This document discusses pronouns and their categories. It defines pronouns as words that substitute for nouns or noun phrases. Pronouns can be divided into five categories: subjective pronouns, objective pronouns, possessive adjectives, possessive pronouns, and reflexive pronouns. Examples are provided for each pronoun category. The document also includes an exercise asking students to identify pronouns in sentences and fill in a note with the correct pronouns.

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This is Rev, Sumedha .
Rev. Sumedha is a monk.
Rev. Sumedha is tall.
Rev. Sumedha has short hair.
Rev Sumedha is my best friend.
He

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Pronouns
Competency 6 . 1
 Identifies pronouns and revises knowledge of grammar rules at the
word , phrase and sentence levels .

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Nouns
Pronouns
Common
nouns
 What are nouns?
Nouns are the names of people, places or things.

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Names of
People
Farmer
Doctor
Nimal
places
School
Post-office
playground
Things
Pencil
Book
table

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What are pronouns?
“Pronouns are the words that substitute for the nouns or the
noun phrases.”

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Let’s see the following examples.
Rev, Sumedha
Nimal and Rani
The cat

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Pronouns can be divided into five categories. Such as
 Subjective pronouns
 Objective pronouns
 Possessive adjectives
 Possessive pronouns
 Reflexive pronouns

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Subjective Pronouns.
• I
• We
• You
• They
• He
• She
• It
Objective Pronouns.
 me
 us
 you
 them
 him
 her
 it
I give him money
I him

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Possessive adjectives
• my
• our
• your
• their
• his
• her
• its
Possessive pronouns
 mine
 ours
 yours
 theirs
 his
 hers
its
Is this your car?
your Yes, it is mine.
mine.

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Reflexive pronouns
• myself
•ourselves
•yourself
• yourselves
• himself
• herself
• itself
• themselves
N.B
1.Reflexive pronouns are used
When subject and object are the same
person.
2. Reflexive pronouns can also be used
to emphasize a noun or pronoun
I see myself

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 Let’s identify the pronouns that are mentioned in the
following sentences
1. dropped the glass, but didn’t break.
2. The little boy tried to lift the bag, however it was too heavy for
3. When your body cannot hold your weight, heart and other
organs will have a hard time working properly.
.
I It
him.
your

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4. Is this book yours? No, It’s not .
5. Our ancestors , they had cultivated their
own foods in their home garden to fulfill their future
needs.
6. I am so late today, so I have to drive the car
mine
themselves
myself.

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Worksheet
Read the following note and fill in the blanks . Use the pronouns
given in the box. One is done for you.
you, our, she, it, hers, your
Dear Saliya,
Thank (1) you for the article for(2)______ environment magazine.
(3) _____ is short but covers all the points. Please tell (4)________
sister to send (5)______ too. Is (6)______ writing on pollution?
Sampath
she
hers
our
It your

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