03 Pronouns
03 Pronouns
03 Pronouns
each other
&
one another
Reciprocal
1. each other .
John and Mary love _____________
2. each other.
Peter and David hate ____________
3. one another .
The ten prisoners were all blaming _______________
4. one another .
All living things on earth depend on ______________
5. each other .
Both teams played hard against ____________
6. each other_gifts.
We gave ____________
7. each other .
Why don't you believe ____________
8. each other .
They can't see ____________
9. each other in the
The boats were bumping against ____________
storm.
Possessive
Possessive adjectives Possessive pronouns
(determiners)
my mine
your yours
his his
her phone hers
its its
our ours
their theirs
Possessive
Use the right form of the possessive pronoun given in brackets
mine too. (I)
1. Ragu’s book is stolen, ______
Yours sincerely. (You)
2. ______
His cake is sweeter than mine. (He)
3. ______
hers (She)
4. My house is smaller than ______.
theirs (They)
5. We play with our children and they with ______.
6. It was ______
ours yesterday, but now it is his. (We)
7. It’s wagging ______
its tail. (it)
Demonstrative
Example:
My brother is taller than me I (am).
My sister is not as intelligent as me I am.
Note:
All ‘ing’ forms of verbs are accompanied by
possessive pronouns
Example:
I hope my coming to your house will not
disturb your routine.
Note:
Subject pronouns will follow to-be verbs, such as
is, are, was, were, am, will be, had been, etc.
Examples:
It is he.
This is she speaking.
It is we who are responsible for the decision to
downsize.
What are the new pronouns?
NEFARIOUS
MUNIFICENT
MAGNANIMOUS
ALTRUISTIC
FLAGITIOUS
GOOD AND EVIL
2) When one reads the poetry of the seventeenth century, you find a
striking contrast between the philosophy of the Cavalier poets such as
Suckling and the attitude of the Metaphysical poets such as Donne.
a. When one reads the poetry of the seventeenth century, you find
b. When one reads the poetry of the seventeenth century, one finds
c. When one reads the poetry of the seventeenth century, he finds
d. If one reads the poetry of the 17th century, you find
e. As you read the poetry of the 17th century, one finds
b. When one reads the poetry of the seventeenth century, one finds
IV. If the underlined part of the sentence contains an error,
replace it with the right option.
3) The cricket team’s winning it’s first game of the series excited
the student body.