PRONOUnS

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TEST YOUR
WHAT IS A TYPES OF THE SENTENCE UNDERSTANDING
PRONOUN PRONOUNS STRUCTURE ABOUT END
AND WITH PRONOUNS
EXAMPLES FOR PRONOUNS
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01.DEFINITION&BRIEF DESCRIPTION
 The word pronoun is made up two words pro & noun
 Pro means for or favor
 Noun means a name given to something
There fore, A pronoun is used in the place of a noun. It substitutes the noun in a
paragraph or piece of writing to avoid repetition of the noun. Pronouns can be used in
singular and plural forms. The verb used in the sentence should be used in accordance
with the particular form of the pronoun used.
 01.2 KINDS OF PRONOUNS
 Pronouns are generally classified into three main kinds.

PERSON SINGULAR PLURAL

PRONOUNS PRONOUNS
First Person Pronoun I, Me We, Us

Second Person Pronoun You, Your You

Third Person Pronoun He, She, It, Him, Her They, Them, Their
 02.TYPES OF PRONOUNS AND
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EXAMPLES
Pronouns can be classified into different types based on their functions. Given below are the
various types of pronouns. Go through the examples carefully to have a clear understanding of
each type of pronoun and its function.
• Relative Pronouns are pronouns that are used to relate one part of the sentence to another. Some
examples of relative pronouns are that, which, where, when, why, what, whom and whose.
• Possessive Pronouns are pronouns that are used to show possession. Some examples of
possessive pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, theirs and its.
• Reflexive Pronouns are pronouns that are used to refer back to the subject in the sentence. Some
examples of reflexive pronouns are myself, yourself, herself, himself, oneself, itself, ourselves,
themselves and yourselves.
• Demonstrative Pronouns are pronouns that are used to point to specific objects. Some examples
of demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these and those.
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• Interrogative Pronouns are pronouns that are used to ask questions. Some examples of
interrogative pronouns are who, what, when, why and where.
• Indefinite Pronouns are pronouns that do not refer to any particular person, place or thing.
Some examples of indefinite pronouns are someone, somebody, somewhere, something,
anyone, anybody, anywhere, anything, no one, nobody, nowhere, everyone, everybody,
everywhere, everything, each, none, few, and many.
• Personal Pronouns are simple pronouns that are used to substitute proper names. Some
examples of personal pronouns are I, you, he, she, we, they, him, her, he, she, us and them.
• Subject Pronouns are pronouns that perform the action in a sentence. Some examples of
subject pronouns are I, you, we, he, she, it, they and one.
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• Object Pronouns are pronouns that receive the action in a sentence. Some examples of object
pronouns are me, us, him, her and them.
• Reciprocal Pronouns are pronouns that are used to express a mutual relationship. Some
examples of reciprocal pronouns are each other and one another.
• Intensive Pronouns are the same as reflexive pronouns, with the only difference being that you
can remove the intensive pronoun from the sentence, and the sentence would still make sense.
 03.SENTENCE STRUCTURES
WITH PRONOUNS
 Possessive; The white car is mine.
 Reflexive; He injured himself playing football.
 Reciprocal; They really hate each other.
 Relative; The book that you gave me was really boring.
 Demonstrative; This is a new car.
 Interrogative; What did he say to you?
 Indefinite; There's something in my shoe.
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 Subject; He saw it yesterday.
 Object; Go and tell them to come.
 Intensive; He did it himself,
 Personal; I did it yesterday.
 04. TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT PRONOUNS
 I.FILL THE MISSING WORDS
o The jury has given ____ (its/their) verdict.
o Cabinet gave ____ (their/its) vote.
o Each policeman and each home guard was at ____ (their/his) post.
o Neither John nor Tom has done ____ (their/his) work.
o Either the leader or his followers did not do ____ (their/his) duty.
 The Secretary and Treasurer did not do ____ (their/his) job
 Murat is a good boy. __ always listens to__ teacher.

