PSEB 6th Class English Grammar Pronouns

Punjab State Board PSEB 6th Class English Book Solutions English Grammar Pronouns Exercise Questions and Answers, Notes.

PSEB 6th Class English Grammar Pronouns

A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.
संज्ञा (Noun) के स्थान पर प्रयोग किए जाने वाले शब्द को अंग्रेज़ी में Pronoun कहते है।

The words they, she, he and it are used in place of Nouns. They are Pronouns.
There are three main kinds of Pronoun:

1. Personal Pronouns. (पुरुषवचक सर्वनाम)
2. Demonstrative Pronouns (संकेतवाचक सर्वनाम)
3. Interrogative Pronouns (प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम)

I. Personal Pronouns Pronouns used for persons are called Personal Pronouns; as-
1, we, you, he, they, me, our, etc.
There are three kinds of Personal Pronouns.

1. Pronouns of the First Person:

Singular	Plural
I	we
my, mine	our, ours
me	us
myself	ourselves

2. Pronouns of the Second Person:

Singular	Plural
you	you
your, yours	your, yours
yourself	yourselves

3. Pronouns of the Third Person:

Singular	Plural
he, she, it	they
him, her, it	them
his, her, its	their, theirs
himself, herself, itself	themselves

Points to Remember:
याद रखने योग्य बातें:

1. He, his, him, himself are Pronouns of Masculine Gender. (पुरुषवचक लिंग)
2. She, her, hers, herself are Pronouns of Feminine Gender. (स्त्रीरीवाचक लिंग)
3. It, its, itself are Pronouns of Neuter Gender. (नपुंसक लिंग).
   We can use “It for little babies and lifeless things.
4. All Plural Pronouns are Pronouns of Common Gender (सामान्य लिंग). They can be used for both masculine and feminine genders.

Use of Personal Pronouns

1. I, we, he, she and they are used as Subject.

2. Me, us, him, her and them are used as Object.

Subject	Verb	Object
I	him.	know
We	them.	know
He	her.	knows
She	me.	knows
They	us.	know

3. My, mine, our, ours, your, yours, his, her, hers, its and theirs are used to express ownership.

This is my book.	This book is mine.
That is her pen.	That pen is hers.
This is our school.	This school is ours.

4. We never use an apostrophe (‘) with the personal pronouns.

Incorrect	Correct
Your’s sincerely/faithfully	Yours sincerely/faithfully
This school of our’s.	This school of ours.
That picture of her’s.	That picture of hers.

5. Personal Pronouns used to express emphasis are called Emphatic Pronouns; as-
1. I did it myself.
2. We did it ourselves.
3. You did it yourself.
4. He did it himself.
5. She did it herself.
6. They did it themselves.

6. Emphatic pronouns are never used as a Subject.

Incorrect	Correct
Myself did it.	I myself did it.
Yourself did it.	You yourself did it.
Himself did it.	He himself did it.

Exercises (Solved)

I. Rewrite each sentence using a suitable pronoun in place of the Noun in bold type:

1. Neha is not here.
Neha has gone to see her mother.

2. “The Panchtantra’ has many stories.
‘The Panchtantra’ is a good book.

3. Where is Anu’s school?
How does Anu go to school?

4. Karan has high fever.
Karan will not go to school today.

5. I have invited Micky and Joy.
Micky and Joy are my friends.

6. Yash ans Rahul are very happy.
Yash and Rahul are going on a picnic.

7. My aunt bought me a computer.
The computer cost my aunt a lot.

8. Simran gave her parents a gift.
The gift was liked by her parents.
Hints:
1. She has gone to see her mother.
2. It ia a good book.
3. How does she go to school ?
4. He will not go to school today.
5. They are my friends.
6. They are going on a picnic.
7. It cost her a lot.
8. The gift was liked by them.

II. Choose the correct Pronoun to fill in each blank:

1. That horse is ………… (our / ours)
2. This is ……….. pen, not mine. (your / yours)
3. The horse fell and broke ………. leg. (its / it)
4. Here is your book; take ………….. away. (it / its)
5. The girls were tired; ………. are resting. (they / them)
Hints:
1. ours
2. your
3. its
4. it
5. they.

