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Class 6 (A, B, C, D, E, F)

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

INSTRUCTIONS: Parents, please ensure that the student refers to the topic ‘Pronouns’ from any
Grammar Book.

Read the subject matter carefully and answer the questions that follow:-

PRONOUN – A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun. It is used so that we do not have to repeat
the noun over and over again.

Hari is absent, because Hari is ill.

Hari is absent because he is ill.

Pronoun: he

Kinds of Pronouns:-

1) Personal Pronoun– Personal Pronoun is a Pronoun which stands for a person or thing.
 The person speaking is said to be the FIRST PERSON, eg: I, We.
 The person spoken to is said to be the SECOND PERSON, eg: You.
NOTE: You is used both for singular and for plural.
 The Person spoken of is said to be the THIRD PERSON, eg: He, She, It, They
Eg:-
a) I live in Pune.
b) You should come early.
c) She told me a secret.

Forms of the Personal Pronouns:

The following are the different forms of the Personal Pronouns:-

FIRST PERSON (Masculine or Feminine)

Singular Plural
Nominative I we
Possessive my, mine our, ours
Accusative Me us

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 SECOND PERSON (Masculine or Feminine)

Singular/Plural
Nominative You
Possessive your, yours
Accusative You

THIRD PERSON

Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Neuter All Genders
Nominative he She It they
Possessive his her, hers Its their, theirs
Accusative him Her It them

From the tables given, it is clear that the personal pronouns are of two types:

Subjective pronouns: Pronouns in the subjective case are subjects (the ‘who’ or the ‘what’) of the
verb.

He and I saw Laura yesterday. (‘who’ of the sentence)

The subjective case is often called the Nominative Case.

Objective Pronouns: Pronouns in the objective case are the objects (receivers of action) of the verb.

Laura saw him and me yesterday. (Receivers of the verb)

NOTE: The masculine subject pronoun is ‘He’ and the masculine object pronoun ‘him’. The feminine
subject pronoun is ‘she’ and the feminine object pronoun is ‘her’.

2) Possessive Pronoun: Possessive Pronoun is a Pronoun which shows possession or relationship.

 eg: mine, ours, yours, hers, theirs, his
 eg: This house is mine.
Those tools are theirs.
3) Relative Pronoun: Relative Pronoun is a Pronoun which refers or relates to a noun which goes
before it.
 eg: whose, whom, which, who, that
 eg: Here comes the boy whom all like.
The pen which I lost was expensive.
I have lost the book that I took from the library.

The noun to which a relative pronoun refers or relates is called its antecedent. It is noticed
that in the given sentences, the antecedent of whom is boy, the antecedent of which is pen,
and the antecedent of that is book.

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 NOTE – The relative pronouns who and whom are used for persons. ‘Which’ is used for
things without life and animals. ‘that’ is used for persons, things and animals ’what’ always
refers to things, never to persons. ‘as’ is used as a relative pronoun after the same and such
as.

4). Interrogative Pronouns: Interrogative Pronoun is used to ask a question.

e.g. who, which, what, whom, whose.

e.g. Who is knocking at the door?

Whom do you want to meet?

Note: If there is a noun after ‘whose’, ‘what’ or ‘which’ then they become Interrogative
Adjectives.

e.g. 1. Which is his car? Interrogative Pronoun)

e.g. 2. Which car is his? (Interrogative Adjective)

5) Reflexive Pronouns: is formed by adding ‘self’ to my, your, her, it,(singular), and ‘selves’ to our,
your and them(plural). The action of the subject reflects back to the subject.

e.g. I hurt myself.

They hurt themselves.

Emphasizing / Emphatic Pronouns: The reflexive pronouns used for the sake of emphasis are
called Emphasizing Pronouns.

e.g. She herself has done this.

We ourselves are to blame.

6). Demonstrative Pronouns: Demonstrative Pronouns are used to point out the objects to which
they refer (or to refer to things near or at a distance).

e.g. That is Sally’s house.

These are merely excuses.

7). Indefinite Pronouns: Indefinite Pronouns do not refer to any person or thing in particular. They
are, therefore called Indefinite Pronouns.

e.g. Nobody was there to save the drowning child.

Do to others as you wish to be done by.

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Pronoun – Antecedent Agreement.

Pronoun – Antecedent Agreement means that the pronoun agrees in number (singular or plural)
and person (First, Second or Third person) with its antecedent.
Whenever you use a personal pronoun like she, it or they, you first have to have an antecedent, the
word that the pronoun is replacing.