o Amit and Sumit are twin brothers. ___ take the same bag to school.
o Milly and I are very good friends. ___ have known each other since childhood.
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 II. Fill in the correct pronouns

o The mangoes are very sour. Where did you buy ___?
o I love watching Tom and Jerry. __ reminds me of my childhood
days.
o I bought this book for my sister. __ often read it together.
o This is Steve. Do you know __?
o There are many windows here. But all of ___ are jammed.
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 III. Fill in yhe missing correct pronouns
1. Between you and ____ (I/me) he is a liar.
2. Let ____ (he/him) who can, save her from drowning.
3. The boy ____ (who/whom) fell off his bicycle has hurt his leg.
4. I have not seen the girl ____ (whose/whom) suitcase was stolen.
5. Seema is the maid ____ (who/whom) I have employed.
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1.For Gary’s momcircle
each item, asked the
_____ to clean
correct the garage.
pronoun 8. or
option to complete the sentence What did _____ do about the car?
question.
a. he b. him a. them b. they
2. Neither Mary nor _____ knew why the store was closed. 9. What did _____ say about the work?
a. I b. me a. me b. she
3. After school, you and _____ must discuss a few things. 10. Where will _____ go from here?
a. I b. me a. you b. us
4. My nephew was crying and needed _____ diaper changed. 11. Can _____ talk for a minute?
a. their b. his a. we b. us
5. Did she see _____? 12. Is this house _____?
a. us b. we a. theirs b. them
6. I took the bag from _____. 13. Why don’t _____ have a seat?
a. him b. they a. you b. us
7. My brother and _____ went to the park. 14. Is that cup _____?
a. I b. us a. his b. him
15. Where did _____ buy that dress?
a. her b. she
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 Read each of the following sentences. Review each one carefully and find all of the pronouns.
Underline or circle each word that is a pronoun.

1.1.Grandma is waiting for her shawl.

2.2.He did not know the right answer, but neither did I.
3.3.Why don’t you go outside?
4.4.Take me with you.
5.5.I like running fast.
6.6.What are you eating now?
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 Read the story below, carefully review the underlined portions to choose the correct pronoun. For each underlined pair of words,
circle the one that is correct.

Last night, I / me went outside to play with my friend Jane. We / Us played jump rope and
chased spiders before the moon came out. Mine / My mother came out to find me / my. When
her / she found I / me my mother told me / I it was time for bed. When I / me said goodbye to
my friend, her / she told me us / we would play again tomorrow.
Today I / me ate ice cream and it was very tasty. So did Jane. After lunch, we / us went to play
in the park. There were swings, slides and seesaws. She / Her laughed loudly when us / we
played. It was very fun. After a while we / us went back with my mom, and her / she took us / we home again.
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 Circle all of the pronouns you see in the story below.

Jane and Jack went out to play. It was a hot Saturday afternoon as they played ball.
After playing with the ball, they went on the swings in the backyard. Jane ran ahead
of Jack.

“I wonder where she is going,” Jack said quietly. Waiting for a moment, Jack then ran
after Jane quickly. “Wait for me!” he yelled.
 As Jane looked back, she smiled sweetly. “I will meet you at the top of the hill,” she
yelled …………
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 I. Identify the pronouns and the type of pronoun in the following sentences:
1. I am going home today evening.
2. Her aunt will be vacating next week.
3. She is the girl I was talking to you about.
4. This is the place where I found my missing bag.
5. Did you do it yourself?
6. It was a time when I was so happy.
7. We always help each other out.
8. Has everyone completed the work that was assigned for today?
9. That dog down the street is his.
10. All my friends are coming home for my parents’ 25 th wedding anniversary celebration.
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 II. Use suitable pronouns to substitute the underlined nouns in the following sentences:

1. Josh and Derrick visited Disneyland last month.

2. Sarah did not come home last evening.
3. My mom could not find her cupboard keys.
4. Yesterday was my parents’ wedding anniversary.
5. The cat drank all the milk that was left in the kitchen.
6. Sheela and Teena found it hard to move the sofa set across the hall as the sofa set was too heavy for Sheela and Teena to carry.
7. Divya is Danny’s sister.
8. That silver Brezza belongs to Emmanuel and Usha.
9. My pet dog just lay on the floor the whole day.
10. The teacher asked the students if the students had submitted the students’ assignments.
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 1. Let's contact one another once we've made some progress.
 2. She wants to do it herself
 . 3. I can't find them.
 4. I can't believe it's finally ours.
 5. The girl who usually cuts my hair has won the lottery.
 6. Why are you shouting at me?
 7. Jim gave me the last copy.
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