English Grammar - A Worksheet on Pronouns For Class 6, 7 and 8
A pronoun is a word used in the place of noun.
Q1: In the following sentences, underline the subject pronouns and circle the object pronouns.
① We thanked her for the delicious supper.
② She regularly consults her accountant for taxation.
③ It is a beautiful doll.
④ We gave them gifts and souvenirs.
⑤ They organised the event.
Following are the kinds of pronouns:
- Personal
- Possessive
- Demonstrative
- Relative
- Interrogative
- Reflexive and Emphatic
- Distributive
- Indefinite
Subjective personal pronouns are: I, You, We, He, She, They.
Objective personal pronouns are: Me, you, us, him, her, them.
Q2: Identify the type of personal pronouns used in the following sentences.
① I baked the cake.
② The cake was baked by me.
③ They lit the fire.
④ The fire was lit by them.
The pronouns that show possession are called possessive pronouns. Words like mine, its, his, hers, theirs, ours, yours are all possessive pronouns.
Q3: Underline the possessive pronouns in the following sentences.
① The keys with red tag are mine.
② That is my book but this one is hers.
③ That idea of yours is excellent.
④ We booked this table yesterday. It is ours.
Pronouns like that, this, these and those refer to specific things and hence are called demonstrative pronouns.
- near in distance or time (this, these)
- far in distance or time (that, those)
Q4: Identify and underline the demonstrative pronouns in the following sentences:
① Those were the days!
② Have you seen this?
③ That was tasty.
④ Do you like these?
The pronouns that are used to ask questions are called interrogative pronouns.
Commonly used interrogative pronouns are: who, whom, whose, what, which etc.
Q5: Identify and underline interrogative pronouns are:
① What is your name?
② Whom did you see last night?
③ Which is the road you like to take?
④ Which is the car that hit you?
Indefinite pronouns that the pronouns that do not point to a pecific person, place or thing.
Examples are: Somebody, anybody, everybody, everything, another, someone, none, something etc.
Q6: Fill in the blanks with suitable indefinite pronouns in the following sentences.
① _______ has taken my book.
② This ice cream is tasty. Can I have ________?
③ You looks very weak. Have you eaten _______ in last two days?
④ They are very poor now. They lost ________ in the earthquake last year.
Reflexive Pronouns
When action of the subject reflects or turns back on the subject itself are called reflexive pronouns.
e.g. He injured himself.
'Himself; is the reflexive pronoun in the above sentence.
The choice of reflexive pronoun depends on the personal pronoun used. Here are a few examples:
Personal pronoun Reflexive pronoun
I (singular) myself
you (singular) yourself
you (plural) yourselves
they (plural) themselves
he/she (singular) himself/herself
it (singular) itself
we (plural) ourselves
Emphatic Pronoun
A pronoun used to convey emphasis is called emphatic pronoun. They are used along with personal pronouns.
e.g. I myself locked the door. (myself is the emphatic pronoun here.)
Q7: Read the following sentences, identify the underlined pronoun is reflexive pronoun or emphatic pronoun.
① Can you do this job by yourself?
② Raghu himself packed the bag.
③ They themselves completed the assignment.
④ She cannot reach here by herself.
Distributive Pronouns
Distributive pronouns indicate whether persons or things are taken one ata time or in separate groups
For Example:
'Each' of them take part in the game.
'Either' of the two roads leads to Ambala.
Relative Pronouns
Pronouns that link a phrase or a clause to another in a sentence are called relative pronouns.
e.g. Who, which, whom, that, whose, What...
I thanked the man 'who' saved my son.
Rules for Usage of Relative Pronouns
❑ Who and whom is used to refer to human beings,
❑ Which is used to refer to things, animals and plants.
❑ That can be used for both humans and things.
Q8: Choose the correct option (relative pronoun) and fill in the blanks:
① Mahatma Gandhi, ________ a legendary figure, was born in Porbandar.
i. who
ii. whose
iii. which
② The cafe __________ is famous for cold coffee is not far from here.
i. whom
ii which
iii. where
③ He is a banker ________ no one trusts.
i. who
ii. whom
iii. which
④ The girl ________ books I borrowed is my classmate.
i. who
ii. whom
iii. whose
Answers:
1: ① We - Subject Pornoun (SP)
her - Object Pronoun (OP)
② She - SP, her - OP
③ It - SP
④ We - SP, them - OP
⑤ They - SP
2: ① I - Subjective Personal Pronoun (SPP)
② me - Objective Personal Pronoun (OPP)
③ They - SPP
④ them - OPP
3: ① mine
② hers
③ yours
④ ours
4:
① Those
② this
③ that
④ these
5:
① What
② Whom
③ Which
④ Which
6:
① Someone/somebody
② another
③ anything
④ everything
7:
① reflexive
② emphatic
③ emphatic
④ reflexive
8:
① i. who
② ii which
③ ii. whom
④ iii. whose
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