Question

Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns and write their types. The first one has been done
for you.
1. Seema who is my classmate has shifted to our neighbourhood.
Relative Pronoun
2. Do you want to speak to
3. I...... heard her say that.
4. This is the dress.... was bought by aunt
5 ........ was a cold and dark night.
6............. expressed his ideas clearly and eloquently.
7. We often deceive ...
8. Suman had got gifts for.... as well as for all of us.


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Answer 1

1. who,relative pronoun
2. her, personal pronoun
3. myself ,emphatic pronoun
4. which, relative pronoun
5. it, personal prounoun
6. he,prosonl pronoun
7. eachother,reciprocal pronoun
8. herself,reflexsive pronoun

Answer 2

Answer:

2. Do you want to speak to me? (Personal pronoun)

3. I myself heard her say that. (Emphatic pronoun)

4. This is the dress which was bought by aunt. (Relative pronoun)

5. It was a cold and dark night. (Personal pronoun)

6. He expressed his ideas clearly and eloquently. (Personal pronoun)

7. We often deceive ourselves. (Reflexive pronoun)

8. Suman had got gifts for herself as well as for all of us. (Reflexive pronoun)

Explanation:

• A pronoun is a word that is preferred as a substitute for another noun or noun phrase.
• They come in a few different forms depending on what they refer to and how they’re used in a sentence.

• Possessive pronouns are my, your, his, her, its, our, and their.

• Reflexive pronouns are words like myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves.

• They refer back to a person or thing. We often prefer reflexive pronouns when the subject and the object of a verb are the same.

• Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. Some of the common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, that

• Emphatic pronouns are compound personal pronouns such as 'himself', 'myself' and 'yourself' used for highlighting or emphasis.

• Personal pronouns are taken to replace people, places or things to make sentences shorter, specific and clearer. Examples include I, we, it, they, you, and she.

• Our choice of a personal pronoun will determine if we are indicating the first person or the third person.

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