Pronouns - 2

Week have already discussed 4 parts of Pronouns ( Personal Pronoun, Reflexive Pronoun, Interrogative Pronoun  & Demonstrative Pronoun  in previous part. 

Let's discuss more parts of Pronouns -

5. Relative Pronoun  -  These are pronouns which relate a noun as mentioned in the sentence.  

Examples - who, which, what, whom, whose, that, where etc. 

Example - 

1. Who broke this window pane?  Int. Pronoun 

2. This is the boy who won the prize. Relatives  Pronoun. 

Try to know the difference between the two (relative Pronoun & int. Pronoun) . 

3. Please tell me what your teacher said. (Relative  Pronoun).

4. What is there in your bag? (Int. pronoun) 

5. I have two books? Which is yours?  (Int. Pronoun) 

6. This is the school where I went to in my childhood.  (Relative Pronoun)  

7. Reema is the girl whose father is a doctor.  (Relative Pronoun) 

8. What is your elder brother?  (Int. Pronoun) .

    He is an engineer.  

9. I met the architect who designed this building. 

                                         ( relative Pronoun)

10. What do you need?  (Int. Pronoun) 

6. Possessive Pronoun - 

A pronoun that suggests   your ownership or possession etc is called Possessive  Pronoun. 

Note - you must note difference between Possessive Pronoun & Possessive adjective.  

- 'My' is  possessive adjective but 'mine' is possessive Pronoun.  

- your' is  possessive adjective but 'yours' is possessive Pronoun.  

- 'her' is  possessive adjective but 'hers' is possessive Pronoun.  

- 'their' is  possessive adjective but 'theirs' is possessive Pronoun.  

- 'our' is  possessive adjective but 'ours' is possessive Pronoun.  

- 'his' is  both possessive adjective & possessive Pronoun.  

Example - 

1. This is my book. 

2. This book is mine.

3. Your school is very big.  

4. That school is yours.  

5. These are their fields. 

6. These fields are theirs. 

7. This pet is mine.  It is not yours.  

8. How are these books theirs? 

7. Indefinite Pronoun -  These pronouns show persons, places and things in general. These pronouns refer to indefinite things, places or persons.

Example  - Some,  some one,  Some body,  one, All,  'they',  Any one,  anybody etc.

1. Look!  Someone is coming. 

2. Anybody can do it.  

3. One must Keep  one's promise.  

4. They say that the earth is round.  

5. Be good to every one.  

Note - These pronouns indicate common people,  things,  places etc.

8. Emphatic Pronoun - These pronouns  refer to specific emphasis on the subject itself.  

Example  - myself,  Ourselves,  himself,  herself,  itself,  yourself etc.

Note - Reflexive Pronoun & Emphatic Pronoun are same but they have different uses.  

Example  - 

1. I blamed myself.    (Reflexive Pronoun) 

2. I myself blamed you.  ( Emphatic Pronoun)  

3. He cursed himself for hurting animals.  (Reflexive Pronoun) 

4. You can do it by yourself.  (Emphatic Pronoun) 

9. Distributive Pronoun  - These Pronouns refer to individual nouns in Singular form in general sense.  

Example  - each, every,  Neither,  either etc.

1. Each of the students is a genius.

2. Every child is a player. 

3. Neither of Rohit and  Shobhit is selected.

4. Either of Rajesh and Shailesh is fit for games. 

Note - 'Each other' & 'one another' are called  Reciprocal Pronoun.  

Example  - 

1. Sonu and Monu help each other.

2. His sons quarreled with one another.  

Now we shall do some Exercise.  

Exercise -1

Fill in the blanks with suitable pronoun  - 

1. What are ...... doing,  Raman? (You, your, yours)

2. Anuj is an engineer.  ....... father is a C. A. (his, him, hers)

3. All these books are .......... (My, hers, him, me)

4. Neeraj has completed. ....... work. (her, hers, him)

5. Bhavya and his cousin are going to. ......... village.  (His,her, their)

6. All the children had taken  ............ prizes. (Their, them, they) 

7. Sunder is a man of ......... own. (He, him, me, his)

8. The soldiers attacked the enemy and killed many of ........ . (Their, them, they, us)

9. Brijesh always helps ............ .(him, himselfHe self, his, my)

10. Roshni loves ...... family.  (Hers, her, she)

Exercise - 2. 

Fill in the blanks with pronouns or possessives.

