SUBJECT: ENGLISH

Pronouns

A pronoun is a word that refers to or takes the place of a noun. Pronouns are used so that we can avoid the repetition of that noun again and again.

There are many different kinds of pronouns: personal, possessive, reflexive, intensive and many more.

Personal Pronouns are pronouns that refer to a specific person or thing in a sentence and can be divided into two groups: nominative and objective.

Nominative personal pronouns can act as the subject of a sentence (I, you, he, she , it , we, they).For example:

1. I went to the store after work.

2. You should not go to class if you are sick.

Objective personal pronouns, on the other hand, act as objects of a sentence (me, you, him, her, it, us, them). For example:

1. Alex came out with Joe and me.

2. John really likes him.

Possessive Pronouns are pronouns that show ownership; in other words, something belongs to someone else ( mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs).

For example: 1.That book is mine.

2. Their shoes are under the bed.

Reflexive Pronouns are pronouns that are used to show that the subject of the sentence is receiving the action of the verb(myself,yourself,himself,herself,itself,ourselves,themselves).

For example: 1. She can handle the situation herself.

2. We can write the paper ourselves.

Exercise 1:

I. Fill in the blanks with suitable pronouns.

a) Does ____________(her, she)know that ____________(me, I) was absent?

b) Please tell ____________(he, him)_______________(I, me) have borrowed _________________(his, him) pencil.

c) I remember that __________(they, them) bought the fruits from ________________(we, us).

d) Please don’t tell_________(she, her)about__________(I, me).

e) The teacher asked Mohit why ____________(him, he) was absent yesterday.

f) Alen made this curry ______________(him, himself).

g) She often talks to _______________ (herself, hers)when she is upset.

h) If you don’t like _________ (your, yours), you can take _______ (mine, my).

i) The bicycle over there is _________ (her, hers).