Identify the pronouns in these sentences and state their kind.
1.In the baronial hall lived a proprietor who had two sons.
2.‘You cannot have this horse. It’s mine!’ exclaimed my brother.
3.Jack, who had been left behind, soon caught up with his brothers.
4.Rema took out the new purse which she had picked up on her way to the airport.
5.The horses were theirs but the goat was his.
6.I knocked on the door several times, but no one answered.
7.I myself will do this.
Answers
Answer:
1. who relative pronoun
2. mine his possessive pronoun this demonstrative pronoun
3. who relative pronoun his possessive pronoun
4. which relative pronoun
5. theirs possessive pronoun
6. several and no one indefinite pronoun
Identify the pronouns in these sentences and state their kind.
1.In the baronial hall lived a proprietor who had two sons.
Answer- Relative Pronoun
2.‘You cannot have this horse. It’s mine!’ exclaimed my brother.
Answer- Possessive Pronoun
3.Jack, who had been left behind, soon caught up with his brothers.
Answer- Relative Pronoun
4.Rema took out the new purse which she had picked up on her way to the airport
Answer- Relative Pronoun
5.The horses were theirs but the goat was his.
Answer- Possessive Pronoun
6.I knocked on the door several times, but no one answered.
Answer- Indefinite Pronoun
7.I myself will do this.
Answer- Emphatic Pronoun