Question

These sentences look absurd because the relative pronouns are not placed
correctly. Rewrite them to make them meaningful:
1. The shopkeeper welcomed Mrs Sen, who was a very courteous man.
2. The child, which was very heavy, could not lift the box.
3. The train did not stop at the station which was running at full speed.
4. I sent to my friend a message of congratulation who had stood first in the class.
5. We purchased some books on Wednesday which cost us four hundred rupees.
6. Dr Radhakrishnan was the second President of India, who was a renowned
philosopher
7. Dr Verma addressed the audience who was a famous historian.​

Answer 1

1. The shopkeeper, who was a very courteous man, welcomed Mrs Sen.
2. The child could not lift the box which was very heavy.
3. The train which was running at full speed did not stop at the station.
4. I sent a message of congratulation to my friend who had stood first in class.
5. .
6. Dr Radhakrishnan, who was a renowned philosopher, was the second president of India.
7. Dr Verma, who was a famous historian, addressed the audience.

Answer 2

ANSWER :

• 1. The shopkeeper welcomed Mrs Sen, who was a very courteous man.

➩ The shopkeeper, who was a very courteous man, welcomed Mrs. Sen.

• 2. The child, which was very heavy, could not lift the box.

➩ The child couldn't lift the box, which was very heavy.

• 3. The train did not stop at the station which was running at full speed.

➩ The train, which was running at full speed, didn't stop at the station.

• 4. I sent to my friend a message of congratulation who had stood first in the class.

➩ I sent to my friend, who had stood first in the class, a message of congratulations.

• 5. We purchased some books on Wednesday which cost us four hundred rupees.

➩ We purchased some books, which cost us four hundred rupees, on Wednesday.

• 6. Dr Radhakrishnan was the second President of India, who was a renowned philosopher.

➩ Dr. Radhakrishnan, who was a renowned philosopher, was the second president of India.

• 7. Dr Verma addressed the audience who was a famous historian.

➩ Dr. Verma, who was a famous historian, addressed the audience.

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MORE INFORMATION :

❒ Pronoun :-

• ✎ A pronoun is a word which is used or substituted for a noun or noun phrase in a sentence. In other words, a pronoun is a word which stands for a noun or noun phrase that has been already mentioned in the sentence.

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❒ Types of Pronouns :-

• ✎ Personal Pronoun or Declension Pronoun : Stands for persons only.

• ✎ Possessive Pronoun : Refers to something belongs to someone and used in genitive cases of personal pronouns

• ✎ Relative Pronoun : Relates a noun or noun phrase of pronoun going before it.

• ✎ Interrogative Pronoun : Used for asking questions.

• ✎ Quantitative Pronoun : Takes place for a noun or noun phrase to Indicates quantity.

• ✎ Distributive Pronoun : Refers to persons or things at one time and describes a members of groups separately rather than collectively.

• ✎ Demonstrative Pronoun : Used to point something specifically in a sentence, i.e., represents a noun and expresses its position.

• ✎ Reflexive Pronoun : Refers to the pronoun which is formed by adding '-self' at the end of the singular number of personal pronouns.

• ✎ Emphasizing Pronoun : Used the reflexive pronouns to emphasis the action of the noun in a sentence.

• ✎ Indefinite Pronoun : A pronoun which is not definite and does not refers to any specific noun.