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Note- Master file
A PUNJAB EDUSAT SOCIETY PRODUCTION
SUBJECT - ENGLISH
CLASS - IX
CHAPTER - PRONOUNS
Word count-3979
We cut to MM 1:
(Dialogue between an 8-year old naughty boy Sunny, who is
playing with a ball, and his mother who wants him to finish
his homework.
Animated Images with dialogues to be shown. Sunny is
wearing a T - shirt and half pant. His mother is wearing
Salwar Kameez and Chunni.)
The naughty boy (Sunny) keeps running around and
playing in the house. His mother scolds him-
Mother - âSunny! Enough of this. You have a lot of homework
left. Why donât you go and do your homework? You are
supposed to speak a few lines about yourself tomorrow in the
class. Why donât you prepare for it? Tell me what you plan to
speak?â
Sunny â âSunny doesnât like studying. Sunny likes playing.
Sunny likes TV. Sunny doesnât like Sunnyâs motherâ
Mother â(laughing) âWhy do you repeat your name again and
again? Instead of your name, use the word âIâ â
Sunny â âI doesnât like studying. I likes playing. I likes TV. I
doesnât like Iâs motherâ
Mother â âOh no! Not like that. Say â I donât like studying. I donât
like playing.. ok?â
Sunny â âI donât like studying. I donât like playing. I like TV. I
donât like I motherâ
Mother â âNo! Not âI motherâ, say âmy motherâ
Sunny â âOh mama! I am confusedâ
Mother â âNo not at all (Speaks emphatically) my dear. Itâs
rather simple! Come, Letâs see the TV program. They will talk
about âPronounsâ today.
CUT TO ANCHOR1:
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pZfuU, s[;h d/fynk fe fet/A ;zBh gVBktkA dh ;jh tos'A eoB s'
n;woE j?. s[;h ftnkeoD ftZu gVQ jh u[e/ j' fe i' Fpd BkAt (Noun)
dh EkA s/ tos/ ikD T[BkQA Bz{ gVBkAt (Pronoun) nkyd/ jB .
nZi dk gkm F[o{ eoB s'A gfjbkA nkU nZi d/ gkm d/ f;Zfynk
T[d/FkA s/ Mks gk bJhJ/ .
VO with text on screen-
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this episode, the students will be able to
Voice-over with Text on screen (Each bullet point to be
shown, as the anchor speaks.)
⢠Recall the definition of a Noun and identify them in any
given sentence.
⢠State the need for Pronouns to replace Nouns.
⢠Define Pronouns and give examples of commonly used
Pronouns.
⢠Use appropriate Pronouns while replacing singular or
plural Nouns.
⢠Use appropriate Pronouns with respect to the Noun's
gender.
⢠Use appropriate Pronouns while using first, second or
third person.
⢠Define and give examples of the different types of
Pronouns.
Introduction
Anchor: Let us look at the family of theâ Pronounsâ, used
most commonly.
(Each pronoun with the particular image is shown, one by
one, as the anchor speaks, and joins the family, making a
collage of the âPronoun Familyâ)
Anchor: Here come the members, one by one,
âheâ, âsheâ âTheyâ âIâ, âWe ,âHisâ, âMeâ, âTheirâ, and they all get
together to make the pronoun âUSâ
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(Make a picture showing different kinds of cartoon faces-girls.
boys. men ,women, children ,with dialogue blobs saying âIâ, âWeâ,
âHeâ, âSheâ, âTheyâ, âTheirâ, and in the middle of all these words,
put a dialogue blob saying âUSâ in bold letters. Image for
reference is given below.)
Cut to ANCHOR2: (show each bulleted word on screen
along with the picture, as the anchor speaks.)
Since âpronouns are a substitute of âNounsâ,
let us first recall what nouns are.
A noun is a word used to refer to a
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⢠Person (picture of Gandhiji)
⢠Animal (picture of aLion)
⢠Place (picture of Taj Mahal)
⢠Thing (picture of a car)
⢠Event (picture of Ravana being burnt on Dushera)
⢠Feeling (picture of a happy girl )
⢠An abstract idea.
