Chapter - 10

P ronoun s ( class - 6 )

E xercise 1. Fill in the blank s with suitable person al pronoun s.

Shreya : Ananya and I wou ld like to visit a library . Would you tak e us there?

Mother: Yes we can go to the pub lic library tomorrow . It is closed tod ay.

Shreya : We want to issue new boo ks and read them over the summer vacation .

Mother : Great idea ! I have a few boo ks too . They are kept in my roo m . I will tak e
them ou t for you .

Shreya : Are they from you r childhood ? Did you read a lot too ?

Mother : Yes . I enj oyed reading . Come , I will show you my favou rite boo k.

Shreya : It seems interesting ! I will also show it to Ananya. She can bo rrow it after

I finish reading .

E xercise 2 . P ick ou t the demon strative pronoun s and the demon strative adj ectives in
these sentences :

1. This pho to was tak en with a digital camera.

Ans : This - demon strative adj ective

2. This is the X-ray you have been loo king for.

Ans : This - demon strative pronoun

3. These are some intersting ridd les.

Ans : These - demon strative pronoun

4. Can you solve these ridd les?

Ans : these - demon strative adj ective

5. Have you learnt tho se po ems by heart ?

Ans : tho se - demon strative adj ective

6. That is the Sydn ey Opera Hou se .

Ans : That - demon strative pronoun

E xercise 3. Fill in the blank s with interrog ative pronoun s:

1. What is the latest news ?

2. Which of these dresses do you like ?

3. Whose is this lovely bag ?

4. Who let the dog s ou t ?

5. What do we have for breakfast?

6. Whose are the gloves in you r hand s ?

E xercise 4 . Fill in the blank s with suitable reflexive pronoun s :

1. Mary saw herself in the mirror.

2. Gaurav availed himself of the oppo rtun ity.

3. Roh it , dry you rself with a towel.

4. Children , don ’t feel shy . Help you rselves to cake and biscuits.

5. They were ang ry with themselves for missing the train.

6. The car came to a halt by itself.

7. We enj oyed ou rselves in the safari.

8. I slipp ed in the bathroo m and hu rt myself.

E xercise 5 . P ick ou t the reflexive pronoun s and the emph asising pronoun s in these
sentences :

1. The P rime Minister himself is a great fitness fan.

Ans : himself - emph asising

2. You you rself wanted to chang e you r school.

Ans : you rself - emph asising

3. Some children ex cused themselves from the after-school class.

Ans : themselves - reflexive

4. We should blame ou rselves for ou r failure and no t ou r fate.

Ans : ou rselves - reflexive

5. I have often seen her muttering to herself.

Ans : herself - reflexive

6. The P rincipal himself suggested these chang es.

Ans : himself - emph asising

E xercise 6 . Rewrite the following sentences as shown :

1. This parrot belong s to her.

Ans : This parrot is hers.

2. This parrot do es no t belong to you .

Ans : This parrot is no t you rs.

3. Tho se app le orchards belong to them.

Ans :Tho se apple orchards are theirs.

4. This cricket bat do es no t belong to me.

Ans : This cricket bat is no t mine.

5. These boo ks do no t belong to him.

Ans : These boo ks are no t his.

6. Do these crayon s belong to us ?

Ans : Are these crayon s ou rs ?

E xercise 7. P ick ou t the relative pronoun s and their antecedents in these sentences :

1. E verybod y app reciated the joke that he told us.

Ans : relative pronoun - that , antecedent - joke

2. Can you po int ou t the boo ks which belong to you ?

Ans : relative pronoun - which , antecedent - boo ks

3. The P rincipal wants to mee t the student who wrote such a fine essay.

Ans : relative pronoun - who , antecedent - student

4. Have you read the email which I sent you last ev ening ?

Ans : relative pronoun - which , antecedent - email

5. The do ctors were able to save the man who had been kno cked do wn by the car.

Ans : relative pronoun - who , antecedent - man

6. This is the man who se son won the first prize.

Ans : relative pronoun - who se , antecedent - man

7. I have brough t all the medicines that you need.

Ans : relative pronoun - that , antecedent - medicines

E xercise 8 . Fill in the blank s with suitable relative pronoun s :

1. Mr Jain who is ou r librarian showed me some new boo ks.

2. The path that led to his hou se was very narrow.

3. Here is a bo y who m ev erybod y respec ts.

4. The hou se which they live in is very small.

5. I swam ac ross the river which flowed by the vill age.

6. The cyclist who was coming very fast ran into a park ed car.

7. Meet the gentleman who run s this art gallery.

E xercise 9 . Join these sentences using relative pronoun s :

1. Last evening I saw a man . He cou ld paint with his feet.

Ans : Last evening I saw a man who cou ld paint with his feet.

2. That lady is my mother. She is arrang ing my boo ks.

Ans : That lady who is arrang ing my boo ks is my mother.

3. The train is bound for Varanasi. It just left the platform.

Ans : The train which just left the platform is bound for Varanasi.

4. I am sorry for Sand eep . He was no t selected for the main role.

Ans : I am sorry for Sand eep who was no t selected for the main role.

5. Our army destroyed the bun kers . Some terrorists were hiding in them.

Ans : Our army destroyed the bun kers in which some terrorists were hiding .

6. I thank ed the do ctor . He had saved the dog .

Ans : I thank ed the do ctor who had saved the dog .

7. The incident was very inspiring . You narrated it to me .

Ans : The incident that you narrated to me was very inspiring .

8. The teacher praised the children . They had been maintaining the park .

Ans : The teacher praised the children who had been maintaining the park .

E xercise 10 ( no t includ ed )

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