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Pronouns: What's A Pronoun?

Pronouns are used in place of nouns to avoid repetition. There are different types of pronouns including personal, relative, reflexive, demonstrative, interrogative, reciprocal, and possessive pronouns. Examples are provided to demonstrate the use of pronouns and exercises are included for the reader to practice filling in pronouns. The document provides information on what pronouns are and examples of different types while also including exercises for the reader to practice identifying and using pronouns.

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Pronouns: What's A Pronoun?

Pronouns are used in place of nouns to avoid repetition. There are different types of pronouns including personal, relative, reflexive, demonstrative, interrogative, reciprocal, and possessive pronouns. Examples are provided to demonstrate the use of pronouns and exercises are included for the reader to practice filling in pronouns. The document provides information on what pronouns are and examples of different types while also including exercises for the reader to practice identifying and using pronouns.

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Pronouns

What’s a pronoun?
Pronouns are used in place of a noun that has already been mentioned or that is already
known, (often to avoid repeating the noun) Take a look at these examples:

Kate was tired so she went to bed. (Kate)


Michael took the children with him.
(Michael) Kieran’s face was close to mine.
(My face) That is a good idea. (Previously
mentioned)

These are the different kinds of Pronouns:

Personal I/me you, he/him, she/her, it, we/us, you, they/them


Relative who, whom, which, that
Reflexive myself, yourself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Demonstrative this, that, these, those
Interrogative what, who, whom, which
Reciprocal each other, one another
Indefinite one, some, any, others, somebody, something, someone, anybody,
anything, nothing …
Possessive mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs

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Fill in the suitable Pronouns:
Exercise 1
Sam helped ………. dust the shelves. I picked ………..toys up from of the floor and put
……… away. Sam made the bed for ……….. Mom said that she was proud of
………….. for keeping …….. room clean. I told ………… that Sam was a great help.
Sam and I make a great team. Sam said, “Will you help ………. clean my room next?”

Exercise 2
1. Sam and Wendy sold ………. House and migrated to the States.
2. Alice reads a lot of books. She borrows ……………… from the library.
3. Maya has a PT class today. ………….. must go early.
4. David and Elsa have a lot of friends. But …………. still feel so lonely.
5. I love teaching children ……………….. bring me great joy.

Exercise 3
1. If you get lost in the jungle, you must look out for …………….. (reciprocal)
2. ……………….. is wrong with my car since yesterday. I must get ………….. serviced.
3. They are big children. They can help …………………….
4. The children went to school by ………………….
5. I am a Medical Nurse and I am so proud of ………………..

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