Question

EXERCISE 3: Fill in the blanks with Demonstrative Pronouns :
is the table I purchased last year.
1.
2.
is a very expensive towel.
3.
are mere excuses.
4.
are cotton clothes.
5.
are stale fruits.
6.
is my house and
is yours.
7.
is my father's old house.
are our fields;
are yours.
8.
of Delhi.
9. The climate of Shimla is better than
10.
flowers are lovelier than those.​

Answer 1

Question:-

Fill in the blanks with Demonstrative Pronouns :

Answer:-

This is the table I purchased last year.

This is a very expensive towel.

Those are mere excuses.

These are cotton clothes.

Those are stale fruits.

This is my house and that is yours.

That is my father's old house.

These are our fields; those are yours.

The climate of Shimla is better than that of Delhi.

These flowers are lovelier than those.

Explre more:-

• A Demonstrative Pronoun is used to point out the object or objects to which it refers.

For example:-

1. This is my purse.
2. That is your bicycle.
3. These are her dresses.
4. Those are our friends

• This and that are used in the Singular Number and these and those in the Plural.

• This and these refer to things near at hand.

• That and those refer to things lying at a distance.

Answer 2

ReQuiReD AnSweRs:

1) This is the table I purchased last year.

2) This is a very expensive towel.

3) Those are mere excuses.

4) These are cotton clothes.

5) Those are stale fruits.

6) This is my house and that is yours.

7) That is my father's old house.

8)These are our fields; those are yours.

9) The climate of Shimla is better than that of Delhi.

10) These flowers are lovelier than those.

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★What is pronoun?

A Pronoun is a word used instead of a Noun. Thus, Pronouns are substitutes for Noun to avoid repetition.

Kinds of Pronouns

Pronouns can be classified into the following types:

1. Personal Pronouns
2. Indefinite Pronouns
3. Interrogative Pronouns
4. Reflexive Pronouns
5. Demonstrative Pronouns
6. Distributive Pronouns
7. Possessive Pronouns
8. Relative Pronouns

1. Personal Pronouns

A Pronoun which stands for a person or thing is called a Personal Pronoun .

Example:

1. He is my best friend.
2. She is the Most beautiful girl in the class.

2. Interrogative Pronouns

An Interrogative Pronoun is used to ask a question.

Example:

1. Who spoiled my exercise book?
2. Which is your house?

3. Demonstrative Pronouns

A Demonstrative Pronoun which is used to show the objects which it refers.

Example:

1. This is my purse.
2. That is your bicycle.

4. Possessive Pronouns

A Pronoun that is used to show possession is called a Possessive Pronoun

Example:

1. This book is mine.
2. That doll is hers.

5. Indefinite Pronouns

Indefinite Pronouns are those Pronouns which refer to persons or things in a way. They do not refer to any particular person or thing.

Example:

1. Some are born great.
2. Many of these eggs are rotten.

6. Reflexive Pronoun

Pronouns in which the action of the Subject turns back on the Subject itself are called Reflexive Pronouns

Example:

1. We often talk to ourselves.
2. They will enjoy themselves

7. Distributive Pronoun

Distributive Pronouns are those which show that persons or things are taken one at a time .

Example:

1. Either of the two roads leads to Jaipur.
2. Neither of them came to see me

8. Relative Pronouns

The Pronouns who, whose, whom, that and which join two sentences and refer back to Nouns going before them. They are called Relative Pronouns.

Example:

1. I know the hostel that he lives in.
2. This is the road which leads to Jaipur