NCERT Class 6 English Grammar Chapter 5 Pronouns Question And Answers Definition Of Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun in a sentence. Pronoun Exercises With Answers
Example:
- The lawyer sat immovable before his table and read the New Testament.
- Aunt Madina looks more clinician with her dark, beautiful Asian eyes.
- The cat is wagging its tail.
In the sentences given above, bold words are pronouns that are used in place of nouns which are underlined in the sentences.
Pronoun Exercises With Answers Kinds Of Pronouns
Pronouns can be classified into the following kinds.
Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns are used in place of the names of people and things. It must agree with the gender and the number ofthe noun it replaces.
- It was talking about Prachi’s dog.
- You need to read the book.
- He went to the gym.
These pronouns are typically categorized into three different persons and they can be singular or plural. This table lists the personal pronourns
Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns are used to show ownership or possession
Pronoun exercises with answers
Example:
- These are his glasses.
- These orchards are theirs.
- The pleasure of hosting you is ours
The possessive pronoun has different forms depending on the number and person.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns are used to indicate a specific person’s place or thing. It tells whether the noun is near or far’ There are both demonstrative pronouns
- This, That (Singuiar)
- These, Those (Plural)
‘This’ and ‘These’ are used to refer to people or things that are close to the speaker.
Demonstrative Pronouns Example:
- Can you pass this bottle, please?
- These are the paintings I recently bought
‘That’ and ‘Those’ are used tore treat people or things that are farther away from the speaker.
Demonstrative Pronouns xample:
- I am excited to visit that Church’
- Those Mussoorie roads can never be forgotten
Relative Pronouns
- Relative Pronouns are those that refer to a noun previously mentioned in the sentence’
- There are five relative pronouns’ Who, Whom, Whose’ Which, That
Pronoun exercises with answers
Relative Pronouns Example:
- Do you see the dog that is playing outside?
- Marie Curie is the scientist who discovered radium’
Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns are those that are used to refer back to a person or thing.
Some reflexive pronouns are Myself, Ourselves, Yourself, Yourself, Itself, Himself, Herself, Themselves.
Reflexive Pronouns For example:
- John said he would go shopping himself
- I have to wash the car mYself
- The cat hurt itself
In the sentences given above himself, I, and itself refer to he, I, and cat respectively’ Emphatic Pronouns Emphatic pronouns are used to emphasize the subject ofthe sentence.
Reflexive Pronouns For example:
- I completed the project
- Ruskin Bond himself signed this book for me.
Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns are words that indicate Persons or things in a general way and not a particular person or thing.
Some indefinite Pronouns are
Anybody, Somebody, Nobody, Everybody, One’ None’ Many, Few, etc.
Indefinite Pronouns Example:
- The collage was made by everybody
- Somebody has accepted the job, the vacancy is filled
Pronoun Exercises With Answers Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1. Choose The Best Alternative To Complete The Sentences
1. The Cat With Soft Fur Belonged To ……………….
- He
- Him
- His
- Its
Answer: 2. Him
Pronoun exercises with answers
2. I Was Surprised By The Size Of …………. New House.
- Their
- Them
- They
- There
Answer: 1. Their
3. The Painting On The Wail Is Not …………..
- My
- Mine
- Me
- Your
Answer: 2. Mine
4. The Task Was challenging, But ………….. Finished It Quickly.
- Their
- We
- Us
- Her
Answer: 2. We
5. The Antique Clock Belonged To ……………. Great Grandparents.
- Our
- Ours
- Mine
- Them
Answer: 1. Our
6. The Robot Lost ……… Grip On The Object And It Fell.
- Its
- It
- It’s
- His
Answer: 1. Its
7. Bobby Is A Cousin Of …………………
- Me
- Us
- Mine
- Our
Answer: 3. Mine
Pronoun exercises with answers
8………………. And My Brother Are Best Friends.
- He
- Him
- His
- I
Answer: 1. He
9. ……………………. Were Talking About ……………….
- We, Her
- Us, She
- We, She
- She, Us
Answer: 1. We, Her
10. ……. Called To See If We Could Join Them For Dinner.
- Her
- Hers
- She
- His
Answer: 3. She
Pronoun exercises with answers
Question 2. Choose The Best Alternative
1. Which Of The Following Is A Demonstrative Pronoun?
- He
- She
- Whose
- That
Answer: 4. That
2. Choose The Correct Demonstrative Pronoun To Complete The Sentence:
‘…………. Is My Favourite Book.’
