Q1: Identify the Pronoun Type
(a) He is a famous doctor.
Ans: Personal Pronoun
"He" is a personal pronoun used to refer to a specific person.
(b) Which is your puppy among these?
Ans: Interrogative Pronoun
"Which" is an interrogative pronoun used to ask questions about a specific choice from a group.
(c) I myself went and invited them.
Ans: Reflexive Pronoun
"Myself" is a reflexive pronoun used to emphasize that the speaker is performing the action.
(d) She likes the photo frame that you gave him.
Ans: Relative Pronoun
"That" is a relative pronoun used to link the clause "that you gave him" with the noun "photo frame."
(e) You are punishing yourself.
Ans: Reflexive Pronoun
"Yourself" is a reflexive pronoun used to show that the action is performed by the subject on itself.
(f) He is the man whom I was talking about.
Ans: Relative Pronoun
"Whom" is a relative pronoun used to refer to "the man" and link the clause "whom I was talking about."
(g) Whom did you call yesterday?
Ans: Interrogative Pronoun
"Whom" is an interrogative pronoun used to ask a question about the object of the action.
(h) She herself made the decision.
Ans: Reflexive Pronoun
"Herself" is a reflexive pronoun used to emphasize that the subject (she) made the decision on her own.
Q2: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate personal pronouns.
Mr. Sharma is our Mathematics teacher. _____ teaches Mathematics to the students of classes I to VII. Students also like _____ because of the way _____ teaches. _____ also gives free tuition to students from poor families and tries to help _____.
Ans:
Mr. Sharma is our Mathematics teacher. He teaches Mathematics to the students of classes I to VII. Students also like him because of the way he teaches. He also gives free tuition to students from poor families and tries to help them.
Q3: Correct the use of pronouns in these sentences.
(a) My friend and me went to the mall on Sunday.
Ans: My friend and I went to the mall on Sunday.
(b) This is my pencil box. That is your.
Ans: This is my pencil box. That is yours.
(c) My parents are in Uttarakhand. Me visit they often.
Ans: My parents are in Uttarakhand. I visit them often.
(d) Them arrived on time and brought gifts for I.
Ans: They arrived on time and brought gifts for me.
(e) Are this your shoes?
Ans: Are these your shoes?
Q4: Choose the correct pronoun from the options in the brackets.
(a) Sam hasn’t returned the razor _______ borrowed from _______ (he, me, I, him)
Ans: Sam hasn’t returned the razor he borrowed from me.
(b) What are you doing in _______ room? (my, me, I )
Ans: What are you doing in my room?
(c) Why is _______ so angry today? ( he, him, her )
Ans: Why is he so angry today?
(d) I don’t know what happened to _______ ( she, her, hers )
Ans: I don’t know what happened to her.
(e) I didn’t recognise _______ but _______ recognised _______ (her, she, I, me)
Ans: I didn’t recognize her but she recognized me.
(f) It took _______ quite some time to realise what _______ was doing. (I, me)
Ans: It took me quite some time to realize what I was doing.
(g) They have never invited _______ to _______ parties. ( us, their, we, their, theirs )
Ans: They have never invited us to their parties.
(h) I expected _______ to arrive but _______ didn’t. (he, him,his)
Ans: I expected him to arrive but he didn’t.
(i) I asked _______ what _______ problem was. (he, him, his)
Ans: I asked him what his problem was.
(x) You should have invited _______ (they, them, their)
Ans: You should have invited them.
Q5: Fill in the blanks with the correct pronouns.
(a) She is bringing _________ family for a holiday. All of _________ are vegetarians.
Ans: her, them
(b) This bag belongs to John. _________ left it here yesterday.
Ans: He
(c) I love the colour of their house. ________ looks beautiful.
Ans: It
(d) She brought her stallion to the fate because ________ didn’t want to leave _____alone.
Ans: she, him
(e) I had to make ________a cup of tea because we ran out of coffee.
Ans: myself
(f) _____ will bring the candles for the birthday cake?
Ans: Who
(g) They kept blaming ______ for what happened even though it wasn’t _______fault.
Ans: themselves, their
(f) That’s the director, the one ______we were supposed to meet.
Ans: whom
(i) Are you sure that she’s the one ______made this cake?
Ans: who
(j) We took pictures of _______at the photo booth today.
Ans: ourselves
Q6: Replace the underlined nouns with pronouns and rewrite the sentences
(a) Farhan is my best friend. Everyone says that Farhan gossips much.
Ans: Farhan is my best friend. Everyone says that he gossips much.
(b) Christ was an explorer. Christ discovered new things.
Ans: Christ was an explorer. He discovered new things.
(c) The boys went for an outing. The boys enjoyed it.
Ans: The boys went for an outing. They enjoyed it.
(d) My pet dog is missing. Have you seen my dog?
Ans: My pet dog is missing. Have you seen it?
(e) That dog is very unfriendly and snappy. That dog belongs to my neighbour.
Ans: That dog is very unfriendly and snappy. It belongs to my neighbour.
(f) John was a soldier. John fought in 1962
Ans: John was a soldier. He fought in 1962.
(g) Barrack Obama is an Afro-American. Barrack Obama was re-elected in 2012.
Ans: Barrack Obama is an Afro-American. He was re-elected in 2012.
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