Itâll be worth while to quickly go through a quiz to identify nouns-
VO with TEXT on screen
(Show the sentence and blink the words given below as
answer after two seconds)
⢠My brother is very fond of playing cricket.
brother, cricket
⢠Sukhmani and Jaspreet are good friends.
Sukhmani, Jaspreet, friends
⢠I visited Agra last year.
Agra, year
⢠An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
apple, day, doctor
⢠There is a book on the table.
book, table
⢠Mr. Singh was a very kind man.
Mr. Singh, man
⢠Rains are great fun!
rains
⢠Have you seen my keys?
Keys
Anchor 3-
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Nouns are easy to identify! Now, Let us hear the dialogue
between Pinky and her Mother, Mrs. Kapoor.
MM- 2
(Lip movements of two personsâone of a teen-aged girl
with salwar kameez and a middleaged lady , again with a
salwar suit to be shown, along with text in the bubbles.)
VO for Pinky and Mrs. Kapoor.
Mrs. Kapoor: So Pinky, how was the first day at school? Did
you make some new friends?
Pinky: Mummy it was a very enjoyable day, as I made a new
friend, Meera. Meera is very friendly and sweet. Meera also
loves to draw, like me. Meera is an intelligent girl. Meera is very
fond of playing throw ball. Meera stays very close to my house. I
liked Meera a lot and Meera also made friends with me. Meera
will comeâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚ
Mrs. Kapoor: Stop it Pinky! You sound so odd. Why are you
repeating the name Meera, again and again?
Pinky: Oh Mummy, Then what do I say?
Mrs. Kapoor: Itâs just the right time to see the TV Program on â
PRONOUNSâ You will learn all about replacing names with
words calledâ Pronounsâ.
Pinky: Oh That sounds great! Let me quickly switch it on!.
Show animated picture of the girl, Pinky, running towards a
TV set and switching it on.
( Pinky rushes towards a TV set and switches it on.)
Cut to Anchor4:
So I am sure you also must have heard Pinky talking to her
mother .She sounded very incorrect when she repeated the
name, âMeeraâ nine times!!
This is not how we usually speak, do we? Let us listen to the
corrected form of the same dialogue by Pinky.
MM-3
-Show the girl , Pinky, again talking to Mrs. Kapoor, her
Mother. Show the dialogue ina bubble, with lip movement.
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Pinkyâs voice in the background.
Pinky: : Mummy, it was a very enjoyable day, as I made a new
friend, Meera. She is very friendly and sweet. She also loves to
draw, like me. She is an intelligent girl, and is very fond of
playing throw ball. She stays very close to my house. I liked her
a lot and she also made friends with me. Meera will come to my
house next week.
Cut to Anchor 5:
Now Pinky was sounding correct.The same names of any
âPersonâ, âPlaceâ or âThingâ should not be repeated again
and again.
The words âsheâ and âherâ are called pronouns. They are
substitutes for the noun âMeeraâ. A pronoun, therefore, is a word
which is used in place of a noun, in order to avoid unnecessary
repetition.
Look at some examples- (Show this sentence with the
images of a boy of 8 years, wearing pants and t-shirt and
the same picture of Pinky shown before, while anchor talks
on the screen)
Vikas is Pinkyâs brother. They came to Chandigarh when he was
five years old.
In this sentence, âheâ is a pronoun. It refers to the noun âVikasâ.
âTheyâ is also a pronoun âŚâŚâŚ which refers to both the children
together.
(Show animated underlining of the pronoun â âheâ and âtheyâ
along with their animated images.)
These children go to their yoga class regularly..
In this sentence, âtheirâ is a pronoun. It refers to the noun
âchildren.â
(Show animated underlining of the pronoun- âtheirâ along
with the animated pictures of children.)
Cut to Anchor6:
You should be familiar with the pronouns in common use. Here
is a list of some commonly used pronouns-
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(the following table could be shown in the form of a brick
wall, being built by a man climbing up a ladder, and putting
the pronoun bricks one by one with each pronoun on a
separate brick, as it is equally divided into 3 parts. The
word PRONOUNS can be written across the wall in red, in a
slanting way. Or, these pronouns could be shown as a
collage of words getting animated on the screen, and in the
process, writing the word PRONOUN, across the screen. A
sample sketch is shown below.While the wall is being
made,there should be some appropriate background
music.)