Read this Sentence:

Gautam slowed to the speed limit when he saw the police jeep in the rear-view mirror.

The pronoun he replaces Gautam. Pronouns like he will keep you from repeating Gautam over and
over again. The pronoun must agree with its antecedent. Here, he agrees with the antecedent,
Gautam.

A singular antecedent requires a singular pronoun; a plural antecedent needs a plural pronoun.

Indefinite Pronouns as Antecedents: Singular indefinite pronoun antecedents take singular pronoun
referents. A referent is a word which refers to another.

Singular: each, either, neither, anything.

Each of the clerks does a good deal of work around his or her office.

Singular Singular

Plurals: several, few, both, many.

Both do a good job in their office.

Plural Plural

Some indefinite pronouns that are modified by a prepositional phrase may be either singular or
plural.

Either singular or plural: some, any, none, all, most

When the object of the preposition is uncountable use a singular referent.

Some of the sugar fell out of its bag.

Singular Singular
Sugar is uncountable; therefore, the sentence has a singular referent.

When the object of the preposition is Countable use a plural referent.

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Some of the marbles fell out of their bag.

Plural Plural
Marbles are countable; therefore, the sentence has a plural referent.

EXERCICES
Q.A.) Do as directed:-
1) We always like boys ________ speak the truth (fill Relative Pronoun).
2) _______ gave you that knife? (fill Interrogative Pronoun).
3) _______ but fools have ever believed it. (fill Indefinite Pronoun)
4) The climate of Belgaum is like ________ of Pune. (fill Demonstrative Pronoun).
5) They _________ admitted their guilt. (fill Emphatic Pronoun).
6) That idea of _________ is excellent. (fill Possessive Pronoun).

Q.B.) Fill in the blanks with the correct Pronouns:-

1) The boys were shouting so the teacher punished __________.
2) Wasn’t it Clive _________ joined the army?
3) The pen lying on the table is ___________.
4) We decided to bake a cake ___________.
5) If you consider ___________, you will be blessed.
6) To __________ should I give this note?

Q.C.) Choose the correct option:-

1) Nobody but _________ was present (he / him).
2) He and __________ were great friends (I / me).
3) Can you sing as well as _________? (he / them).
4) Kareena and Radhika called ________ parents on Saturday. (their / her)
5) _________ is a present from my uncle. (this / which)
6) At last I found the little brooch _________ my mother gave me. (who/which)

Q.D.) In the following sentences use Pronouns in place of nouns wherever you can:-
1) Rama had taken his watch out of his pocket, and was looking at the watch uneasily, shaking
the watch every now and then, and holding the watch to his car.
2) The boys went into the garden, where the boys saw a snake.
3) Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice as Alice went hunting about, and called out to Alice in an
angry tone.
4) Suresh is at the head of his class, for Suresh studies hard.
5) Reema has a beautiful dress. Reema cannot wear it for a picnic. Reema should wear it for a
party.
6) Peter comes first in our class. Peter has recently joined our school.

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Q.E.) In the following sentences point out the Pronouns:-
1) Train up a child in the way he should go.
2) If the thief is caught, he will be punished.
3) The female lion is called a lioness. She has no mane.
4) The camel is a beast of burden. It is used to carry goods across the desert.
5) Ram, you are a lazy boy.
6) Hari bought his book and laid it on the table.

Guided English
Lesson – 4: Useful words and Phrases.
Of and Off

Note: Of is pronounced ov.

Add of or off.
1) The leader ___ the men took ___ his hat.
2) He has gone ___ to the middle ___the jungle.
3) She peeled ___ the skin ___ the orange and began to eat it.
4) The soldiers stopped for a drink ___ water and then marched ___.
5) ‘Well, I must be ___ I have to catch the nine o’clock train.’ ‘I’ll come to the station and see
you____.
6) The wind broke ___ a branch___ the tree.
7) The price___ the car is so high that only a person who is very well___ (rich) could buy it. He
is badly ___ so he cannot afford it.
8) Here’s a piece ___ paper. Tear ___ a piece and write on that.
9) The cup fell ___ the shelf, and the handle was broken ___.
10) ‘What did he die ___?’ ‘He died ___ heart failure.’

Letter Writing:

Write a letter to your cousin, explaining the importance of Lockdown, Social distancing and personal
hygiene in the present scenario.
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