pick out the pronouns in the following sentence and write what kind of pronouns they are:
1) she wrote this poem herself
2) Who is to lead the group
Answers
Answer:
1) She wrote this poem herself .
- She - Personal Pronoun
- herself - Emphatic Pronouns
2) Who is to lead the group?
- Who - Interrogative Pronoun
Explanation:
A Pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or non- equivalent. Pronouns avoid repetition of nouns and make sentences a shorter.
Example :-
Durga lives in the Kullu Valley. It is located in Himachal Pradesh. She has many cousins. They all live together in a large house.
The words highlighted are pronouns. The noun for which a pronoun stands is called its antecedent.
In the above example Durga is the antecedent of the pronoun 'she' and that the Kullu Valley the antecedent of 'It'.
A pronoun usually refers to the noun that immediately proceeds it, or its antecedent.
Example:
Tom is my best friend. He loves to play with me. (He is the pronoun that refers to Tom.)
I don't like action movies because they are too violent. (They is the pronoun that refers to movies.)
Kinds of Pronouns :-
- Personal Pronouns
- Demonstrative Pronouns
- Interrogative Pronouns
- Possessive Pronouns
- Reflexive Pronouns
- Emphatic Pronouns
- Relative Pronouns
- Indefinite Pronouns
- Reciprocal Pronouns
Answer:
1 ) She wrote this poem herself.
⋆ She is Personal Pronoun.
Personal Pronouns are used to avoid repeation of Noun. They're He, She, It, They, I, You, We.
Ex : Ram is going to market. He went with Shyam.
⋆ herself is Emphatic Pronoun.
Emphatic Pronoun are compound personal pronouns. They're himself, herself, myself, yourself.
Ex : Ram is going to market. He will purchase bag for himself.
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2 ) Who is to lead the group?
⋆ Who is Interrogative Pronoun.
Interrogative Pronoun is used to ask Questions. They're who, whom, whose, what, which.
Ex : Ram went to market to purchase bag. What is the price of this bag?