CLIMBING THE âPRONOUN LADDERâ
Voice Over with Text on Screen: (show the question and fill
in the blank with the right answer given below by animating
the answer word jumping to the blank space.)
So now theâ Wall of Pronounsâ is there.
Itâs time for a little exercise! Think of the appropriate pronoun
required to be filled in these blanks-
(After a second, as the anchor speaks the answer, let it jump
and fall in place of the blank.)
⢠Sonia is absent from school today but _________ will
surely come tomorrow.
Ans â she
⢠I kept my mobile phone on the desk. Please bring
_______________ for me.
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Ans â it
⢠Tina frightened the bird so ________ flew away.
Ans. It
⢠I am looking for my spectacles. Have you seen
______________?
Ans. Them
⢠_____________ book is not mine, __________ may be
Jatinâs.
Ans. This, it
⢠The twins look very cute. _____________ always wear
the same clothes.
Ans. They
⢠The boy __________ found the purse, gave
__________ back to the owner.
Ans. Who, it
⢠__________ saw the students shopping for
_____________ farewell party.
Ans I/We, their
Anchor 7: Now letâs talk about different kinds of
Pronouns.
Cut to our hi-tech board on which the following SUPER
appears:
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
Personal pronouns stand for the three persons â first person,
second person and third person. Pronouns can also be
singular or plural.
The first person represents the person speaking as â I, we,
myself, and ourselves. (Blink the words one by one as they are
spoken)
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For example- Refer Image1.Show a group of children. Out of
them one child says âI like to play footballâ. Another girl
saysâ I can carry the baby myself.â Two children say
together,â We like to dress up ourselves.â Another girl says,
âWe like our Teddy Bear.â (dialogue is voice over, shown in
the bubbles, blinking whenever the child speaks.)Reference
image is shown below:
IMAGE
I can carry the
baby myself.
I like to play
Football.
We like to dress up
ourselves
We like
our Teddy
Bear
The second person denotes the person the speaker is
communicating with.
Tina, can I
help you?
Geeta, is this your toy?
Eg. âyouâ, âyourâ IMAGE-2
For example- Refer Image2 (dialogue is voice over)
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The third person, stands for the âotherâ thing that is referred to
between the speaker and the listener. Eg. âHisâ, âHerâ,
âTheirâ,âTheyâ, âThemâ.
We have to give
them some gift. Eat fast. We have
to go to their house
IMAGE-3
Look at this example- Refer Image3 (dialogue is voice over)
IMAGE-4 Here is another one- Refer Image4 (dialogue is VO
I donât like his
friends. They are
so noisy!
Cut to our hi-tech board on which the following SUPER
appears:
Using Pronouns Clearly
Cut to Anchor 8:
Because a pronoun REFERS BACK to a noun or TAKES THE
PLACE OF that noun, you have to use the correct pronoun so
that one can clearly understand which noun your pronoun is
referring to.
Therefore, pronouns should:
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⢠AGREE in NUMBER (Show this heading while
anchor is talking)
If the pronoun takes the place of a singular noun, you have to
use a singular pronoun.
If a student parks a car on If a student parks a car on
campus, he or she has to campus, they have to buy
buy a parking sticker. a parking sticker.
REMEMBER: The words EVERYBODY, ANYBODY, ANYONE,
EACH, NEITHER, NOBODY, SOMEONE, A PERSON, etc. are
singular and take singular pronouns.
MM-6
Show the image of a classroom, where the teacher is speaking
this dialogue, shown in a bubble.
Watch them and note their actions.
You have to tell me. Everybody
ought to do his or her best.
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Everybody ought to do his Everybody ought to do
or her best. their or her best.
Neither of the girls brought her umbrella. (NOT: their umbrellas)
(Show the image of three girls, where one of them is speaking
the dialogue:Niether he nor she has got the umbrella.)