III. Choose a suitable Pronoun for each blank:

(myself, yourself, himself, itself, themselves)
1. He …………. did all this.
2. I will do this …………
3. You should take care of …………..
4. They ………… admitted their fault.
5. The town …………… is not very large.
Hints:
1. himself
2. myself
3. yourself
4. themselves
5. itself

2. Demonstrative Pronouns

Pronouns used to point to some object or objects are called Demonstrative Pronouns; as-

The words this, these, that, those are used to point to some object or objects. We call them Demonstrative Pronouns.

Exercise (Solved)

Choose the correct Demonstrative Pronoun to fill in each blank:

1. ……… is not my fault. (This / These)
2. Are ……….. your books ? (that / those)
3. ……….. are very tasty sweets. (This / These)
4. Was …………. a costly hotel ? (that / those)
Hints:
1. This
2. those
3. These
4. that

3. Interrogative Pronouns

Pronouns used to ask questions are called Interrogative Pronouns; as-

1. Who is he?
2. What is your name?
3. Which is your school ?
4. Whose books are these ?
5. Whom did you tell the story?
The pronouns who, what, which, whose, whom have been used to ask questions. These are Interrogative Pronouns.

Exercise (Solved)

Fill in each blank with a suitable Interrogative Pronoun:

1. What are you doing?
2. ………… did they invite ?
3. ………… did the teacher say ?
4. …………. of these is your pen ?
5. …………. visited you yesterday ?
6. …………… is the price of this table ?
7. ………… does this book belong to ?
8. ………. is better, honour or riches ?
Hints:
2. Whom
3. What
4. Which
5. Who
6. What
7. Who
8. Which.

Miscellaneous Exercises

I. Rewrite each sentence, changing the Nouns and Pronouns into their plural form. Make other necessary changes also:

1. I love my sister.
2. That is her doll.
3. This is my book.
4. He is flying a kite.
5. She is a good girl.
6. He gave me his book.
7. I did this work myself.
8. You are my dear friend.
9. She was playing with her doll.
Hints:
1. We love our sisters.
2. Those are their dolls.
3. These are our books.
4. They are flying kites.
5. They are good girls.
6. They gave us their books.
7. We did this work ourselves.
8. You are our dear friends.
9. They were playing with their dolls.

II. Fill in the blanks with suitable Pronouns:

1. ………… is Reema’s doll.
2. ………… is a girl from Goa.
3. ………… are ripe mangoes.
4. …………. has taken my ball ?
5. ………… have done our best.
6. ……….. do you want to eat ?
7. …………. gave you that knife ?
8. …………. of your cows was ill ?
9. She will do this work …………..
Hints:
1. This/That
2. She
3. These/Those
4. Who
5. We
6. What
7. Who
8. Which
9. herself.

III. Say what kind of Pronoun each of the underlined words is:

1. That is my book. (Demonstrative)
2. This is their house. (Personal)
3. Who teaches you English ? (Interrogative)
4. What are you doing here ? (Interrogative)
5. She is not like her sister. (Personal)
6. You have been very kind. (Personal)
7. It is a book åbout animals. (Personal)
8. These are all fresh flowers. (Demonstrative)
9. Which of these is your bike ? (Interrogative)
10. We are students of class six. (Personal)

IV. Choose the correct Pronoun to fill in each blank:

1. This is ………… pen. (she, her, hers)
2. This pen is ………….. (she, her, hers)
3. I am ………… sincerely. (you, your, yours)
4. Anita has hurt ………… (she, her, herself)
5. He did this work ………. (myself, himself)
6. I looked at ………….. in the mirror. (my, mine, myself)
7. ………. shall finish this work today. (We, Us, our)
8. The teacher asked ……. a question. (he, him, his)
Hints:
1. her
2. hers
3. yours
4. herself
5. himself
6. myself
7. We
8. him.

V. Choose the correct Pronoun for each blank:

1. We love ……….. motherland. (our / his)
2. She is as wise as ………… am. (me/I)
3. He has gifted ………….. a watch. (me / mine)
4. This watch is better than …………. (yours / your)
5. This book of stories is for ……….. (she / her)
6. This house belongs to ………… father. (my / me)
7. Lalit is as gentle as ………….. brother is. (he / his)
8. This family is not as poor as ……….. are. (us / we)
Hints:
1. our
2. I
3. me
4. yours
5. her
6. my
7. his
8. we