- This
- Her
- It’s
- Many
Answer: 1. This
3. Identify The Pronoun In The Sentence. “What Are You Saying Right At This Moment?”
- Are
- Moment
- What
- This
Answer: 3. What
4. In The Sentence, “I Can’t Believe You Ate …….. Entire Cake!’ What Demonstrative Pronoun Correctly Fills In The Blank?
- This
- Many
- Those
- Some
Answer: 1. This
5. Choose The Correct Pronoun To Complete The Sentence. “Each Student Must Bring …….. Own Lunch To School.’
- They
- Their
- His Or Her
- It
Answer: 3. His Or Her
Pronoun exercises with answers
6. Which Part Of The Sentence Has An Error?
- All The
- Students
- Completed
- There Assignments
Answer: 4. There Assignments
7. Please Don’t Blame For Your Injury.
- Yourself
- Yourselves
- Me
- Myself
Answer: 3. Me
8. Identify The Word Used As An Emphatic Pronoun In The Following Sentence. I Believe He Suggested That We Should Not Invite Him.
- He
- Himself
- We
- I
Answer: 2. Himself
9. She Rarely Takes Her Phone With …………… When She Is Going To Bed.
- Herself
- Her
- Hers
- She
Answer: 2. Her
10. Satyam And L…………… Confident That We Will Elet Into Harvard.
- Am
- Will
- Is
- Are
Answer: 4. Are
Question 3. Rewrite the sentences by joining them using the most appropriate relative pronoun.
- This is the head prefect. She is honest.
- This is the couple. Their photo appeared in the newspaper yesterday.
- Here is the pen. You lost it yesterday.
- She is my sister. She got the award.
- Ramesh is a brilliant student. He won the Rhodes Scholarship.
- The dog is asleep. The dog is mine.
- I studied at this school. it is big.
- My friends like my yellow dress. I bought it from Chandni Chowk.
- I admire my grandma. She is very kind’
- They play basketball. These students are athletic.
Answer:
- This girl, who is the head prefect, is honest’ Or, This is the head prefect who is honest’
- This is the couple whose photo appeared in the newspaper yesterday.
- Here is the pen that you lost yesterday
- The girl who got the award is my sister’
- Ramesh, who won the Rhodes scholarship, is a brilliant student.
- The dog that is asleeP is mine.
- The school in which I studied is big.
- My friends like the yellow dress which I bought from Chandni Chowk.
- My grandma is a kind lady whom I admire”
- I admire mY very kind grandma’
- The students who/ that play basketball are athletic’
Question 4. Identify the type of pronoun of the underlined word’
- Radhika enjoyed reading her book in the park.
- We went to the market to buy some groceries
- The car, which belongs to Arjun, is parked in the garage.
- They are planning to visit their family next weekend.
- What are you doing later tonight?
- These are chocolate cookies.
- That is a beautiful painting on the wall
- She was talking to herself in the mirror
- Rohit and his brother went to the store to buy their groceries.
Answer:
- Possessive Pronoun (‘her’)
- Personal Pronoun (‘We’)
- Relative Pronoun (‘which’)
- Emphatic Pronoun (‘mYself)
- Personal Pronoun (‘TheY’)
- Personal Pronoun (‘You’)
- Demonstrative Pronoun (‘These’)
- Demonstrative pronoun (‘That’)
- Reflective Pronoun (‘herself)
- Personal Pronoun (‘their’)
Pronoun exercises with answers
Question 5. Identify whether the underlined pronouns are emphatic or reflexive.
- She cooked herself dinner.
- They cleaned the room themselves
- He is going to fix the car himself.
- We can finish the project ourselves
- You should be Proud of yourself.
- I will take care myself of the issue.
- The cat washes itself.
- They congratulated themselves for their achievement.
- She baked herself the cake.
- He built the treehouse himself.
- We believe in ourselves.
- You yourself should be able to do it.
- I prepared myself for the presentation
Answer:
- Emphatic
- Reflexive
- Reflexive
- Reflexive
- Reflexive
- EmPhatic
- Reflexive
- Reflexive
- Emphatic
- Reflexive
- Reflexive
- Emphatic
- EmPhatic