⢠AGREE in PERSON (Show this heading while
anchor is talking)
If you are writing in the "first person" ( I), don't confuse your
reader by switching to the "second person" ( you) or "third
person" (he, she, they, it, etc.). Similarly, if you are using the
"second person," don't switch to "first" or "third."
When a person comes to class, he or she should have his or her
homework ready.
(NOT: When a person comes to class, you should have your
homework ready.)
⢠REFER CLEARLY to a specific noun. (Show this
heading while anchor is talking) Show an
animated conversation between two friends,
talking on the phone.Refer to the Image given
below.
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You
Is it the tree or your Bike?
I hit the tree while
driving. It is not
damaged.
Don't be vague or ambiguous.
NOT: Although the motorcycle hit the tree, it was not damaged.
(Is "it" the motorcycle or the tree?)
SHOW ALL THE EXAMPLES WITH IMAGES AND
DIALOGUES AS SHOWN ABOVE.
NOT: I don't think they should show violence on TV. (Who are
"they"?)
NOT: Vacation is coming soon, which is nice. (What is nice, the
vacation or the fact that it is coming soon?)
NOT: George worked in a national forest last summer. This may
be his life's work. (What word does "this" refer to?)
NOT: If you put this sheet in your notebook, you can refer to it.
(What does "it" refer to, the sheet or your notebook?)
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Cut to our hi-tech board on which the following SUPER
appears:
⢠Demonstrative Pronouns
Cut to Anchor 10:
;ze/stkuekA[ (this,that,these,those,) d/ ;wz{jkA Bz{ th gVBkAtkA
dh sokQ jh tofsnk ikAdk j?. gVBkAtkA d/ s'o s/ fJj BkAtkA dh
gSkD eod/ jB.
See that picture.
That is incredible!
(Refer Image)
I will never forget this. (Refer Image)
This is my first Aeroplane. I will
never forget this.
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I will reach soon. Such is my belief.
Such is my belief. (Refer Image)
Cut to our hi-tech board on which the following SUPER
appears:
Relative Pronouns
Cut to Anchor 11 (blink the highlighted words.)
The relative pronouns (who/whoever/which/that) relate groups of
words to nouns or other pronouns (The student who studies
hardest usually does the best.). The word âwhoâ connects or
relates the subject, student, to the verb within the dependent
clause (studies).
The expanded form of the relative pronouns â whoever,
whomever, whatever â are known as indefinite relative
pronouns. A couple of sample sentences should suffice to
demonstrate why they are called "indefinite":
⢠The coach will select whomever he pleases.
⢠He seemed to say whatever came to his mind.
⢠Whoever crosses this line first ,will win the race. (Please
animate the underlining of words)
Cut to our hi-tech board on which the following SUPER
appears:
Indefinite Pronouns
Cut to Anchor 12:
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Indefinite pronouns refer to an unknown or undetermined
person, place or thing. Care must be taken to identify
whether the pronoun is singular or plural to ensure the
proper conjugation of the verb.
Some indefinite pronouns always take a singular verb, which
means that the verb is conjugated for a singular subject.
For example:
MM-7
----Show an animated scene. A young lady comes in with
her son,who is a patient. She enters the Medical centre and
says (Dialogues to be shown in bubbles)
Lady:â Where is Dr. Malhotra?â
Compounder:He is not on duty.â
Lady: Then please call Dr. Jain. My son has an injury and is
very sick.
Compounder: Sorry Maâm.Neither of the doctors is ready to
treat Arunâs injury by surgery.
⢠Neither of the doctors is ready to treat Arun's injury by
surgery.
In this sentence, NEITHER is the subject. Because NEITHER is
singular, it takes a single verb. In other words, the verb is
conjugated as if the subject is a single person: NEITHER
PLANS. Just as we would write THE DOCTOR PLANS. (Show
this table on the screen)
Always Another, Anyone, Anybody, Anything, Everyone, Everybody,
singular Everything, Nothing, Each, Either No One, Neither, Nobody, One,
Someone, Somebody, Something
MM 8:
Show a scene in a Drawing Room,where a family of four
membersâmiddle aged Father and mother and two young
sonsâare having a discussion on Sports.
