Test yourself—Pronouns: Form is everything

Choose the correct word. Read the article Pronouns: Form Is Everything to help you out.

1. My brother and (she/her) emailed each other daily for eight months before going out on their first date.
2. My teenaged neighbour knows more about computers than I, even though I have been using them longer than (he/him).
3. No one was as happy as (I/me) when the two-hour PowerPoint presentation was cancelled.
4. The mail-order company sent Maddie and me a free velvet painting, but (we/us) girls, having some artistic taste, shipped it right back.
5. Do you mean to say that there is no bitter feud between Eli and (she/her) after all?
6. In front of Andrée and (I/me) was the biggest hot fudge brownie sundae I had ever seen.
7. (We/Us) union members should all sign the petition.
8. (Randy complained because his new stepfather disciplined his own son much less frequently than (he/him).
  

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