Types of Pronouns Worksheet-1

Types of Pronouns Worksheet-1

A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun or noun phrase.

If we only used nouns to refer to people, animals and things, our sentences, both spoken and written, would be very long and tedious.

Yesterday I went to Sarita’s house. Sarita was cooking when I reached her house. Sarita cooked very tasty biriyani.

Yesterday I went to Sarita’s house. She was cooking when I reached there. She cooked very tasty biriyani.

Types of pronouns

Personal pronouns: - I, me, mine, you, your, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, one, we, they

Possessive pronouns – yours, mine, his, hers, ours, theirs

Reflexive pronouns – myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Demonstrative pronouns – this, that, these, those

Interrogative pronouns – whom, whose, who, what, which, “whatsoever” and “whichever”

Relative pronouns – who, whom, whose, which, that

Indefinite pronouns – all, any, someone, somebody, something, anyone, anybody, anything, everyone, no one

Reciprocal pronouns – one another, each other

Recognise the underlined pronoun:

I am eleven years old.

(A) Demonstrative pronoun (B) Personal pronoun

That is Sunita. She is my friend.

(A) Personal pronoun (B) Demonstrative pronoun

That is my house.

(A) Personal pronoun (B) Possessive pronoun

This doll is mine.

(A) Possessive pronoun (B) Demonstrative pronoun

Which is this place?

(A) Possessive pronoun (B) Interrogative pronoun

Give me some butter, please.

(A) Personal pronoun (B) Interrogative pronoun

These are very sweet mangoes.

(A) Demonstrative pronoun (B) Interrogative pronoun

He is very a tall man.

(A) Demonstrative pronoun (B) Personal pronoun

These new dresses are hers.

(A) Personal pronoun (B) Demonstrative pronoun

Whose is this book?

(A) Personal pronoun (B) Interrogative pronoun

Answer Key

(B)

Exp: ‘I’ is used for the first person and so it is a personal pronoun.

(A)

Exp: ‘She’ is used for the third person singular so it is a personal pronoun.

(C)

Exp: ‘That’ is a pointer to house and so it is a demonstrative pronoun.

(A)

Exp: ‘Mine’ is used to show ownership.

(B)

Exp: Since a question is asked this is an Interrogative pronoun.

(A)

Exp: ‘Me’ is used for the first person and so it is a personal pronoun.

(A)

Exp: ‘These’ points to the mangoes and so it is a demonstrative pronoun.

(B)

Exp: ‘He’ is used for the third person and so it is a personal pronoun.

(D)

Exp: ‘Hers’ shows ownership and so it is a possessive pronoun.

(B)

Exp: Since a question is asked the pronoun is an Interrogative pronoun.