Animated Images of all the members to be shown, with
dialogues in bubbles, as they move their lips while
speaking.
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Given below is a picture for reference.
Every season one or the other
Someone announced players attempts to break
that there wonât be Vishwanathanâs records.
any game, as it is
going to rain! Whatever
anyone says
about
Chandanâs
laziness, when
it comes to
sports, he is
always active.
Donât worry! Nothing is
going to happen
.Everyone will be there
for the game.
VOICE OVER WITH TEXT AND IMAGE ON SCREEN
In the following examples, the indefinite pronoun is bold and the
verb is underlined.
o Every season one or the other of the players attempts to
break Vishwanathanâs record.
o Whatever anyone says about Chandanâs laziness, when
it comes to sports, he is always active!
o Someone announced that there wonât be any game,as it
is going to rain.
Some indefinite pronouns always take a plural verb, which
means that the verb is conjugated for a plural subject. For
example:
MM-9â
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Show an animated scene of two divers swimming in deep
ocean. Suddenly one of them pops out his head and shout
âI found itâ.After a second, the second one also sticks out
his head to sayâI found the Treasure!â.Then a man comes
out like a refree and announces loudlyâBoth the divers
claim responsibility for finding the treasure,first. So we
need to have a toss to decide about the winner!â All
Dialogues will appear in bubbles along with the person,
speaking.Picture given below, for reference.
I FOUND
IT
NO! I FOUND THE
TREASURE!
Both the Divers claim
responsibility for
finding the treasure
first .So we need to
have a toss to decide
about the winner!
o Both the divers claim responsibility for finding the treasure,
first.
o In this sentence, BOTH is the subject. Because BOTH is
plural it takes a plural verb. In other words, the verb is
conjugated as if the subject is more than one person: BOTH
CLAIM. Just as we would write THE DIVERS CLAIM. (Show
this table on the screen)
Always plural Both, Few, Many, Several
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In the following examples, the indefinite pronoun is bold and the
verb is underlined.
o Both have paid the taxes due for this year..
o Many felt that the paper was very tough.
o A few made the same comment, but in different ways.
o Several bills contain items that were not discussed earlier.
Some of the indefinite pronouns may take a plural or singular
verb depending on the meaning. For example:
o Some of the money remains
unclaimed.
In this sentence, SOME is the subject and the object of the
preposition. MONEY indicates whether the verb should be
singular or plural. Because MONEY in this sentence is a single
unit, the verb is singular. SOME REMAINS.
o Some of the children hide from the
teacher.
In this sentence, SOME is the subject and the object of the
preposition CHILDREN indicates whether the verb should be
singular or plural. Because CHILDREN in this sentence is plural
the verb is plural. SOME - hide
Either plural or singular ,depending on the noun. All, Most, None, Some
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o All the traditional groups decided to join the campaign
o Almost all the money in the budget is being diverted from
those programs.
o None of the ways of judging the winner for the contest is
simple.
o It seemed as if none of the relief supplies were actually
delivered.
o Some of the Educationists say that the school syllabus
needs to be changed.
o Experts believe some of the negative campaigning appears
to have been harmful for themselves.
Cut to our hi-tech board on which the following SUPER
appears:
Intensive Pronouns
Cut to Anchor 8:
Intensive pronouns (such as myself, yourself, herself,
ourselves, themselvesâshow blinked and animated) fBih
gVBkAtkA d/ pD/ jz[d/ jB consist of a personal pronoun plus self
or selves i' eh BkAtkA s/ i'o gkT[d/ jB. (I myself don't know the
answer.) It is possible (but rather unusual) for an intensive
pronoun to precede the noun it refers to. (eg.Myself, I don't
believe a word he says.)
It can be concluded that these intensive pronouns are used
mostly for reinforcement of some comment, to make it sound
more strong .Letâs have a look at this classroom, where the
teacher is actively involved with the children.
CUT TO MM 10---
AN Animated classroom scene, where the conversation is
going on between some students and the teacher. The
dialogues will appear in bubbles, when the person speaks
and moves. It is a class IX group of students, with their
Teacher, Miss Poonam Bali.(Reference picture below.
