Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Ch12 - Pronouns

1. Pick out and write the pronoun from each sentence. Then write the noun that
each pronoun refers to. One has been done for you.
a. Anupama and Aruna like to bake cookies. They are going to bake some.
Ans. Pronoun : They Noun that it stands for : Anupama and Aruna
b. Mrs Shepherd gave Hazel a hug because she loved Hazel.
c. Where is the football? We must look for it!
d. Next summer, Rahul is going on a trip to Simla. He has already bought the train
tickets.
e. The owner had a dog whom she treated well.
f. A story about a discontented donkey was first told by Aesop; it is one of Aesop's
best fables.

2. Rewrite each sentence by replacing appropriate nouns with pronouns. One has
been done for you.
a. The owner gave the dog a soft bed and fed the dog well.
Ans. The owner gave the dog a soft bed and fed it well.
b. The donkey tried to make the donkey’s owner treat the donkey well
c. The donkey learnt that the donkey should not try to be somebody else.
d. Can you write two fables and illustrate the fables?
e. After the girl had read the book, she returned the book to the library.
f. Moses took a kite and attached a rope to the kite.

3. Fill in the blanks with 'I' or 'me'.
a. Sarah has invited Harun and ____________________ to his party.
b. This cake is to be shared between my family and ____________________.
c. Nishant and ____________________ saw a beautiful butterfly.
d. Leroy and ____________________ distributed the notebooks in the class.
e. There is no misunderstanding between Geeta and ____________________.

4. Choose the appropriate word from the brackets given after each sentence and fill
in the blanks.
a. This book was given to us (we/us) by them (them/they)
b. He (He/Him) will be leaving for New York today.
c. The teacher wanted a pencil, will you please give this to her (she/her)?
d. We (We/Us) will go to the zoo today, will you come with us (we/us)?
e. They (They/Them) are bullies. Let us (we/us) not talk to them (them/they).

5. Make a sentence using each of these words correctly.
a. I b. me c. he d. him e. she
f. her g. we h. us i. they j. them
a. Sharad and I distributed the notebooks in the class.
b. Mother gave a sandwich to Parul and me.
c. He will be leaving for America today.
d. This book belongs to him.
e. She is an avid reader.
f. Will you please give this pen to her?
g. We have worked hard for the project.
h. Let us not talk to them
i. They are familiar with each other.
j. Both of them have scored well in exam.

6. Choose the correct pronoun from the options given in the brackets
    at the end of each sentence and fill in the blanks.
a. This shoe belongs to ____________________. (I, me) ____________________
    (It, This) is mine (me, mine). That one is ____________________ (you, yours).
b. The President ____________________ (he, himself) will give the awards to all
    of ____________________. (us, we).
c. Will your parents come with Sheena and ____________________(I, me
    to the party?
d. My parents have gone on a holiday. ____________________ (She, They
    have gone to the seaside and are really enjoying ____________________.
    (them, themselves).
e. Sheena and ____________________ (me, I) will attend the wedding along
    with you.
f. ____________________ (Who, Why) will come with us to the market?
g. ____________________ (What, Which) is your opinion about this book?

7. Combine the following sentences using appropriate relative pronouns.
a. This is the green umbrella. This green umbrella was used in the film
b. This is the boy. This boy came first in the obstacle race
c. That is the girl. She broke the window.
d. He told me the secret. I will tell you the secret.
e. That is the place. We buried the treasure there.

8. Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns.
a. I have nothing more to tell you about the story of the film. I have already told
    you everything.
b. Did you meet anyone at the party last night? There were many people but I did
    not know anyone, everyone was much older than I was.
c. I have some questions. Do you have a minute? Sorry, I have no time, I cannot
   talk to anyone till I complete this assignment.
d. Do you think that someone/anyone else can help me? Everyone seems to have
    completed the work except me.
e. Do you know something about politics? No, I know nothing, I have never
    been interested in politics.
f. Would you like anything to drink? Yes, please, I am very thirsty, I have had
   nothing to drink the whole day.
g. Someone told me that you had gone home, but I do not remember
    exactly who.
h. I do not have any idea who did it, but I am sure it is someone who had gone
    to the party last night.
i. Did he have any letters for me? No, I have already given you everything that
   had come in the mail yesterday.
j. Everyone says that something must be done about the corruption in the
   country, but nobody does anything.

9. Make a sentence with each of the following words.
a. everybody b. somebody c. anybody d. nobody e. all

10. Fill in the blanks with demonstrative pronouns this and these.
a. Is ____________________ my coffee?
b. ____________________ aren’t my teammates
c. Is ____________________ an interesting venue?
d. ____________________ are new cars.
e. ____________________ is my humble abode.
f. ____________________ is an easy task.
g. These are tigers.
h. What is ____________________?
i. Did you drop ____________________?
j. Hi, Velma! ____________________ is Shaggy.

11. Fill in the blanks given below with suitable pronouns.
a. The tiny tots laughed when ____________________ (they/he) saw the 
    clown dance.
b. Yamini sang the song that ____________________ (she/her)
    knew the best.
c. Our door broke and ____________________ (it/they) now lets the
    cold wind in.
d. Some students reported late so the teacher got
     angry with ____________________ (they/them).
e. Sumit and Sunita were happy because ____________________
    (them/they) won the game.

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