PRONOUNS

                                       PRONOUNS 

Read the following sentence :

A. "Ram said that Ram could not come to my house because Ram's father was taking Ram                out."              

Now read the same sentence again -

B. "Ram said that he could not come to my house because his father was taking him out ."

 Ques: Which sentence sounds better ?

  Ans :  Sentence B 

 Ques : Why ?

  Ans :   In first sentence there is lot of repetition of the word "Ram "which makes sentence 

              absurd and boring . And therefore sentence B sounds better .

 Ques : What is the difference between first and second  sentence ?

   Ans :  In first sentence noun is repeated again and again . And in second sentence nouns are                   replaced by  PRONOUNS.

        PRONOUNS    

WHAT ARE PRONOUNS ?

"Pronouns are the words that take the  place of nouns ."

 In order to avoid repetition of nouns ,we use PRONOUNS .


                                        DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRONOUNS 

1. Personal pronoun : These pronouns stand for one of three persons :

     a. First person : It refers to the person speaking
             These are :  I, we , me, us, mine ,ours   

     b. Second person :  It refers to the person spoken to
                  These are :  you , yours

     c. Third person :  It refers to the person spoken of 
               These are :  he ,she ,him ,her ,it ,they ,them ,their .


* When a pronoun is used as a subject ,it is said to be nominative case :

    example : She gave me your book .

Here , She is the subject of the verb and answer to a question Who gave me your book ?

* When a pronoun is used as object ,it is said to be objective case :

   example : She gave me your book .

Here , Me is the object of the verb and answer to a question Whom did she give the book to ?

* When a pronoun denotes possession , it is said to be in the possessive case : 

 example : She gave me your book .

Here , Your is in the possessive case . It answers the question  Whose book ?


                      SINGULAR                                                                    PLURAL

Nominative    Objective     Possessive                   Nominative         objective          Possessive   

     I                     me                 my                                  we                       us                         our
  you                  you              your                                 you                      you                       your
    he                  him                his                                                                                                       
  she                   her                 her                                 they                    them                      their 
    it                      it                   its                                                                          


2.  Reflexive pronoun : When the action done by the subject reflects upon the subject itself .                                                means turn back upon the subject are called reflexive pronouns .

     for eg : She love herself.
                  I hurt myself
                  They enjoyed themselves.

 In the above sentences, she ,I, and They tells that the subject is effected by their own action .

3. Emphatic pronoun : Some pronouns are used for a sake of emphasis, and therefore called 
                                        Emphatic pronouns .

    for eg :  She herself saw an accident.
                   You yourself can best explain .
                    He himself said so .
* Here the emphatic pronoun [herself / yourself/ himself ] puts emphasis on the pronoun[ she /         you /he ]
* Emphatic pronoun can be removed from the sentence and the core meaning would not be            affected.

4. Possessive pronouns : A pronoun use to express possession is known as possessive pronoun.

    for eg :  I think this box is yours .
                  This hat is mine .
                  The blue car that went by is his .

5. Relative pronoun : It is a pronoun usually help to join two sentences and relate back to                                                nouns going before them .

     for eg : This is the boy who won the match.
                  Take anything that you like .
                   This is the house which belongs to my uncle.

* Who/ Whose and Whom[ use for person ]
*  Which [ use for both person and thing  ]
*  That [ use for things ]

 6. Interrogative pronoun : These are the pronouns that always introduce a question .

     for eg : Which is your book ?
                  Who teaches you English ?
                  When did you come here ?

  * Who / whose and whom [ use for person ]
  *What [ use for things ]
  * Which [ use for both person and thing ]

7 . Demonstrative pronoun : These are used to point out the objects to which they refer.

     for eg : This is my pen , that is yours .
                   These are sweet mangoes , those are sour .

 8. Indefinite pronoun : These refer to a person or a thing in  general way ,but do not refer to                                              any person or thing in particular .


    for eg : None but fools do such things .
                 Few escaped unhurt.
                 Nobody was there to rescue a child.


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   PRONOUNS [ PRACTISE SHEET -1 ]  by bo$ki 

   
 A. Tick  the correct pronoun :

1.  Seema and [ I/me ] were present .
2.  I will do it [ ourselves / myself ] .
3.  This book is [ me / mine ].
4.  The horse hurt [ itself / themselves ].
5.  [ Each/ every] of the men received a reward .
6.  [this /these ] is a long pencil , [that / those ] is a short pencil .
7.  She never  beats [ her / his ] son .
8.  [ which / that ] is your coat ?
9.  [one / each ] should do one's duty .
10.  We do the cooking  [ ourselves / oneself ].

B.  Fill  in the blank with appropriate pronoun : 

1.  _________ have done your work .
2. choose _______ of these shirts .
3. They can help _________.
4.  ______ is wrong with you ?
5. Those blue marbles are ______.
6.  Are ______ going to come with me ? 
7. This is the house _______ is for sale.
8. I saw a boy ______ saved the lady from drowning .
9. That brown coat is _______.
10. That is the car ,________ hit the lady yesterday.

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  PRONOUNS [ PRACTISE SHEET -2]  by bo$ki 

A. Fill in the blank with Personal pronoun and Relative pronoun :

1. This is the girl _____ I told you of.
2. The letter _______ you wrote never arrived 
3. The pen ________ you gave me did not work .
4. The horse fell down and broke______ leg .
5. Birds build _______ nest in trees.
6. Let you and ________ go for a walk today .
7. We are not as poor as ______.
8. Raj has lost ________ leg in a road accident .
9. Here is the pen _____ you lost .
10. Most people get ________ they deserve .

B .  Fill in the blank with Possessive , Reflexive and Emphatic pronouns :

1. These bags belongs to us. These bags are __________.
2. This is my pen ,but that one is ______ .
3. I ________ trained him for this tournament .
4. Hansel and Gretel lost _______ in the forest .
5. Only you _______ can explain about the whole incident .
6. Swati _______ saw a thief taking away all the jewels.
7. The lioness is sleeping . Those cubs are _______.
8. He ________ spoke to me .
9. You have taken responsibility of this child . The responsibility is _______.
10. This cap is ___________________________________________________________________________

   PRONOUNS [ PRACTISE SHEET -3 ]  by bo$ki 

A . Underline Interrogative and Demonstrative pronoun in the following sentences:

1. This is the present from my uncle.
2. These are merely excuses.
3. Which book are you reading ?
4. Who is knocking at the door ?
5. That is Taj Mahal .
6. This is better than that .
7. The cinemas of this city are worse than those of Meerut.
8. What was that noise ?
9. Those books are yours.
10. What do you want ?

B. Fill in the blanks with Interrogative and Demonstrative pronoun :

1. To ________ were you speaking .
2. _________ is my bat .
3. _________ two girls are my best friend .
4. I prefer to talk _________ ,who are honest .
5. __________ do you mean ?
6. _______ is better subject for you . Science or English ?
7. ______ have you observed till now ?
8. This is better than ______.
9. ____  coat is mine .
10. Our soldiers are well trained than ______ of enemies .

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