Coloured would be preferred)
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Have you done your
home work,
yourself, Karan?
Yes Maâm, I,
myself
,completed the
work in two
hours.
:
Ms. Poonam; Have you done your Home work, yourself,
Karan?
Karan: Yes Maâm, I, myself, completed the work in two hours.
Radha: But Maâm, Savita could not do it herself. She, herself,
told me.
Ms. Poonam: Doesnât matter. I, myself, told you to take some
help, if required.
Tarun Maâm, in our group all the work is done by us, ourselves,
without any help.
Cut to our hi-tech board on which the following SUPER
appears:
Reflexive Pronouns
Cut to Anchor9:
The reflexive pronouns (which have the same forms as the
intensive pronouns) indicate that the subject in the sentence
also receives the action of the verb. (Students who cheat on this
quiz are only hurting themselves. You paid yourself a million
dollars? She encouraged herself to do well.)
What this means is that whenever there is a reflexive pronoun in
a sentence there must be a person to whom that pronoun can
"reflect." In other words, the sentence "Please hand that book to
myself" would be incorrect because there is no "I" in that
sentence for the "myself" to reflect to (and we would use "me"
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instead of "myself"). A sentence such as "I gave that book to
myself for Christmas" might be silly, but it would be correct.
Be alert to a tendency to use reflexive pronoun forms
(ending in -self) where they are neither appropriate nor
necessary. The inappropriate reflexive form has a wonderful
name: the âuntriggeredâ reflexive. "Myself" tends to sound
weightier, more formal, than little ol' âmeâ orâ Iâ, so it has a way of
sneaking into sentences where it doesn't belong.( Please put a
cross next to these incorrect sentences,as they are read
out, one by one.)
Eg.
Bharat and myself I are responsible for this decision.
These decisions will be made by myself me.
If you have any questions, please contact myself me or Bharat.
When pronouns are combined, the reflexive will take either the
first person
⢠Amit, Arun and I have deceived ourselves into
believing in my uncle.
or, when there is no first person, the second person:
⢠You and Jayati have deceived yourselves.
The indefinite pronoun (see above) one has its own reflexive
form ("One must have faith in oneself."), but the other indefinite
pronouns use either himself or themselves as reflexives.
(There is an entire page on the pronoun one.) It is probably
better to pluralize and avoid the clumsy himself or herself
construction.
⢠No one here can blame himself or herself.
⢠The people here cannot blame themselves.
Cut to our hi-tech board on which the following SUPER
appears:
Interrogative Pronouns
Cut to Anchor 10:
The interrogative pronouns (who/which/what) introduce
questions. (What is that? Who will help me? Which do you
prefer?) Which is generally used with more specific reference
than what. If we're taking a quiz and I ask "Which questions give
you the most trouble?", I am referring to specific questions on
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that quiz. If I ask "What questions give you most trouble"? I
could be asking what kind of questions on that quiz (or what kind
of question, generically, in general) gives you trouble. We know
who is guilty of this crime.
Here are some examples with illustrations:-
⢠What makes you very happy?
⢠Which dress did you pick up?
⢠Who is ringing the bell?
Cut to our hi-tech board on which the following SUPER
appears:
Reciprocal Pronouns
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The reciprocal pronouns are âeach other and one another.â
They are convenient forms for combining ideas. If Sonali gave
Tanvi a book for Christmas and Tanvi gave Sonali a book for
Christmas, we can say that they gave each other books (or that
they gave books to each other).
⢠My brother and I give each other a hard time.
Reciprocal pronouns can also take possessive forms:
⢠They borrowed each other's ideas.
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⢠The scientists in this lab often use one another's
equipment.
Cut to our hi-tech board on which the following SUPER
appears:
SUMMARY
Voice Over with Text on Screen
Let us quickly recapitulate whatever we have learnt in this
module-
⢠General definition:
A pronoun is a word used in place of one noun or more
than one noun.
