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Pronouns exercise

October 17th, 2011 in Improve English

Rewrite the following paragraphs using appropriate pronouns.

James and Mary were siblings. One day James and Mary returned from school. James and Mary were very hungry and went straight into the kitchen. James and Mary wanted to eat something. In the kitchen James and Mary saw a cat. The cat was drinking the milk mother had kept for James and Mary. James ran out screaming. James was scared. James was always afraid of cats. Mary was a brave girl. Mary was not afraid of anything. Mary shooed the cat away. The cat ran out. James saw the cat running away. James came back into the kitchen. James praised Mary for Mary’s courage. Mary thanked James.

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James and Mary were siblings. One day they returned from school. They were very hungry and went straight into the kitchen. They wanted to eat something. In the kitchen they saw a cat. It was drinking the milk mother had kept for them. James ran out screaming. He was scared. He was always afraid of cats. Mary was a brave girl. She was not afraid of anything. She shooed the cat away. It ran out. James saw the cat running out. He came back into the kitchen. He praised Mary for her courage. Mary thanked him.