Types of pronouns worksheet-1

Pronouns Worksheet-1

See the underlined pronoun and state its kind:

1. All these pens are theirs.

(A) Emphatic pronoun                (B) Personal pronoun

(C) Reflexive pronoun                 (D) Possessive pronoun

2. My friend gave me this balloon.

(A) Reflexive pronoun                 (B) Personal pronoun

(C) Demonstrative pronoun      (D) Possessive pronoun

3. That man does all his work himself.

(A) Demonstrative pronoun      (B) Reflexive pronoun

(C) Personal pronoun                  (D) Possessive pronoun

4. Which is your house?

(A) Interrogative pronoun.        (B) Reflexive pronoun

(C) Emphatic pronoun                (D) Personal pronoun

5. I am Ravi. I am ten years old.

(A) Demonstrative pronoun      (B) Possessive pronoun

(C) Reflexive pronoun                 (D) Personal pronoun

6. These are nice mangoes.

(A) Emphatic pronoun                (B) Demonstrative pronoun

(C) Reflexive pronoun                 (D) Personal pronoun

7. Please help yourselves with the dessert.

(A) Emphatic pronoun                (B) Possessive pronoun

(C) Reflexive pronoun                 (D) Personal pronoun

8. Who are you calling to the party?

(A) Emphatic pronoun                (B) Personal pronoun

(C) Interrogative pronoun          (D) Demonstrative pronoun

9. Seema said she was coming to our house.

(A) Personal pronoun                  (B) Reflexive pronoun

(C) Possessive pronoun               (D) Emphatic pronoun

10. Can you come with us for the party?

(A) Personal pronoun                  (B) Emphatic pronoun

(C) Demonstrative pronoun      (D) Reflexive pronoun

11. The king himself distributed the gifts.

(A) Personal pronoun                  (B) Possessive pronoun

(C) Emphatic pronoun                (D) Reflexive pronoun

12. Those were the days!

(A) Emphatic pronoun                (B) Demonstrative pronoun

(C) Personal pronoun                  (D) Reflexive pronoun

Answers:

1. (D)

Exp: ‘Theirs’ shows possession and is not followed by a noun; hence it is a possessive pronoun.

2. (B)

Exp: ‘Me’ is a pronoun of the 1st person and hence it is a personal pronoun.

3. (B)

Exp: ‘Himself’ does not come immediately after ‘man’ hence it is a reflexive pronoun.

4. (A)

Exp: Since a question has been asked and no noun comes after ‘which’ it is an interrogative pronoun.

5. (D)

Exp: ‘I’ represents the 1st person and hence it is a personal pronoun.

6. (B)

Exp: ‘These’ points to mangoes and no noun follows it; hence it is a demonstrative pronoun.

7. (C)

Exp: The hidden subject ‘you’ is at the beginning of the sentence and so ‘yourselves’ does not come immediately after it; hence it is a reflexive pronoun.

8. (C)

Exp: A question has been asked and no noun follows ‘who’; hence it is an interrogative pronoun.

9. (A)

Exp: ‘She’ is used for the 3rd person and hence it is a personal pronoun.

10. (A)

Exp: ‘Us’ is used for the 1st person and hence it is a personal pronoun.

11. (C)

Exp: ‘Himself’ comes immediately after ‘king’ hence it is an emphatic pronoun.

12. (B)

Exp: ‘Those’ points to days (in the past) and no noun follows it; hence it is a demonstrative pronoun.