⢠Person of pronouns
o first ârefers to the speaker of a sentence (e.g. I,
me, my)
o second ârefers specifically to the receiver of the
sentence (e.g. you)
o third ârefers to someone other than me or you
(e.g. him, them)
⢠Types of pronouns:
o Personal âpronouns referring to specific people
(usually by their relationship to the speaker).
o Reflexive âreflexives and intensives look alike (-
self, -selves), but reflexives tend to complete a
circular reference where the subject of the verb
acts on himself or herself (e.g. I taught myself
chess; thatâs why I am proud of it.)
o Intensive âreflexives and intensives look alike (-
self, -selves), but intensives only reinforce
(intensify) a noun or pronoun just mentioned in the
sentence. E.g. I myself will fix the problem.
o Demonstrative âpronouns that specify almost by
pointing to an object (e.g. this, that, those), but be
careful: these same words followed by a noun
(e.g. those books ) would be demonstrative
adjectives and not pronouns at all.
o Interrogative âpronouns designed to interrogate,
i.e. to ask a question
o Relative âpronouns that relate an adjective clause
to the word(s) it modifies (just as the word that
relates the modifying clause to the word pronouns
at the start of this sentence)
o Indefinite âpronouns that make usually indefinite
numerical references (e.g. many, few, both, some,
anything)
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Cut to our hi-tech board on which the following SUPER
appears:
QUIZ TIME
Cut to Anchor 13:
Use the correct personal pronouns. Watch the words in
brackets.(Answer to be filled into the blank, after one second.)
Example: ___ often reads books. (Lisa)
Answer: She often reads books.
ď§ --------- is dreaming. (Rajesh)
Ans. He
ď§ _______is green. (Apple)
Ans. It
ď§ _______are on the wall. (the ants)
Ans. They
⢠__________is running. (the dog)
Ans. It
ď§ __________are watching TV. (my mother
and I)
Ans. We
⢠__________are in the garden. (the flowers)
Ans. They
⢠___________is riding his bike. (Kapil)
Ans. He
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⢠___________is from Jaipur. (Rachna)
Ans. She
⢠___________has got a brother. (Fatima)
Ans. She
⢠Have___________got a computer, Mandeep?
Ans. you
Itâs now time for a crossword puzzle!
Pronouns
Click on each box to enter letters in the crossword puzzle.
1
Across
2 3 4 5 1. You're
6 7 too old to
8 9 take care of
_________
__.
1 1 2. He
0 1 ordered ___
to do it, but
1 we forgot.
2 4. His new
boss is
driving ___
crazy.
6.
Switzerland
is famous
for ___
watches,
chocolate...
8. Arun and
Gita plan to
move to ___
new house
soon.
10. Give it
to him, not
to ___.
11. ___
have done
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our share of
work.
12. There's
no secret
between
you and ___
.
Down
1. ___
should do
your
homework.
3. ___
hasn't met
her fiance
yet.
4. She cut
___ badly.
5. I trust
him. He's an
old friend of
___.
7. ___ is
Jatin's
grandmothe
r.
9. Misha
went out
with a friend
of ___.
10. Talk to
Mr. Girish
and tell ___
about your
plans.
Anchor-14.
Dear children, I am sure that by now, you are absolutely clear
with the topic of pronouns .Here is a classroom game for you to
play and practice the kind of pronouns and revise nouns too..
Meet your caterpillar friend and see what he has to say.
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Look at the picture of the CATERPILLAR. The author calls him
âThe Hungry Caterpillarâ .Do you know that he is hungry for
WORDS ?
What to do: Take a piece of paper and make âNOUNSâ AND
âPRONOUNâ WORDS ,as many as you can, from the main
word ,âCATERPILLARâ. You can make threecolumns and write
the words on the first column and the kind of Noun in the
second column,and the kind of Pronoun in the third column..
Let your Teacher give you a time limit. The student who can
write the maximum amount of Nouns and Pronouns from the
given word , in that particular time, will be the winner. So now,
go ahead and try your luck!!
TO START:
WORD NOUN/ PRONOUN KIND
cat noun common noun
car noun Common noun
You can increase the table as much as you want.
Thank you for your patient listening and eagerness to learn.
HAPPY LEARNING!!!l
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