1. The small child was crying for ……….. mother.

2. We watched the cow as ……….. placidly chewed the grass.

3. There is a cow with ………… calf.

4. Every student passed ………… examination.

5. The purse was restored to ……….. owner.

6. You must write …………. essay more carefully.

7. We offered to help ………… in their difficulty.

8. Could you please lend ……… your Book.

Hints - 1.his.2. It.3.a.4. his.5.its.6.this/your.7 everyone/one.8.me.

Exercise -3

The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Find the incorrect word and write it along with the correction in your answer sheet. Do not forget to underline the correction.

You am sorry to bring to                         (a) ______

my notice the very bad condition          (b) ______

of their locality. I contacted the            (c) _______

municipal authorities and we assured (d) ______

me that she would look into the            (e) ____

matter. However he regret to say          (f) _____

that you have not taken any action yet. (g)-------

We request yourself to take urgent action.(h) -----

Exercise -4

Fill the blanks with the correct form of pronouns.

1. We scored as many goals as ____ (they/them).

2. I am one year older than ____ (he/him).

3. He is as good a student as ____ (she/her) Is. 

4. Between you and ____ (I/me) he is a liar.

5. Let ____ (he/him) who can, save her from drowning.

6. The boy ____ (who/whom) fell off his bicycle has hurt his leg.

7. I have not seen the girl ____ (whose/whom) suitcase was stolen.

8. Seema is the maid ____ (who/whom) I have employed.

9. This is the paragraph about ____ (that/which) the teacher is talking.

10. The letter ____ (which/what) he wrote reached me late.

11. The jury has given ____ (its/their) verdict.

12. The Cabinet gave ____ (their/its) vote.

13. The Secretary and Treasurer did not do ____ (their/his) job.

Exercise -5 

Read the following sentences and use the appropriate pronouns.

1. Murat is a good boy. __ always listens to__ teacher.

2. Amit and Sumit are twin brothers. ___ take the same bag to school.

3. Milly and I are very good friends. ___ have known each other since childhood.

4. The mangoes are very sour. Where did you buy ___?

5. I love watching Tom and Jerry. __ reminds me of my childhood days.

6. I bought this book for my sister. __ often read it together.

7. This is Steve. Do you know __?

8. There are many windows here. But all of ___ are jammed.

9. The army has reached __ destination.

10.My aunt and uncle live in Delhi. ___ often visit ___.

While playing basketball, I hurt ____.

......... is knocking at the door?

Exercise - 6

Rearrange the following into meaningful sentences :

1. him / John / you / has returned / which / the book / lent

2. went / the dog / he / followed / wherever / his / master

3. parents / the children / their / have gone / a holiday / for / with

4. she / her / misplaced / has / handbag.

5. these girls / their / fond of / dogs / very / area

Exercise - 7

Fill in the blanks in the following sentences choosing the correct word from the brackets :

1. A reader likes to choose (my/his/our/their) books himself.

2. A motorist should take great care of (its/his/their/our) car.

3. Every student passed (their/my/his/its) examinations.

4. Ramesh gave a present to (her/their/its/his) mother.

5. The children have gone for a holiday with (its/his/their/her) parents.

Exercise -8

Editing  - Find the error and write correct word - 

1. One day my met my old friend.             a. ..........

2. He was coming from  him house.         b. .........

3. The boy hurt him as he fell down.        c. ..........

4. Amit Singh does his work by His self.  d. ..........

5. Who book is this?                                     e. ...........

6. Bring that apples to me.                          f. ............

7. That girl has lost  hers bag.                    g. ...........

8. The children himself are to blame.      h. ...........

9.  Are those books your?                            I. ............

10. Who are you going to talk to?              j. ............

Exercise - 9 

Do the blanks  for PRONOUNS  as directed  - 

1. ............ have already finished their work.  (Reeta,  Somya & Ashok)

2. This is. ......... room. (Savita)

3. Is this book  ............. ? (Naresh)

4. ............ is your elder brother?  (Profession)

5. Where is the pencil ........... you bought yesterday.  (Relative) 

6. I saw many people in the market.  ...... were waiting for the minister. (People) 

7. Shakespeare is a famous dramatist of the world.  ...... works are famous.  

8. Are those shops ........ . (yours)

9. ......... are doing. ............. work. (Sheena and Reena)

10. It is a holiday.  .......... is staying at home. (Tanu)

Exercise - 10.

Complete the table - 

I.          My.           Me.          ........          Myself 

....        Our.         Us.           Ours.        ............

You      .........       You.          ........            Yourself 

He.       His.          Him.        .........           ..............

......      Her.          Her.          .........           Her self

It.         .......          It.               Its.               Itself 

They    .......         Them.       Theirs.      Them selves

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