, him) and (I, me).”

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    Using the Right Type of Pronoun with Compound Subjects and Objects - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun(s).: The other day she said, “Danny and I are going to end up getting a divorce if things don’t get better between (he, him) and (I, me).”

  10. Question

    I told (she, her) that David and (I, me) had struggled with the same issue and that I thought she and Danny could work things out if they could just spend more time together.

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    Using the Right Type of Pronoun with Compound Subjects and Objects - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun(s).: I told (she, her) that David and (I, me) had struggled with the same issue and that I thought she and Danny could work things out if they could just spend more time together.