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PERSONAL, PRONOUNS, , , , Let’s Link It, Read this paragraph., , Last Monday the Principal asked the, , Principal’s assistant, Nirudha, for the, Principal’s calendar. The Principal checked the, Principal’s calendar to see what appointments, the Principal had that day. Then the Principal, returned the Principal’s calendar to Nirudha, to use the calendar to schedule the Principal’s, other appointments., , , , In the above paragraph, the word ‘Principal’, has been repeated a number of times., , Is this the way we usually write or speak?, , Which words should have been used to avoid the unnecessary repetition? How would the, Paragraph read if it is written without mentioning ‘Principal’ so frequently?, , Let’s Understand, The Paragraph would read like this:, , Last Monday, the Principal asked her assistant, Nirudha, to hand her the appointment, calendar. She checked the calendar to see what appointments she had that day. Then, she returned the calendar to Nirudha and asked her to use it to schedule her other, @ppointments,, , The words in colour are pronouns., , , , The words that replace nouns referring to people, &r things are personal pronouns,
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Plural, , , , re, a. Fill in the blanks as instructed., am sitting in the class. (first person singul, , ee are watching TV. (first person plural), son singular), , ar), , , , =:, ae from Kolkata? (second per, eee is going to work. (third person singular), re playing basketball. (third person plural), 3 Se all must complete your work today. (secon¢, g *t make sense. (third person singular), , | person plural), , eee doesn, , B. Use appropriate personal pronouns to indicate the person., This is Amita., 2. Geeta and Seeta are sisters; ———————_, 3. I live in Bengaluru. is in Karnataka., , 4. My parents live in Chandigarh; visit us each year., , 5. The boys are happy., 6. My name is Anu and —____— welcome, , is my friend., are twins., , , , , , , , are receiving an award., all to this event., , , , , , , , , Singular Plural, , : I, me, we, us, , Pronouns, , , , , First person, , you, , , , they, them ‘
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The Erudents are happy because have a holiday today., , 9, My sister and I had planned to visit the park, but since it was raining, decided not to go., , , , , , This vase is valuable because —____________ is so old., , The girl is pleased because —_______ has found work,, , Until —________ retired, their mother managed a business., , After the apples have been cut up, ——__—— should be sprinkled with cinnamon,, er daughter likes to study because —___________ finds the work interesting., , NNO Pw, , Pronouns also show case., , Look at the table., , , , Subjective Case Objective Case, , lam prepared to go. They need him., , He is honest and hard-working. Students understand me., Itis hot outside. We repaired it last night., , , , Personal pronouns are the subjects of the verbs and are in the subjective case in the first, , column. In the second column, the personal pronouns are the objects of the verbs and are in, the objective case., , Personal pronouns change according to the case., , Look at the table., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Subjective Case | you he she it we they, Objective Case me you him her it us them, D. Fill in the blanks with the subjective/objective case of the pronoun in the, , brackets., , 1. Do you remember. ? (he), , 2. Please get a cup of coffee. (I), , 3. Tknew would come through for . (he, 1), , Ay ltis who will take over from her. (1), , SY, , , , You must let, , , , know of your decision, (we), , Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns in the objective case. Ensure that, the pronoun agrees with the underlined words., , 1 They want me to go with
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I would like you to wrap this gift for____—., , , , , , He thinks we are talking AbOuG on, , We must request them to send it to ——____—=, , You should ask them to send it to —__—_—_—__.., , , , 2:, 3, 4, The wall was so high that I could not see over ——————_,, 5, 6, D, , She asked us to wait for, , Possessive Forms of Personal Pronouns, , Look at these sentences., , This is my book., , This book is mine., , This is her house. The dog is also hers., , My and her are personal adjectives., , Mine and hers are personal pronouns., , This tells us that each personal pronoun has a possessive form., , Look at the table., , | Subjective Case I you he she it, , you him her it, , , , , , | Obj ective Case me, , , , | Possessive Form used before my your his her its, a Noun (hence adjective), , es =, | Possessive Form used mine yours _ his hers _ its, , , , Independently, , , , When a personal pronoun shows possession by preceding a noun, it is called a possessive, , adjective., , My dress is new., , Here the personal pronoun precedes the noun ‘dress’ and describes the dress, hence itis 4, , possessive adjective., , , , , I did not take your pen, I brought mine. Watch Out! an, (mine stands for my) Apostrophes are not used with, 3 personal f, , hee A ,, The word ‘mine’ shows possession and is used, , independently,, , This possessive form of a personal pronoun is called a possessive pronoun., , —a, , , , { Possessve pronouns show ownership or a relationship.
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1, Your following the instructions was a cl, 2. We booked our tickets in advance. Ga), , 3. submitted my report. Did you submit yours? Sy, 4. The players approached their coach for guidance. ES, 5, , 6, , , , The car tyres screeched on their axel. a, i", . They are subletting their flat. (a, 7. I wash my clothes regularly, but you never wash yours. C), Personal pronouns must:, + agree with their antecedents, , The personal pronoun must agree with the noun it stands for. The pronoun stands for a, noun which is already mentioned. This noun is called the antecedent., , Example: The apples are sour, they cannot be used to make jam., ‘They’ stands for the noun apples. Thus, ‘apples’ is the antecedent., * agree with the antecedent in number and gender, , Example: The boy was sitting in the class. He was completing his work. (‘he’ stands for, the noun ‘boy’; thus boy is the antecedent), These are my friends. They stay in the same complex. (‘they’ stands for the, noun ‘friends’; thus friend is the antecedent), , G. Fill in the blanks with personal pronouns which agree with the antecedent., , , , 1. The girl wanted to jump, although knew it was dangerous., , stand for ten minutes., , , , 2. After grating the carrots, let, , , , 3. The teachers were surprised when read the message,, , , , When the man entered the building, asked for the man in charge., , The team worked hard, because wanted to win the project., , , , is very active,, , , , 4, 5, 6. My grandmother is not that young, but, 7,, , When my aunt was growing up, lived in Japan for some time,, , , , Reflexive Pronouns, , Look at these sentences., , He introduced himself to the class., The word ‘himself’ is a reflexive pronoun and is receiving the action of the subject he.
