In the following sentences point out the pronouns and say what they stand for.
1. Alice was not a bit hurt and she jumped up on to her feet in a moment.
2. There were doors all around the hall, but they were all locked.
3. ‘I wish I hadn’t shouted so loudly,’ said the boy.
4. Hari brought his book and put it on the table.
5. James has lost his mobile and he cannot find it.
6. Peter, you are a lazy boy.
7. The camel is a beast of burden. It carries goods across the desert.
8. The horse fell down and broke its leg.
9. The boys went to the garden where they saw a snake.
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A Pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or non- equivalent. Pronouns avoid repetition of nouns and make sentences a shorter.
1. Alice was not a bit hurt and she jumped up on to her feet in a moment.
(The pronoun ‘she’ stands for the noun ‘Alice’.)
2. There were doors all around the hall, but they were all locked.
(The pronoun ‘they’ stands for the noun ‘doors’.)
3. ‘I wish I hadn’t shouted so loudly,’ said the boy.
(The pronoun ‘I’ stands for the noun ‘boy’.)
4. Hari brought his book and put it on the table.
(The pronoun ‘it’ stands for the noun ‘table’.)
5. James has lost his mobile and he cannot find it.
(The pronoun ‘he’ stands for James and ‘it’ stands for ‘mobile’.)
6. Peter, you are a lazy boy.
(Thee pronoun ‘you’ stands for the noun ‘Peter’.)
7. The camel is a beast of burden. It carries goods across the desert.
(The pronoun ‘it’ stands for the noun ‘camel’.)
8. The horse fell down and broke its leg.
(The pronoun ‘its’ stands for the noun ‘horse’.)
9. The boys went to the garden where they saw a snake.
(The pronoun ‘they’ stands for the noun ‘boys’.)
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