Grammar for IELTS Unit 9: Pronouns and referencing (2)

Fill in the gaps with a suitable pronoun or there.

Teacher: Do you think that governments spend too much on space exploration

nowadays?

Student: Well, I think that 1 are a lot of different factors to take into consideration. For example some countries want to show the rest of the world that 2 _____ are successful and 3 _____ can do this with a space exploration program.

2 (?)

• us

• they

• it

• we

• there

Student: Well, I think that 1 are a lot of different factors to take into consideration. For example some countries want to show the rest of the world that 2 _____ are successful and 3 _____ can do this with a space exploration program.

3 (?)

• yours

• it

• themselve

• they

• us

4 ____ seems that 5 ____ is more important for these countries to impress the world than to look after their own people.

4 (?)

• He

• They

• It

• She

• Him

4 ____ seems that 5 ____ is more important for these countries to impress the world than to look after their own people.

5 (?)

• there

• they

• it

• us

• yours

Sometimes 6 _____ is difficult to understand this because every country in the world has 7 ____ problems and has poor people that need to be looked after because they can't look after 8 _____ .

6 (?)

• us

• there

• it

• they

• yours

Sometimes 6 _____ is difficult to understand this because every country in the world has 7 ____ problems and has poor people that need to be looked after because they can't look after 8 _____ .

7 (?)

• us

• its

• yours

• themselve

• there

Sometimes 6 _____ is difficult to understand this because every country in the world has 7 ____ problems and has poor people that need to be looked after because they can't look after 8 _____ .

8 (?)

• themselves

• its

• us

• yours

• himself

So, yes, I do think that these countries should look after people first before 9 _____ start trying to send men to the moon!

9 (?)

• they

• she

• he

• it

• there

10 ____ are too many other problems here on earth that we need to sort out.

10 (?)

• She

• He

• It

• There

• They

Choose the correct words.

There are many reasons why 1 we/ they should recycle household waste. The main reason is to avoid using up valuable resources making new things when 2 it is / we are not necessary.

• it is

• we are